WORLD SUPERBIKE
WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL ROUND/NOVEMBER 2, 2014
LOSAIL CIRCUIT/LOSAIL, QATAR
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right hand for the second race
and that cost us. What happened
in race one [lack of team orders
being obeyed] today proved that
it would not have been pivotal,
but I did my best. Apart from the
incident in Sepang, we would
have scored in all the races."
Sykes was simply unable to do
anything about the fleeing Guin-
toli, who was transcending his
own ideas of the rider he could
be, but Sykes also had to give his
best to his new teammate to be,
Jonathan Rea in race two.
Rea swept past him on lap 15
and took third in the race and
subsequently third in the cham-
pionship – by one point – from
Melandri.
The other Aprilia Racing works
rider was only eighth in race one
and then fourth in race two, not
enough to put him into the top trio
at season end.
"I was aiming for third in the
championship, but I knew com-
ing here it was going to be dif-
Loris Baz (76) battled with Jonathan
Rea (65) and teammate Sykes (1) in
race one, ultimately ignoring team
orders to take second over Sykes.
