ROUND 7/JUNE 30, 2013
ENZO/DINO FERRARI CIRCUIT/IMOLA, ITALY
WORLD SUPERBIKE
holding him back too much. He
overrode and paid a heavy price
lost in points.
"The bike felt like it was on the
speed limiter all the way through
the first section of race two, then
it freed up, and then it started
again down the straight, getting
worse each lap," Laverty said. "I
could have told myself that there
was a problem with the bike and
just settled, but instead I tried
to get Jonathan [Rea] and make
up the places. I made a mistake
because I was overriding it. My
third crash this year and two have
been in races."
Jonathan Rea was in a similar
position for Pata Honda, this time
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WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
it was his brakes causing him issues in race one, as he ran on in
one corner after his front end had
been vibrating. Then he had to
fight on with this problem until he
fell and retired in the pits after restarting. Second in race two was
just not enough to catch Sykes
for his first win of 2013. Although
the luckless Rea is still fast and
committed, he only has three podiums to his name in 2013.
Marco Melandri hoisted his
home flag with no real brio for
BMW Motorrad GoldBet, but he
used a lot of guile to earn two
fourth-place finishes. The second of these was a last-lap decider with his teammate Chaz Da-
(Above) Rea was second in race two
after crashing out of race one.
(Right) Giugliano finished second on
his privateer Aprilia in race one.
vies - one that saw the taller man
out of the saddle trying a weird
inside line on the final chicane.
It was an intense civil war, but all
conducted 13 seconds behind
Sykes.
Kawasaki's Loris Baz had a
tough race one, but after some
Clinica Mobile local magic for
race two he was sixth, and remains ahead of Rea in the championship standings.
For Red Devils Roma Aprilia
rider Michel Fabrizio a home race
was no threat, as he was fifth (18
