PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
SEPANG, MALAYSIA, AUG. 2— Aruba.it Racing Ducati’s Chaz Davies rode a virtual start-to-finish race to take the race two victory at Sepang. Despite Jonathan Rea finishing second, the factory Kawasaki man was not crowned champion quite yet, even though the second race was a virtual disaster for his teammate Tom Sykes.
A last corner fight between Davies and Rea ended up in a contact as Rea tried to win his second race of the day.
Aprilia Racing Red Devils’ Jordi Torres was third and top Aprilia finisher.
Sykes and Max Biaggi clashed after he tried to go around the outside of the fast starting Italian and Sylvain Guintoli went inside, assisting Sykes and Biaggi’s clash.
The Aprilia rider got going again but had to retire while Sykes dropped to seventh and then suddenly lost more places.
Sykes was up to seventh again on lap six, setting the same lap times as Rea but was to fall at Turn 9 on lap six. He got going again, starting his fight back again from 19th place, 41 seconds down, to finish 14th and score two points.
In the championship the gap of 144 between Rea and new second place rider Davies means the title will have to go to the next round at Jerez, in September.
2015 World Superbike
Sepang Race Two Results
1. Chaz Davies (Ducati)
2. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki)
3. Jordi Torres (Aprilia)
4. Sylvain Guintoli (Honda)
5. Michael van der Mark (Honda)
6. Leon Haslam (Aprilia)
7. David Salom (Kawasaki)
8. Alex Lowes (Suzuki)
9. Matteo Baiocco (Ducati)
10. Roman Ramos (Kawasaki)
