ROAD RACING
FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / FEBRUARY 27-28, 2016
PHILLIP ISLAND CIRCUIT / PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
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headwind. We played the strategy
game here in Phillip Island and it
really paid off."
For Davies, race one was
a pleasure, race two less so.
Speaking of race one, and its
many overtakes and trials of
strength, he said, "Van der Mark
and Davide, and Johnny, we
were all going at it, but I felt I
gave as good as I got. It was just
a fun race, but nothing too over
the top, there were a couple of
uhhhh! moments but nothing too
tight."
You could not miss the relative-
ly young Michael van der Mark on
his relatively old Honda stuffing it
up inside the greats once again
and almost becoming a great
EPIC!
Twice Chaz Davies of the Aruba.it
Racing Ducati Team, tried to top-
ple World Champion Rea from the
top step, but in race one Davies
ran on, only to recover second
place, but the second time he
toppled himself, asking too much
of his front tire on the last lap of
race two at Honda hairpin.
"I have been lucky that Kawa-
saki has worked so hard in the
winter for me and now in the end
we are really happy with the bike,"
said double winner Rea after
race one. "It is clear we have a
lot more speed compared to last
year, compared to some of our ri-
vals, and it made it easier staying
in the front here, especially with a
