Full wet conditions arrived on Sunday morning at Portimao and they were to play a part in the race being halted because of an oil spill after a crash. A restarted race, over only 16 laps, was won by Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) who scored his third win of the 2012 season and drew himself closer to championship leader Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) as a result. Max was fourth in the opening race after several incidents and changing fortunes as the race unfolded.
Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) looked like he could pass Sykes but was unable to in the final two laps, and settled for second place, while PATA Racing Ducati privateer rider Sylvain Guintoli scored himself another podium finish, in third.
A collision on lap one of the first start saw Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) crash after an attempted pass on Biaggi and he was taken to hospital for scans on a bruised kidney, missing out on the re-start as a result.
Portimao World Superbike race one results1 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 2 2 7 C. CHECA ESP Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 13 11 50 S. GUINTOLI FRA PATA Racing Team Ducati 1098R 4 5 3 M. BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 5 13 68 B. MCCORMICK CAN Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 6 7 65 J. REA GBR Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 7 12 76 L. BAZ FRA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 8 17 4 H. AOYAMA JPN Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 9 14 86 A. BADOVINI ITA BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR 10 15 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR 11 9 2 L. CAMIER GBR FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 12 19 21 J. HOPKINS USA FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 13 3 58 E. LAVERTY IRL Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 14 20 5 A. LUNDH SWE Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 15 22 151 M. BAIOCCO ITA Red Devils Roma Ducati 1098R 16 18 87 L. ZANETTI ITA PATA Racing Team Ducati 1098R 17 23 64 N. BRIGNOLA ITA Grillini Progea Superbike Team BMW S1000 RR 18 21 57 L. LANZI ITA Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R 19 6 91 L. HASLAM GBR BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
Portimao World Superbike race two race results1 E. LAVERTY IRL Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2 REA GBR Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 3 M. BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 4 S. GUINTOLI FRA PATA Racing Team Ducati 1098R 5 C. CHECA ESP Althea Racing Ducati 1098R 6 A. BADOVINI ITA BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR 7 L. BAZ FRA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 22 8 M. FABRIZIO ITA BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR 9 1B. MCCORMICK CAN Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 10 L. LANZI ITA Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R 11 J. HOPKINS USA FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 12 L. ZANETTI ITA PATA Racing Team Ducati 1098R 13 D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 A. LUNDH SWE Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 15 2N. BRIGNOLA ITA Grillini Progea Superbike Team BMW S1000 RR
DNFD. GIUGLIANO ITA Althea Racing Ducati 1098R L. CAMIER GBR FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 H. AOYAMA JPN Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR M. BAIOCCO ITA Red Devils Roma Ducati 1098R C. DAVIES GBR ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 3L. HASLAM GBR BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
