GEICO US Round - Race 1

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Date & Time
Sat 23rd June 2018 Local
Sat 23rd June 2018 12:00am UTC

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League
SBK

Season
2018

Round
Round 8

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WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

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Description

Jonathan Rea has dominated to victory at the Laguna Seca opener ahead of Chaz Davies to open up his World Superbike championship lead to 70 points.
Davies retained the lead from pole position ahead of Rea as the pair quickly went about building a time gap on the chasing pack. Despite the factory Ducati rider initially pulling out a couple of bike lengths on Rea, the Welsh rider ran wide at the top of the iconic corkscrew turn on lap six which allowed Rea to skate into the lead.
Further back Alex Lowes nipped past Tom Sykes with a similar move a couple of laps later to take third place before Eugene Laverty began harrowing the factory Kawasaki rider. On lap 13 Laverty eventually made the move on Sykes to take fourth place but the delay saw Lowes build a three-second advantage ahead of him.
Out in front, Rea maintained his advantage with trademark consistency to gradually pull out a one-second lead which he measured to the finish for victory. With Davies a comfortable second, Lowes secured an impressive podium for Pata Yamaha following on from his breakthrough World Superbike race win last time out at Brno.

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Result List

Result Description

#/ Rider / Nat. /Team /Constructor /Time/Gap/Points

1/ Jonathan Rea/ GBR/ Kawasaki Racing Team/ Kawasaki/35'15.071/25
2/ Chaz Davies/ GBR/ Aruba.it Racing/ Ducati/ +2.978/20
3/ Alex Lowes/GBR/ Pata Yamaha/ Yamaha/ +12.212/16
4/ Eugene Laverty/ GBR/ Milwaukee Aprilia/ Aprilia/ +14.309/13
5/ Marco Melandr/i ITA/ Aruba.it Racing/ Ducati/ +16.712/11
6/ Xavi Fores/ SPA/ BARNI Racing Team/ Ducati/ +18.929/10
7/ Tom Sykes/ GBR/ Kawasaki Racing Team/ Kawasaki/ +25.638/9
8/ Michael van der Mark/ NDL/ Pata Yamaha/ Yamaha/ +26.211/8
9/ Jordi Torres/ SPA/ MV Agusta Reparto Corse/ MV Agusta/ +31.579/7
10/ Jake Gagne/ USA/ Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team/ Honda/ +38.084/6
11/ Yonny Hernandez/ COL/ Team Pedercini/ Kawasaki/ +44.971/5
12/ Román Ramos/ SPA/ Team Go Eleven/ Kawasaki/ +45.412/4
13/ Karel Hanika/ CZE/ Guandalini Racing/ Kawasaki/ +50.768/3
14/ Lorenzo Savadori/ ITA/ Milwaukee Aprilia/ Aprilia/ +1'06.063/2
15/ Loris Baz/FRA/ Althea BMW Racing Team/ BMW/ +1 lap/1
NC/Toprak Razgatlioglu/ TUR/ Kawasaki Puccetti Racing/ Kawasaki /DNF/0
NC/ Josh Herrin/ USA/ Attack 2Wheel Legal Yamaha/ Yamaha /DNF/0
NC/ Leon Camier/ GBR/ Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team/ Honda/DNF/0
NC/ Leandro Mercado/ ARG/ Oreclac Racing VerdNatura/ Aprilia/ DNF/0
NC/ PJ Jacobsen/ USA/ Triple M Honda World Superbike Team/ Honda/ DNF/0

#/ Rider /Points

1/ Jonathan Rea/ 295
2/ Chaz Davies/ 225
3/ Michael Van Der Mark/ 204
4/ Tom Sykes/ 188 i
5/ Alex Lowes/ 170
6/ Marco Melandri/ 168
7/ Xavi Fores/ 144
8/ Toprak Razgatlioglu/ 91
9/ Lorenzo Savadori/ 75
10/ Eugene Laverty/ 73

Team Standings

1/Kawasaki Racing Team/ 483
2/Aruba.it Racing/ 447
3/Pata Yamaha/ 374
4/Milwaukee Aprilia/ 159
5/BARNI Racing Team/ 144
6/Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team/ 102
7/Kawasaki Puccetti Racing/ 94
8/Althea BMW Racing Team/ 73
9/MV Agusta Reparto Corse/ 71
10/Team Go Eleven/ 45
11/Oreclac Racing VerdNatura/ 42
12/Team Pedercini/ 24
13/Triple M Honda World Superbike Team/ 21
14/Puccetti Racing/ 14
15/Buildbase Suzuki/ 3
16/Guandalini Racing/ 3

Constructor Standings

1/Kawasaki/ 320
2/Ducati/ 280
3/Yamaha/ 236
4/Aprilia/ 120
5/Honda/ 93
6/BMW/ 73
7/MV Agusta/ 71
8/Suzuki/ 3