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ROUND: 10/SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 NÜRBURGRING AUTODROM/NÜRBURGRING, GERMANY WORLD SUPERBIKE P78 WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP Race one's podium (from left to right) Marco Melandri, Tom Sykes, and Chaz Davies. top scorer Davies. The Welshman won his third race of the year, although Davis considers himself out of the championship fight as he now sits 66 points behind Sykes. "I am not even concerned about championship position," Davies said. "I feel that that opportunity went a little while ago. To be back on the podium as often as possible is the goal from now on. I was super happy to win the second race. I thought that the pace was a little bit slower and my bike was a little bit better. I was thinking with a few laps to go that there surely would not be another red flag, but I kept my head down anyway. I am sure it would have been an entertaining last lap." Laverty refuses to rule himself out of anything yet, pointing to Sykes' remarkable feat in 2012 where he went from over 50 points back with eight races to go to within half a point behind the top riders by Melandri. "I am pretty disappointed to lose the chance of the win in race one because the race got shortened, but these are the rules," Melandri said. "I am so, so sorry for the guys that crashed because they got much more bad luck than me." In the championship, which moves to new venue Istanbul Park in Turkey on September 15, Sykes has 287 points, Guintoli eventual champion Max Biaggi. 286, Melandri 257, Laverty 247 Laverty fell in race one and was and Davies 221. CN .132 of a second from winning the other, so his frustration at himself Race One is understandable. 1. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) "I started today 36 points be- 2. Marco Melandri (BMW) hind and finished it 40 points 3. Chaz Davies (BMW) behind so I did not lose so much 4. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia) considering I was on the deck 5. Davide Giugliano (Aprilia) in race one," Laverty said. "I got 6. Michel Fabrizio (Aprilia) caught out and it happens, but it 7. Leon Haslam (Honda) has been one mistake too many 8. Jules Cluzel (Suzuki) this year. So just need to stay on 9. Ayrton Badovini (Ducati) the bloody thing and try to get 10. Carlos Checa (Ducati) some points." The crashes and breakdowns Race Two meant that only 15 riders finished 1. Chaz Davies (BMW) each race in Germany, as even 2. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia) Laverty got going again to score 3. Marco Melandri (BMW) 4. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) a point in race one. Carlos Checa had a painful 5. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia) weekend on the Ducati Panigale 6. Davide Giugliano (Aprilia) again, losing practice time and 7. Ayrton Badovini (Ducati) then finishing behind his young- 8. Michel Fabrizio (Aprilia) er teammate Ayrton Badovini in 9. Max Neukirchner (Ducati) 10. Carlos Checa (Ducati) each race. The weekend as a whole can be summed up for the 'luckier' of