Guintoli declared the WSB race 2winner after red flag

Sylvain Guintoli (Pata Racing Ducati) was declared the winner of an eight lap second Superbike race after the rains fell so hard that three riders fell on the same part of the track, and the red flag was shown. Half points were awarded to the top 15 riders. Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) had been in the lead on the lap that the flag was shown but he had fallen shortly before, so on the count back he was credited with second.

Third went to long time second place rider Jakub Smrz (Liberty Racing Team Effenbert) with Aprilia Racing rider Eugene Laverty, who was 16 seconds behind rain master Guintoli when the flag went out, fourth. Maxime Berger (Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati) was fifth, Chaz Davies (ParkinGO MTC Aprilia) was eventually classified seventh, one place behind late crasher Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati). Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) was eighth. With Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) 11th, the championship table leaving has Biaggi on 274 points, Melandri on 263.5 and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) on 222.5, two points ahead of Checa.

Results Race 2

1 3 50 S. GUINTOLI FRA PATA Racing Team Ducati 1098R 8 2'25.365 264,8 2'21.385 280,0 12,5 122,5 82 9 76 L. BAZ FRA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 8 0.881 2'24.324 272,9 2'23.777 289,7 25 10 78 133 1 96 J. SMRZ CZE Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R 8 1.671 2'25.634 266,1 2'20.810 280,0 8 92,5 124 14 58 E. LAVERTY IRL Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 8 19.045 2'27.721 279,2 2'25.260 291,3 6 6,5 160,5 75 13 121 M. BERGER FRA Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 8 22.116 2'27.613 273,6 2'24.294 284,4 5 5,5 67 156 7 7 C. CHECA ESP Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 8 23.736 2'25.545 270,1 2'23.356 277,1 11 5 220,5 47 16 19 C. DAVIES GBR ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 8 24.690 2'28.034 279,2 2'26.360 290,5 2 4,5 99,5 118 6 33 M. MELANDRI ITA BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 8 26.197 2'28.664 280,0 2'21.960 296,9 9 4 263,5 29 10 65 J. REA GBR Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 8 26.861 2'28.237 274,3 2'23.889 289,0 13 3,5 203,5 510 12 21 J. HOPKINS USA FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 8 27.194 2'27.285 276,4 2'24.274 289,0 3 17 2111 11 3 M. BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 8 29.243 2'28.109 282,9 2'24.176 296,9 2,5 274 112 8 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 8 30.328 2'28.812 281,4 2'24.025 289,0 8 2 222,5 313 15 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR 8 32.746 2'28.717 272,2 2'26.137 289,0 20 1,5 108,5 914 20 4 H. AOYAMA JPN Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 8 34.905 2'29.492 278,5 2'06.921 291,3 3 1 41,5 1715 17 59 N. CANEPA ITA Red Devils Roma Ducati 1098R 8 35.849 2'28.613 268,1 2'06.795 282,2 0,5 33,5 1916 19 87 L. ZANETTI ITA PATA Racing Team Ducati 1098R 8 40.091 2'29.698 272,2 2'06.869 284,4 4 34 1817 4 91 L. HASLAM GBR BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 8 58.530 2'27.850 279,2 2'21.613 294,5 10 170 6

DNFRET 18 86 A. BADOVINI ITA BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR 7 1 Lap 2'28.416 275,0 2'06.803 289,0 16 73 14RET 5 34 D. GIUGLIANO ITA Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 6 2 Laps 2'24.384 271,5 2'21.951 277,1 7 106 10RET 2 2 L. CAMIER GBR FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 4 4 Laps 2'30.500 276,4 2'20.846 284,4 65,5 16RET 21 44 D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1 7 Laps 266,1 2'08.069 282,9 1 10 22


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