Motorland Aragon, Spain - 14th of April

RACE 1

Three different Brands are disposed on the first line on the 2nd race of the World Superbike Championship which has taken place on the spanish racetrack of Motorland Aragon.

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki), Eugene Laverty (Aprilia) and Chaz Davies (BMW) are in pole position.

The Kawasaki rider snaps when the red light turns off, but it's Laverty the one who' s ready to speed along and to go ahead. Davies is in third position.

The first turn of events takes place during the fourth lap: Laverty's Aprilia has a technical problem and forces the Australia challenge 2 winner to withdraw.

Two laps later it's Sykes's turn to withdraw from the race due to technical problems.

At this point Davies leads and he will lie in first position till the end of the challenge, while, behind him, we see Guintoli stepping out of the track who provisionally losts the second position, followed by Melandri.

At the end the winner is Davies, followed by Sylvain Guintoli and Marco Melandri (BMW). Davide Giugliano (Aprilia)'s race has been really unlucky: he was about to gain the fourth position when he was forced to give up because he run out of petrol.

RACE 2

At race 2 Laverty (Aprilia) falls down after two bends. Sykes (Kawasaki) leads during the first lap, but then Chaz Davies (BMW) takes control till the end. We find Guintoli (Aprilia), Melandri (BMW) and Sykes disputing the second and the third position, while Davide Giugliano (Aprilia) is coming just after them.

Giugliano passes Melandri during the ninth lap and lies in fourth position. It seems the Althea Racing racer could overtake Sykes who lies in third position, but he has to give up because of tyres usury.

Melandri takes the fifth position and so Chaz Davies has no problem to win with five seconds over Guintoli and seven seconds on Sykes. Carlos Checa (Ducati) gains the eighth position after the young french Baz (Kawasaki) and Cluzel (Suzuki).

Guintoli leads the world ranking, after the second round, with 85 points, followed by Davies with 63 and Laverty with 45.

Next race will take place on the 28th of april on the dutch racetrack of Assen.