ROUND 5/MAY 26, 2013
DONINGTON PARK/EAST MIDLANDS, ENGLAND
WORLD SUPERBIKE
two as his shoulder is still flaring
up around his old Phillip Island injury. A problem that is not going
away, so Checa may have to stop
for a while to let it heal properly.
Althea Aprilia's Giugliano was a
minor superstar on another Aprilia that found its Donington feet,
finishing sixth and fourth in the
two races.
It was Sykes that lit up the local crowd, however. After Friday's rains, the crowd was able to
not only see a British winner but
also the British weather realizing
it was really a week before June,
not a week to a new winter.
In the championship Guintoli
is now only four points ahead of
Sykes, 173-169. Sykes, mean-
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WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
while, is now 20 points up on Laverty, with Melandri fourth, but a
worrying 48 behind Guintoli. Davies is fifth - 61 points from Guintoli.
Too early to be talking about
championship points at the onethird season point? Remember, it
was won and lost by half a point
CN
in 2012.
Race One
1.Tom Sykes (Kawasaki)
2. Marco Melandri (BMW)
3. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia)
4. Jonathan Rea (Honda)
5. Loris Baz (Kawasaki)
6. Davide Giugliano (Aprilia)
7. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia)
8. Chaz Davies (BMW)
9. Jules Cluzel (Suzuki)
10. Michel Fabrizio (Aprilia)
Race Two
1. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki)
2. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia)
3. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia)
4. Davide Giugliano (Althea)
5. Marco Melandri (BMW)
6. Chaz Davies (BMW)
7. Loris Baz (Kawasaki)
8. Niccolò Canepa (Ducati)
9. Jules Cluzel (Suzuki)
10. Michel Fabrizio (Aprilia)
Chaz Davies (19) leads Laverty
(58) and Giugliano (34) in race
one. Davies was eighth and sixth
in the two races.
