World Superbikes Aragon: Eight wins in a row for Alvaro Bautista as Jonathan Rea second again
The Aruba.it Ducati rider was never threatened as he roared off into the distance on his V4-R machine to maintain his dominance of the series in his rookie season in Superbikes, coming home with 5.7 seconds in hand.
Northern Ireland’s Jonathan Rea took the runner-up spot for the eighth consecutive race behind Bautista, with the Kawasaki rider recovering from a mistake on the brakes into Turn 1 with three laps to go, fighting back to pip Pata Yamaha’s Alex Lowes by a tenth of a second on the line.
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Hide AdChaz Davies was a close fourth on the Aruba.it Ducati after closing in on the battle for second in the latter stages of the sprint race, without really being able to land a blow.
BMW’s Tom Sykes finished fifth ahead of Toome rider Eugene Laverty on the Team Go Eleven Ducati.
The second full-length race will be held at 13:00 BST.