Date Fri 26th October 2018 (UTC) Fri 26th October 2018 (Local)
Timestamp 2018-10-26T00:00:00
Time 00:00:00 UTC
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League SBK
Season 2018
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13
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Location Losail International Circuit
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Description Jonathan Rea has tied Doug Polen's all-time record of 17 wins in a season, with victory on Friday night at the Qatar World Superbike season finale.
Kawasaki's newly crowned four-time champion snatched the holeshot from team-mate and pole starter Tom Sykes, then inched away from the Englishman to claim his eleventh victory in a row by 1.4s.
Jonathan Rea has tied Doug Polen's all-time record of 17 wins in a season, with victory on Friday night at the Qatar World Superbike season finale.
Behind the ZX-10s, SMR Aprilia's Eugene Laverty helped put himself in the shop window for 2019 by holding third for much of the race, under constant pressure from Pata Yamaha's Alex Lowes. Lowes attacked early on the final lap, Laverty retaliated, but Lowes outbraked the Irishman again at Turn 12.
Laverty was lining up a drag race to the line only to suffer a big front-end scare through the final corner, confirming a hard-fought podium for Lowes.
1Kawasaki Racing Team /859
2/Aruba.it Racing /730
3/Pata Yamaha /588
4/Milwaukee Aprilia /307
5/BARNI Racing Team /230
6/Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team /172
7/Puccetti /154
8/Althea BMW Racing Team /137
9/MV Agusta Reparto Corse /101
10/Orelac Racing VerdNatura /70
11/Team Go Eleven /65
12/Team Pedercini /34
13/Triple M Honda World Superbike Team /26
14/Puccetti Racing /14
15/Guandalini Racing /6
16/Buildbase Suzuki /3