eni FIM Superbike World Championship
Losail International Circuit, Qatar
October 18, 2015
Race Two Results (all on Pirelli tires):
1. Leon HASLAM, UK (Aprilia RSV4 RF), 17 laps, Total Race Time 33:45.745, Best Lap Time 1:58.068
2. Chaz DAVIES, UK (Ducati Panigale R), -0.110 second, 1:58.284
3. Tom SYKES, UK (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -0.388, 1:58.344
4. Michael VD MARK, Netherlands (Honda CBR1000RR SP), -7.653 seconds, 1:58.387
5. Sylvain GUINTOLI, France (Honda CBR1000RR SP), -14.487, 1:58.917
6. Leandro MERCADO, Argentina (Ducati Panigale R), -19.363, 1:59.307
7. Randy DE PUNIET, France (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -22.468, 1:59.151
8. Niccolo CANEPA, Italy (Ducati Panigale R), -22.530, 1:59.732
9. David SALOM, Spain (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -27.596, 1:59.262, ran off track
10. Ayrton BADOVINI, Italy (BMW S1000RR), -29.294, 1:59.157
11. Christophe PONSSON, France (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -62.181, 2:01.103
12. Gianluca VIZZIELLO, Italy (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -65.246, 2:01.788
13. Gabor RIZMAYER, Hungary (BMW S1000RR), -65.256, 2:01.807
14. Imre TOTH, Hungary (BMW S1000RR), -124.813, 2:05.154
15. Alex PHILLIS, Australia (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -2 laps, crash, 2:01.718
16. Roman RAMOS, Spain (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -1 Lap, DNF, mechanical, 2:00.159
17. Jordi TORRES, Spain (Aprilia RSV4 RF), -2 laps, DNF, crash, 1:58.200
18. Jonathan REA, UK (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -13 laps, DNF, retired, 1:58.361
19. Leon CAMIER, UK (MV Agusta F4 RR), -13 laps, DNF, retired, 1:59.864
20. Alex LOWES, UK (Suzuki GSX-R1000), DNS
21. Xavi FORES, Spain (Ducati Panigale R), DNS
World Championship Point Standings (after 26 of 26 races):
1. Rea, 548 points
2. Davies, 416
3. Sykes, 399
4. Haslam, 332
5. Torres, 247
6. Guintoli, 218
7. VD Mark, 194
8. Mercado, 142
9. Baiocco, 139
10. Lowes, 135
11. Davide Giugliano, 119
12. Badovini, 103
13. Camier, 89
14. Salom, 83
15. Ramos, 71
16. Canepa, 55
17. Nico Terol, 54
18. De Puniet, 52
19. Fores, 47
20. Max Biaggi, 38
21. Michele Pirro, 35
22. Ponsson, 18
23. Santiago Barragan, 17
24. Troy Bayliss, 15
25. TIE, Michel Fabrizio/Vizziello, 13
27. TIE, Luca Scassa/Sylvain Barrier, 10
29. Rizmayer, 9
30. Toth, 7
31. Markus Reiterberger, 6
32. TIE, Larry Pegram/Jed Metcher, 2
34. Phillis, 1
More, from a press release issued by Dorna WSBK Press Office:
Haslam ends the 2015 WorldSBK season with a win
Second place Davies claims runner-up spot as Rea suffers first DNF of the season.
The final FIM Superbike World Championship race of 2015 was won on the final lap after another race-long fight as Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils), who took his second win of the year – the fifth of his WorldSBK career – beat Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team). In securing 2nd, the Welshman also claimed the runner-up spot in the final standings ahead of Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), who came home third. Leon’s winning margin was 0.110s and his victory gave Aprilia a double win in the season finale, just as they had one year ago under Qatar’s floodlights.
Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike) completed his debut WorldSBK year with another strong showing, the Dutchman finishing fourth after running in the leading group for the first 12 laps, before dropping back a little in the closing stages.
The other big news of Race 2 was Jonathan Rea’s first DNF of the season, which put an end to his hopes of setting a new outright points record in the series; the 2015 World Championship had to pull out on lap 6 as his KRT machine suffered a technical problem.
Sylvain Guintoli was fifth on his last race for Pata Honda. The 2014 champion ended the night’s second 17-lap encounter a fraction of a second ahead of Leandro Mercado (Barni Racing), who took a season’s best sixth.
Seventh was Randy de Puniet (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki), who equalled his previous best result of the season, while 8th to 10th went to Niccolò Canepa (Althea Racing Ducati), David Salom (Team Pedercini Kawasaki) and Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia).
The final point scorers in Race 2 were Christophe Ponsson (Team Pedercini), Gianluca Vizziello (Grillini SBK Team), Gabor Rizmayer (BMW Team Toth), Imre Toth (BMW Team Toth) and Alex Phillis who scored his first WorldSBK championship point.
Xavi Fores (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Superbike Team) did not compete in Race 2 after withdrawing through illness while Alex Lowes retired his Voltcom Crescent Suzuki at the end of the opening lap. Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) was able to start the second encounter but he too to finish for the second time today.