ROAD RACE
MOTUL FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / JUNE 22-24, 2018
WEATHERTECH RACEWAY / MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA
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shift at times, with his race-one
ninth becoming a race-two
seventh.
Leon Camier (Red Bull Honda
WorldSBK) retired in race one,
with a broken gear lever, and
then had a slide off in race two.
He got going again in the sec-
ond race for 13th.
With America's PJ Jacobsen
(Triple M Honda) falling twice
also (once after being hit by
Leandro Mercado's VerdNatura
Kawasaki, and once on his own
under braking) that left the role
of top Honda and top American
to the slender figure of Jake
Gagne (Red Bull Honda WorldS-
BK).
Tenth in race one, he was
ninth in race two, well behind
Tom Sykes in the latter, but still
scoring well. His best weekend
of the year was partly due to
track familiarity, but it was two
good performances under real
pressure in any case.
In the overall champion-
ship standings Rea has a vast
75-point lead over Chaz Davies,
320 points to 245, with van der
Mark 30 points adrift of Davies,
on a total of 215. Misano is next
up, in two weeks, before the
long summer break. CN
WORLDSBK
RACE 1
1. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
2. Chaz Davies (Duc)
3. Alex Lowes (Yam)
4. Eugene Laverty (Apr)
5. Marco Melandri (Duc)
RACE 2
1. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
2. Chaz Davies (Duc)
3. Eugene Laverty (Apr)
4. Alex Lowes (Yam)
5. Michael van der Mark (Yam)
It was a good weekend for
American Jake Gagne who cracked
the top 10 in both races.
