Jonathan Rea 3 for 3 on Kawasaki Ninja: 2017 World Superbike Champion

Winning race two was Aruba.it Racing Ducati’s Chaz Davies. The Panigale 1199 R pilot was joined on the podium by the Pata Yamaha YZF-R1 duo of Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark, respectively.

After race two, the newly-crowned WorldSBK Champion Rea said: “Without the incident that put me out of the race we could have been fighting for the win.

“My pace all weekend in the dry has been a little bit of a step ahead of the others. The conditions were a little intermittent throughout the race, so it is hard to say how it would have gone. But I was confident to be able to race with Chaz (Davies). Wet or dry we have set the level this weekend.

“The good news is that I have had some checks on my right foot and nothing is broken. I hit something really solid on the other bike, as it has broken skin on my foot and it was enough to take my footpeg completely off; the whole set-up. So I am very lucky and it could have been a lot worse.”

Rea’s teammate finished seventh, which was enough points for Kawasaki to claim a third-straight manufacturer’s title

The 2017 World Superbike Championship continues in three-weeks time at Jerez in Spain where Rea claimed two podiums last season.

Jonathan Rea Statistics

• World Champion 2015, 2016 & 2017
• 2017: Races 22, Wins 12, Podiums 20, Superpoles 5
• Career Race Wins: 50 (35 for Kawasaki)
• Career Podiums: 108 (66 For Kawasaki)
• Career Poles: 13 (9 For Kawasaki)

2017 World Superbike Point Standings (after 11 of 13 rounds):

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Nationality	Points
1	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	GBR	456
2	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	GBR	336
3	Chaz Davies	Ducati	GBR	327
4	Marco Melandri	Ducati	ITA	281
5	Alex Lowes	Yamaha	GBR	200
6	Michael van der Mark	Yamaha	NLD	189
7	Xavi Fores	Ducati	ESP	169
8	Leon Camier	MV Agusta	GBR	146
9	Jordi Torres	BMW	ESP	140
10	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	GBR	127
11	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	ITA	104
12	Leandro Mercado	Aprilia	ARG	103
13	Román Ramos	Kawasaki	ESP	95
14	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	DEU	59
15	Randy Krummenacher	Kawasaki	CHE	50
16	Raffaele De Rosa	BMW	ITA	44
17	Nicky Hayden	Honda	USA	40
18	Alex De Angelis	Kawasaki	SM	33
19	Markus Reiterberger	BMW	DEU	29
20	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki	ITA	26
21	Leon Haslam	Kawasaki	GBR	20
22	Ondrej Jezek	Kawasaki	CZE	17
23	Anthony West	Kawasaki	AUS	13
24	Davide Giugliano	Honda	ITA	13
25	Riccardo Russo	Yamaha	ITA	13
26	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	DEU	8
27	Alessandro Andreozzi	Yamaha	ITA	7
28	Jake Dixon	Kawasaki	GBR	7
29	Takumi Takahashi	Honda	JPN	7
30	Jake Gagne	Honda	USA	6
31	Joshua Brookes	BMW	AUS	4
32	Julian Simon	Aprilia	ESP	1
33	Karel Abraham	BMW	CZE	0