ROAD RACE
FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 13 / OCTOBER 28-30, 2016
LOSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / DOHA, QATAR
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When the new champion,
Rea, took to the track in the
eventual race two, it was with
the intention of catching Davies
for the final flourish of a victory,
but Davies upped the ante and
pulled clear.
Rea, knowing that his team-
mate was in position to lose
second overall, kept going hard
until the final lap, then he started
that last year we were off the
pace at," Davies said, "but this is
one of the tracks that we turned
up this year and felt the biggest
difference."
This was Davies' fifth double
of the year and had it been dry
for both races in Germany he
would be ending his season
with 12 race wins—all would have
been doubles.
know how hard it is to win one. I
feel fortunate and lucky."
Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Ducati
Racing), once again, showed
his is the class act of the second
half of 2016, however, by win-
ning both the full distance 17-lap
first race and the shortened 10-
lap second sprint on Sunday.
"This is probably one of the
tracks that was a surprise to me
