SBK 2019 6 2019-06-08 2019-06-08 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/tiy0sj1562170244.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/ytrmwg1562170227.jpg Race 1 Alvaro Bautista notched up his 12th World Superbike Championship win of the season with another dominant victory in front of his home fans in Jerez, but there was controversy behind as his title rival Jonathan Rea was involved in a final corner collision with Alex Lowes, which led to him being penalised down to fourth position. Bautista sprinted home a clear winner by seven seconds over Pata Yamaha’s Michael van der Mark. Lowes’ late exit lifted an entertaining battle between Marco Melandri and Toprak Razgatlioglu up to fourth and fifth, the Italian eventually getting the better of the Turkish rider. 597862