Superbike, Pirelli Aragon Round, Race 1: Davies slips, Rea wins ahead of Melandri and Sykes

Pirelli Aragon Round, Race 1 – It was decided one lap from the end of Race 1 of the Superbike on the Spanish circuit of Aragon. Chaz Davies was defending first position with his teeth from the attacks of world championship leader Jonathan Rea, when he lost control of his Ducati, saying goodbye to the dreams of glory cherished throughout the race (for him there were no physical consequences despite the fact that his leg was remained under the motorbike for the entire time of the slide).

The duel with Rea was excellent, as he won his fifth consecutive heat, increasing his world leadership, which now sees him in command with full points with 125 points. An excellent Marco Melandri then took the podium, ahead of Tom Sykes' Kawasaki.

Davies had started in the lead and remained there for many laps, leaving Rea in first position for only a few laps, but unfortunately for him and the Ducati fans the ending did not give a positive outcome.

An excellent comeback by Alex Lowes (Yamaha Pata), who started twelfth, finished fourth ahead of team-mate Michael van der Mark. Sixth and seventh position for the BMW S 1000 RR of Jordi Torres (best home rider) and for the Aprilia of the Argentinian Leandro Mercado, making his race debut with the Iodaracing Aprilia RSV4 RF.

Mercado preceded his brand mate Eugene Laverty and the Honda CBR1000RRs of Stefan Bradl and Nicky Hayden, who close the Top Ten. Alex de Angelis from San Marino reached the finish line in fifteenth position, ahead of Riccardo Russo.

Xavi Fores' race was also positive until the crash, as he crashed at turn 1 while he was in fifth position. The Ducati rider then returned to the track, but had to retire after his Panigale caught fire, creating quite a few problems for the Spaniard.

With the new regulation, Alex Lowes will start from pole tomorrow, who therefore has a great chance after the comeback in race 1.

Pirelli Aragon Round, Race 1 – Order of arrival

01 REA Jonathan Kawasaki ZX-10R LEAD LEAD 02 MELANDRI Marco Ducati Panigale R 4.058 03 SYKES Tom Kawasaki ZX-10R 7.512 +3.454 04 LOWES Alex Yamaha YZF R1 9.962 +2.450 05 VAN DER MARK Michael Yamaha YZF R1 12.302 +2.340 06 1000 TORRES Jordi BMW S 18.995 RR 6.693 +07 4 MERCADO Leandro Aprilia RSV21.545 RF 2.550 +08 4 LAVERTY Eugene Aprilia RSV27.309 RF 5.764 +09 1000 BRADL Stefan Honda CBR27.488RR 0.179 +10 1000 HAYDEN Nicky Honda CBR27.663RR 0.175. 11 +1000 4 CAMIER Leon MV Agusta 35.409 F12 1000 41.558 REITERBERGER Markus BMW S 6.149 RR 13 +4 44.006 SIMON Julian Aprilia RSV2.448 RF 14 +10 44.482 KRUMMENACHER Randy Kawasaki ZX-0.476R 15 +10 45.915 DE ANGELIS Alex Kawasaki ZX-1.433R 16 +1 1 RUSSO Riccardo Yamaha YZ F R37.618 > 10' +10 RT DAVIES Chaz Ducati Panigale R RT FORÉS Xavi Ducati Panigale R RT RAMOS Román Kawasaki ZX-XNUMXR RT BADOVINI Ayrton Kawasaki ZX-XNUMXR