WORLD SUPERBIKE
WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8/JUNE 21, 2015
MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT "MARCO SIMONCELLI"/MISANO, ITALY
P96
BY GORDON RITCHIE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
O
n a day when the name
on the lips of almost
all the claimed 32,192
raceday fans was Max Biaggi,
the green giants from the Ka-
wasaki Racing Team were the
ones with the biggest voices
after the two 21-lap races at
Misano.
It was a perfect day for
racing, the frisson created by
Biaggi's presence, and strong
practice showings, palpable to
all.
But it was the regular duo
of Tom Sykes (race one) and
Jonathan Rea (race two) who
did all the winning.
Their tag-team with the top
trophies showed that Misano
was a day of two very distinct
races, with fortunes waxing
and waning as we went from a
morning race on a track at
89.6 F and a lunchtime race at
111 F.
In race one Sykes took a
start-to-finish win from pole,
made it look easy almost, but for
his teammate Rea, on a harder
B rear tire, not the same A as
everyone else, it was hard work
to keep both Aruba.it Racing
GREEN
Once again it was
the Kawasaki duo
of Tom Sykes (66)
and Jonathan
Rea (65) that led
the way in World
Superbike.
