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Yamaha Finance Australian Round - Race 2

Date
Sun 25th February 2018 (UTC)

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Time
15:00:00 UTC

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24-11-24 07:00 (PST Los Angeles)
24-11-24 09:00 (CST Chicago)
24-11-24 10:00 (EST New York)
24-11-24 15:00 (GMT London)
24-11-24 16:00 (CET Paris)
24-11-24 19:00 (GST Dubai)
24-11-24 20:30 (IST Kolkata)
24-11-25 00:00 (JST Tokyo)
24-11-25 02:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
SBK

Season
2018

Round
1

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Location
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

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Description
The beautiful Phillip Island circuit on the Bass Straight, off the coast of Victoria in Australia, is one of the most iconic and exciting venues in world motorsport. WorldSBK™ first raced at Phillip Island in 1990, just after the first MotoGP™ visit in 1989.
That Australia has produced so many stars of two-wheel racing, such as Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan, Troy Bayliss, Troy Corser and Casey Stoner, is a testament to the country’s rich motorcycle racing heritage.

After the announcement on Saturday that Race 2 would be a flag to flag with a maximum of 12 laps allowed on one set of tires, the scene was set for a showdown with a difference and Sunday didn’t disappoint. After a huge fight at the front off the line, the battle incredibly resumed full force after the stop – and by the end, a three-rider battle to decide the podium order saw Melandri complete the double by just hundredths of a second. The Ducati rider slipstreamed it to perfection before pulling out alongside Rea, incredibly just able to take it over the line with a photo finish so close, the Ducati box put the pause on their celebrations until the result was confirmed. Fores completed the podium


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Result List


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

1/ Marco Melandri /ITA /Aruba.it Racing /Ducati /34'42.633/25
2/ Jonathan Rea /GBR /Kawasaki Racing Team /Kawasaki /+0.021/20
3/ Xavi Fores /SPA /BARNI Racing Team /Ducati /+0.304/16
4/ Tom Sykes /GBR /Kawasaki Racing Team /Kawasaki /+1.488/13
5/ Alex Lowes /GBR /Pata Yamaha /Yamaha /+2.474/11
6/ Leon Camier /GBR /Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team /Honda /+2.745/10
7/ Michael van der Mark /NDL /Pata Yamaha /Yamaha /+3.098/9
8/ Jordi Torres /SPA /MV Agusta Reparto Corse /MV Agusta /+14.391/8
9/ Loris Baz /FRA /Althea BMW Racing Team /BMW /+14.361/7
10/ Toprak Razgatlioglu /TUR /Kawasaki Puccetti Racing /Kawasaki /+19.785/6
11/ Román Ramos /SPA /Team Go Eleven /Kawasaki /+25.237/5
12/ Leandro Mercado /ARG /Orelac Racing VerdNatura /Kawasaki ZX-10RR /+40.504/4
13/ Jake Gagne /USA /Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team /Honda /+58.923/3
14/ PJ Jacobsen /USA /Triple M Honda World Superbike Team /Honda /+1'00.084/2
15/ Eugene Laverty /GBR /Milwaukee Aprilia /Aprilia /+2 laps/ 1

Standings after round 1

#/ Rider /Points

1/ Marco MELANDRI /50
2/Tom SYKES /33
3/ Jonathan REA /31
4/ Xavi FORES /29
5/ Alex LOWES /21
6/ Leon CAMIER /19
7/ Chaz DAVIES /16
8/ Michael VAN DER MARK /16
9/ Loris BAZ /12
10/ Leandro MERCADO /10

Team Standings

1/Aruba.it Racing/ 66
2/Kawasaki Racing Team /64
3/Pata Yamaha /37
4/BARNI Racing Team /29
5/Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team /26
6/Althea BMW Racing Team /12
7/Puccetti Racing /10
8/Orelac Racing VerdNatura /10
9/Milwaukee Aprilia /9
10/MV Agusta Reparto Corse /8
11/Team Go Eleven /7
12/Triple M Honda World Superbike Team /2


Constructor Standings

Constructor /Total Points
1/Ducati /50
2/Kawasaki /40
3/Yamaha /21
4/Honda /19
5/Aprilia /12
6/BMW /12
7/MV Agusta /8


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