eni FIM Superbike World Championship
Magny-Cours, France
October 5, 2014
Race Two Results (wet conditions, all on Pirelli tires):
1. Marco MELANDRI, Italy (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), 19 laps, 36:25.402
2. Sylvain GUINTOLI, France (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -2.669 seconds
3. Leon HASLAM, UK (Honda CBR1000RR), -16.450
4. Tom SYKES, UK (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -20.759
5. Lorenzo LANZI, Italy (Ducati 1199 Panigale R), -46.689
6. Max NEUKIRCHNER, Germany (Ducati 1199 Panigale R), -58.490
7. Loris BAZ, France (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -63.100
8. Claudio CORTI, Italy (MV Agusta F4 RR), -84.699
9. Chaz DAVIES, UK (Ducati 1199 Panigale R), -87.899
10. Niccolo CANEPA, Italy (Ducati 1199 Panigale R), EVO, -111.706
11. Fabien FORET, France (Kawasaki ZX-10R), EVO, -1 lap
12. Gabor RIZMAYER, Hungary (BMW S1000RR), EVO, -2 laps
13. Imre TOTH, Hungary (BMW S1000RR), -2 laps
14. Bryan STARING, Australia (Kawasaki ZX-10R), EVO, -3 laps, DNF, crash
15. Eugene LAVERTY, Ireland (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -5 laps, DNF, crash
16. Xavi FORES, Spain (Ducati 1199 Panigale R), -7 laps, DNF, mechanical
17. Jeremy GUARNONI, France (Kawasaki ZX-10R), EVO, -7 laps, DNF, crash
18. Jonathan REA, UK (Honda CBR1000RR), -8 laps, DNF, crash
19. Sylvain BARRIER, France (BMW S1000RR), EVO, -13 laps, DNF, crash
20. Sheridan MORAIS, South Africa (Kawasaki ZX-10R), EVO, -15 laps, DNF, retired
21. Davide GIUGLIANO, Italy (Ducati 1199 Panigale R), -16 laps, DNF, crash
22. Geoff MAY, USA (EBR 1190 RX), -17 laps, DNF, retired
23. Alex LOWES, UK (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -18 laps, DNF, crash
24. Aaron YATES, USA (EBR 1190 RX), -18 laps, DNF, crash
25. Toni ELIAS, Spain (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -19 laps, DNF
26. N. SALCHAUD, France (MV Agusta F4 RR), -19 laps, DNF, crash
27. Alessandro ANDREOZZI, Italy (Kawasaki ZX-10R), EVO, DNS
World Championship Point Standings (After 22 of 24 races):
1. Sykes, 378 points
2. Guintoli, 366
3. Melandri, 312
4. Rea, 301
5. Baz, 282
6. Davies, 195
7. Haslam, 176
8. Giugliano, 162
9. Laverty, 154
10. Elias, 151
11. Lowes, 126
12. Salom, 95
13. Canepa, 65
14. Guarnoni, 45
15. Barrier, 38
16. Camier, 37
17. Corti, 25
18. Morais, 24
19. Andreozzi, 21
20. Foret, 20
21. Lanzi, 19
22. Neukirchner, 17
23. Luca Scassa, 16
24. Staring, 14
25. Rizmayer, 7
26. Glenn Allerton, 6
27. TIE, Kevin Bos/Toth/Ivan Goi/Riccardo Russo, 5
31. TIE, Larry Pegram/Michel Fabrizio, 2
33. Romain Lanusse, 1
More, from a press release issued by Dorna WSBK:
Melandri edges out Guintoli for the win in Race 2
Magny-Cours (France), Sunday 5 October 2014 – In similar conditions to the opening race of the day, Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team) has won Race 2 at Magny-Cours as he crossed the finish line with a 2.6 second advantage over Sylvain Guintoli. Thanks to his sixth win in the last twelve races, Melandri elevates himself to third place in the standings, whilst his teammate further narrowed the gap to series leader Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) down to 12 points.
Earlier leaders Davide Giugliano and Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) both crashed spectacularly, before remounting only to retire to the pits. Rea’s crash left the Aprilia pairing of Sylvain Guintoli and Marco Melandri to dual it out for the victory with the Italian getting the better of his French teammate this time out.
Leon Haslam rode superbly aboard his Honda overhauling reigning champion Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) in the closing stages to take his first podium since Misano 2012 and his first since joining the Pata Honda World Superbike team.
Behind the top four, Lorenzo Lanzi (3C Racing Ducati), and his teammate Max Neukirchner completed the top six.
In the EVO fight, top honours went to Niccolò Canepa (Althea Racing Ducati). Best classified EVO rider in race one Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia) crashed twice, the second signalling the end of his race. He was uninjured.
For Team Toth BMW it was a race for real celebration as both of their riders scored points in the same race for the first time in their short WSBK career.