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Losail International Circuit witnessed yet another spectacular
World Superbike Championship!
The final FIM Superbike World Championship race of 2015 was won on the final lap after another race-long fight as Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils), who took his second win of the year – the fifth of his WorldSBK career – beat Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team). In securing 2nd, the Welshman also claimed the runner-up spot in the final standings ahead of Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), who came home third. Leon’s winning margin was 0.110s and his victory gave Aprilia a double win in the season finale, just as they had one year ago under Qatar’s floodlights.
Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike) completed his debut WorldSBK year with another strong showing, the Dutchman finishing fourth after running in the leading group for the first 12 laps, before dropping back a little in the closing stages.
The other big news of Race 2 was Jonathan Rea’s first DNF of the season, which put an end to his hopes of setting a new outright points record in the series; the 2015 World Championship had to pull out on lap 6 as his KRT machine suffered a technical problem.
Sylvain Guintoli was fifth on his last race for Pata Honda. The 2014 champion ended the night’s second 17-lap encounter a fraction of a second ahead of Leandro Mercado (Barni Racing), who took a season’s best sixth.
Seventh was Randy de Puniet (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki), who equalled his previous best result of the season, while 8th to 10th went to Niccolò Canepa (Althea Racing Ducati), David Salom (Team Pedercini Kawasaki) and Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia).
The final point scorers in Race 2 were Christophe Ponsson (Team Pedercini), Gianluca Vizziello (Grillini SBK Team), Gabor Rizmayer (BMW Team Toth), Imre Toth (BMW Team Toth) and Alex Phillis who scored his first WorldSBK championship point.
Xavi Fores (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Superbike Team) did not compete in Race 2 after withdrawing through illness while Alex Lowes retired his Voltcom Crescent Suzuki at the end of the opening lap. Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) was able to start the second encounter but he too to finish for the second time today.
WorldSBK Qatar - Race 2
1 - Leon Haslam Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils
2 - Chaz Davies Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Superbike Team +0.110
3 - Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team +0.388
Final standings
1 - Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team 548
2 - Chaz Davies Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Superbike Team 416 (-132)
3 - Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team 399 (-149)
(As provided by World Superbike Press Office)
The 2015 eni FIM Superbike World Championship had its very last moment on Monday, October 19th as the top World Superbike and Supersport riders and teams, along with the WorldSBK, FIM and media representatives gathered together for the annual Prize-Giving Ceremony at the St. Regis Hotel in Doha.
Additionally our local and regional riders also showcased their skills and talent at Qatar Superbike Championship Round 2 which was held along with International event.
The second race of Qatar Superbike had the same winners as race one, with the win of Alex Cudlin and Al Naimi and Al Malki second and third respectively. In the first two laps of the race, Al Malki took the lead but in the third lap, he came into the third position, with Al Naimi in second and Cudlin in front position.
In the veterans category, the podium was also the same as first race, with Ian Maud first in the category and Christopher Bell and Martin Bexon second and third.
In the Qatar Supersport race 2, Abdulaziz Bin Ladin won again in this championship and he increases the lead ahead of Fahid Al Sowaidi. The Saudi Arabian rider who started on pole, took the lead until the checkered flag and gave no chance to Fahid Al Sowaidi to overtake him. Al Sowaidi ended in second place and Ahmed Al Muyini came third, same podium as in the first race.
American rider Shelina Moreda was the first women in her category in the second race of the day.
The next round for Qatar Superbike and Qatar Supersport will be on 6th and 7th November.
Our sincere thanks to the managment and staff of QMMF and Losail Circuit as well as Dorna WSBK Organization for their continues support rendered to Rush360' Qatar team.
Here are some moments captured at WSBK and QSBK at the event, Enjoy!
Endurocross Championship organized by Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) will be held this Friday.
