SBK 2019 8 2019-07-07 2019-07-07 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/q77o4p1566047685.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/c9t4zi1566047671.jpg Superpole Race Jonathan Rea has extended his lead in the World Superbike Championship standings after finding himself in the right place at the right time in a truncated race when engine blow for Peter Hickman began a chain reaction of crash chaos behind him, including his team-mate Tom Sykes. Rea was holding a slim lead over Sykes in fast and frantic 10 lap battle when he red flag was shown for an accident involving four bikes at the tail of the field, with Sandro Cortese, Leandro Mercado, Alessandro Delbianco and Ryuichi Kiyonari all crashing off at the Melbourne Loop after being caught out by the oil dropped by Hickman’s expiring BMW. Race 2 Jonathan Rea leaves Round 8 of the 2019 World Superbike Championship with a 24-point lead after completing a terrific treble on home soil at Donington Park. On the back of his wet weather win in Saturday’s first outing and sprint victory in the Superpole Race, Rea this time saw off the threat of his rivals of a full 23 laps in warm and sunny conditions. Toprak Razgatlioglu swapped the lead early on, but a mistake into the chicane allowed Rea to make a decisive pass on lap twelve and though the Turk would go with the Ulsterman in the final laps as they stretched away he couldn’t quite get close enough for another strike. Alvaro Bautista salvaged a solid but distant third place finish on the Ducati. 597868