World Superbike champion Tom Sykes has surged to the top of the championship standings after recording a double win at Spain’s Motorland Aragon circuit.
The British rider led team-mate Loris Baz home in both races to record an impressive Kawasaki Racing double 1-2 finish.
Sykes made no mistakes in race one as he powered into a healthy lead from pole with Baz and Ducati’s Davide Giugliano in hot pursuit. The pair were the only two riders able to sustain the Englishman’s relentless pace at the front.
In the end, there was nothing Baz or Giugliano could do to halt Sykes as the focus shifted to the battle for second.
The duo swapped positions before Giugliano dropped back into third.
The final laps saw Giugliano involved in scrap for third with Pata Honda’s Jonathan Rea which resulted in contact.
The Italian came off worse and rejoined the race in eighth where he remained at the flag, while Rea grabbed the final spot on the podium.
Ducati’s Chaz Davies finished fourth ahead of the Suzuki of Eugene Laverty and Aprilia’s Sylvain Guintoli.
Sykes faced much more of a challenge in race two with Baz and Aprilia’s Marco Melandri pushing him all the way to the chequered flag.
The trio swapped places on several occasions during the final three laps, before Melandri ran wide at the final hairpin allowing Sykes and Baz through to claim a second 1-2 finish.
Guintoli came home in fourth ahead of Rea and Laverty.
Sykes holds a four point lead at the top of the standings ahead of the championship‘s third round at the legendary Assen circuit on April 27.
World Superbikes Motorland Aragon Results – Race 1
Pos | Rider | Team/Bike | Time |
1 | Tom Sykes | Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R | 17 laps |
2 | Loris Baz | Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R | +4.275s |
3 | Jonathan Rea | PATA Honda CBR1000RR | +8.418s |
4 | Chaz Davies | Ducati SBK 1199 Panigale R | +15.715s |
5 | Eugene Laverty | Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 | +19.305s |
6 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia Racing RSV4 | +21.998s |
7 | Toni Elias | Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 | +24.018s |
8 | Davide Giugliano | Ducati SBK 1199 Panigale R | +27.984s |
9 | Leon Haslam | PATA Honda CBR1000RR | +29.077s |
10 | Alex Lowes | Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 | +29.863s |
11 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia Racing RSV4 | +34.820s |
12 | Leon Camier | BMW Italia S1000RR | +35.255s (E) |
13 | David Salom | Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R | +43.975s (E) |
14 | Jeremy Guarnoni | MRS Kawasaki ZX-10R | +46.721s (E) |
15 | Sheridan Morais | IRON BRAIN Kawasaki ZX-10R | +56.619s (E) |
16 | Luca Scassa | Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R | +1m 16.469s (E) |
17 | Aaron Yates | Team Hero EBR 1190RX | +1m 35.047s |
18 | Imre Toth | Team Toth BMW S1000RR | +1m 48.427s |
19 | Alessandro Andreozzi | Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R | +1m 51.222s (E) |
20 | Peter Sebestyen | Team Toth BMW S1000RR | +2m 01.152s (E) |
RET | Michel Fabrizio | IRON BRAIN Kawasaki ZX-10R | 9 laps completed (E) |
RET | Niccolo Canepa | Althea Ducati 1199 Panigale R | 4 laps completed (E) |
RET | Geoff May | Team Hero EBR 1190RX | 3 laps completed |
RET | Claudio Corti | MV Agusta RC F3RR | 2 laps completed |
RET | Fabien Foret | MAHI Kawasaki ZX-10R | 0 laps completed (E) |
World Superbikes Motorland Aragon Results – Race 2
Pos | Rider | Team/Bike | Time |
1 | Tom Sykes | Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R | 17 laps |
2 | Loris Baz | Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R | +0.338s |
3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia Racing RSV4 | +0.470s |
4 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia Racing RSV4 | +5.429s |
5 | Jonathan Rea | PATA Honda CBR1000RR | +8.861s |
6 | Eugene Laverty | Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 | +15.986s |
7 | Davide Giugliano | Ducati SBK 1199 Panigale R | +18.206s |
8 | Leon Haslam | PATA Honda CBR1000RR | +25.513s |
9 | Toni Elias | Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 | +25.823s |
10 | David Salom | Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R | +38.949s (E) |
11 | Niccolo Canepa | Althea Ducati 1199 Panigale R | +39.413s (E) |
12 | Leon Camier | BMW Italia S1000RR | +41.486s (E) |
13 | Sheridan Morais | IRON BRAIN Kawasaki ZX-10R | +1m 02.587s (E) |
14 | Luca Scassa | Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R | +1m 09.720s (E) |
15 | Fabien Foret | MAHI Kawasaki ZX-10R | +1m 14.046s (E) |
16 | Alessandro Andreozzi | Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R | +1m 14.233s (E) |
17 | Aaron Yates | Team Hero EBR 1190RX | +1m 35.195s |
18 | Imre Toth | Team Toth BMW S1000RR | +1m 37.781s |
19 | Peter Sebestyen | Team Toth BMW S1000RR | +1m 54.547s (E) |
20 | Geoff May | Team Hero EBR 1190RX | +1m 57.166s |
RET | Michel Fabrizio | IRON BRAIN Kawasaki ZX-10R | 13 laps completed (E |
RET | Jeremy Guarnoni | MRS Kawasaki ZX-10R | 9 laps completed (E) |
RET | Claudio Corti | MV Agusta RC F3RR | 5 laps completed |
RET | Chaz Davies | Ducati SBK 1199 Panigale R | 3 laps completed |
RET | Alex Lowes | Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1 lap completed |