Bike India – August 2019

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hetensionwasPalPable.theoUtComeof

thewsbkUsaweekendwouldbecrucialinaidingthe

championshipcampaignforeitherÁlvarobautista(aruba.it

Racing–ducati)orJonathanRea(kawasakiRacingteamworldsbk).

so, performingwellinthetissotsuperpolesessionwasveryimportant.

ReatookpolepositionaheadofChazdavies(aruba.itRacing–ducati)

andbautista.all threewereseparatedbylessthanhalfa second.

RaceOne

Reagotofftoa goodstartandplantedhimselfaheadoftheducatipairfora

fewlaps.thepacewasfastandlaprecordswerebroken;firstbydaviesand

thenbybautistaashebecamethefirstrider to set a 1 minute, 22-second lap

Badluckcontinuestohaunt Bautista while

thingsarelookinggood for Davies and Rea

Report:JoshuaVarghese

Rea Extends Lead;

First Win for

Davies in 2019

ona race-trimmotorcycle.thetopthreewereina classoftheirownand

daviesregularlychallengedReaforthetopspot.bautistawasjust

beginningtobuildhischallengewhenthefrontofhisducati tucked away

andhewentintothegravel;a definitiveblowforhiscampaign.

Reakepta coolheadandworkedonputtingsomedistancebetween

himselfanddavies.his consistencyyieldeda clearvictorywitha

comfortablefive-secondlead.daviesfinishedinsecondplacewhiletoprak

Razgatlioglu(turkishPuccettiRacing)claimedthirdplace after fighting off

tomsykes(bmwmotorradworldsbkteam).

SuperpoleRace

thetissotsuperpoleracewasred-flaggedandrestartedafterRazgatlioglu

tookoutbautistaatturntwoandanotheraccidenttookouta coupleof

racersat thetopoftheCorkscrew.aftertherestart, Rea took the win with

daviesandsykes for company on the podium.

RaceTwo

davieswasthefastestoffthelineandledintothefirstturnwithReaand

Razgatliogluintow.davieswasbacktohisblisteringformandfoughtoffa

challengefromRea.fromthereonit wassmoothsailingfortheducati rider

andhefinishedina comfortablefirstplace.Reastruggledtocatchhimbut

thebesthecoulddowasputsomedistancebetweenhimandthird-placed

Razgatlioglu.injuriesfromthepreviousracecrashforcedbautistatopull

outoftherace,furtherjeopardisinghischampionshipdreams.

at theendoftheUsaweekend,Reastandstallinthechampionship

standingswitha tallyof 433 points.behindhimarebautistaandalex

lowes(Patayamahaworldsbkteam) with 352 and 220 points

respectively.

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