tween teammate Davide Giug-
liano and Chaz Davies (Aruba.it
Racing - Ducati).
They both wanted to pass
leader Sykes but Giugliano also
wanted to make sure he was
ahead of Davies, which made for
some serious defense on some
seriously fast sections of track.
It worked, as Giugiano—still
winless in 108 race starts—was
still showing his top class cre-
dentials after a disappointing
Saturday.
Davies was third, and dropped
way behind Sykes for third in the
championship.
Behind fourth-place rider in
race one, van der Mark, Alex
Lowes (Pata Yamaha Official
WorldSBK Team) blasted his way
to fifth, but only after losing a
late place and complaining about
not being able to pass anybody.
It was a similar story for him in
race two, and in attempting to
re-pass his teammate Canepa
he fell in the final corner, almost
collecting Canepa and the sec-
ond Yamaha. Lowes restarted
for 14th, Canepa eighth.
Lorenzo Savadori (IodaRacing
Team Aprilia) was once more on
the gas in his rookie WorldSBK
year for Aprilia, running clear and
clean to sixth in race one, but a
faller in the first attempt at race
two on Sunday. Even more of a
star in his own first run around
the rim of the old dry lake was
Xavi Fores (Barni Racing Team
Ducati), reborn as a threat since
his team swapped to Öhlins sus-
pension midseason. He has now
ROAD RACE
FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 9/JULY 10, 2016
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A crash while
leading in
race one was
somewhat
rectified by a third
in race two for
Chaz Davies.
