Ducati riders—Davide Giugliano
in fourth and eventual podium
man Chaz Davies just behind
him.
Rea was imperious once he
got going in race two, on an A
rear that worked just fine as the
temperatures went up.
Rea has still not dropped
below second place this year,
and has already started to think
about the championship—in his
own inimitable way at least.
"My team manager took me
aside this morning and told me,
'we need points, points, points,'
and my response was that I have
enough points in my pocket, I
want to win," said Rea. "I do not
think my mentality will change
because the feeling of winning
is much better for my motiva-
tion than to finish fifth and think
about the championship."
Sykes was stoked at winning
race one, his third success
of the year, but he is still 133
points behind Rea after the
Northern Irish rider left with his
11th race win of 2015.
Race two's drop off was a
mystery for Sykes.
"From the beginning I was
missing the grip," said Sykes. "It
was difficult to recover and when
I had a fight with other riders I
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GREEN DAY
THE KAWASAKI DUO OF JONATHAN REA
AND TOM SYKES STILL REIGN IN ITALY
