Sykes and Davies share victory as Rea wins title

Author: Oli Rushby Posted: 20 Sep 2015

Tom Sykes and Chaz Davies shared victory at Jerez today as Jonathan Rea was crowned World Champion despite scoring his worst results of the season.

Sykes took the lead from pole position on lap one, closely followed by team mate Rea who needed just a top ten finish to clinch the title.

Suffering a few front-end issues, Rea dropped back towards the mid-point with Davies, Michael van der Mark and Leon Haslam also fighting for the podium.

Davies managed to pull away in second, with Dutchman van der Mark moving into third.

Rea finished fourth to secure the crown, ahead of Leon Haslam on the Aprilia with Michele Pirro rounding out the top six.

Alex Lowes crossed the line seventh on the Voltcom Crescent Suzuki, ahead of Matteo Biaocco and Leon Camier. Outgoing World Champ Sylvain Guintoli rounded out the top ten.

Sykes once again shot in to the lead in race two and began to pull a gap ahead of Chaz Davies and Jordi Torres, but the Yorkshireman hit tyre degradation problems from the mid-distance, dropping back through the pack.

Inheriting the lead through Sykes’ problems, Davies pulled the pin to build a comfortable gap and take his fourth victory out of six races.

Aprilia duo Torres and Haslam completed the podium, ahead of newly crowned champion Rea, who once again took fourth ahead of team-mate Sykes and Biaocco.

Pirro finished seventh, beating MV’s Leon Camier with Guintoli and Leandro Mercado rounding out the top ten.

Race 1 Result

1. Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team 
2. Chaz Davies – Aruba.it Ducati Racing 
3. Michael van der Mark – PATA Honda
4. Jonathan Rea – Kawasaki Racing Team
5. Leon Haslam – Red Devils Aprilia 
6. Michele Pirro – Aruba.it Ducati Racing 
7. Alex Lowes – Voltcom Crescent Suzuki 
8. Matteo Biaocco – Althea Racing Ducati
9. Leon Camier - MV Agusta Reparto Corse
10. Sylvain Guintoli – PATA Honda
    

1. Chaz Davies – Aruba.it Ducati Racing
2. Jordi Torres – Red Devils Aprilia
3. Leon Haslam – Red Devils Aprilia 
4. Jonathan Rea – Kawasaki Racing Team 
5. Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team 
6. Matteo Biaocco – Althea Racing Ducati 
7. Michele Pirro – Aruba.it Ducati Racing 
8. Leon Camier – MV Agusta Reparto Corse
9. Sylvain Guintoli – PATA Honda
10. Leandro Mercado – Barni Ducati

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