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 |
