2018 Laguna Seca World Superbike Results

The 2018 World Superbike Championship headed to the USA this past weekend for the only time this season.

The focus ahead of round eight of 13 at Laguna Seca was on the dominate teams so far this season – the Kawasaki Racing Team of Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes, and the Aruba.it Racing Ducati team of Marco Melandri and Chaz Davies.

When the SBK weekend was complete at the track known for its Corkscrew, Rea was able to score his first double at Laguna Seca, and his second this season (the other arriving in Imola).

Superpole winner Davies claimed second in both races. Finishing third in race one was Yamaha’s Alex Lowes, and in race two the final podium position went to Aprilia’s Eugene Laverty.

Rea earned the first race aboard his Kawasaki ZX-10RR by nearly three seconds, and race two by five seconds. This was his eight victory of the season, giving him a 50-percent winning record for 2018 WorldSBK so far.

Rea also earned his 125th-career WSBK podium, and is now 75 points ahead of Davies with five rounds remaining as he chases his fourth-straight WorldSBK title.

Following Sunday’s race two, Jonathan Rea said: “An incredible weekend. I expected to be strong here but I had no idea how strong. Two weekends in a row now, Brno and here, we have been the reference. Weekends like that do not happen all the time so we have to really absorb it and enjoy the moment.

“A double win at Laguna in the sunshine – it does not get much better. There are so many people out around the track. A massive thanks to all my crew, especially Pere because even though we won yesterday with a margin, last night he changed the bike completely and gave me some more confidence in the front.

“It worked a dream. It was one of those races where I could absorb what was happening, the crowd, the weather, where I was; it really was an incredible race.”

Next up for the WorldSBK calendar is the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, which will host round nine July 6-8.

Following are the official results and point standings:

2018 Laguna Seca World Superbike Results, Race 1

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Nationality	Time
1	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	GBR	35’15.071
2	Chaz Davies	Ducati	GBR	00’02.978
3	Alex Lowes	Yamaha	GBR	00’12.212
4	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	GBR	00’14.309
5	Marco Melandri	Ducati	ITA	00’16.712
6	Xavi Fores	Ducati	ESP	00’18.929
7	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	GBR	00’25.638
8	Michael van der Mark	Yamaha	NLD	00’26.211
9	Jordi Torres	MV Agusta	ESP	00’31.579
10	Jake Gagne	Honda	USA	00’38.084
11	Yonny Hernandez	Kawasaki	COL	00’44.971
12	Román Ramos	Kawasaki	ESP	00’45.412
13	Karel Hanika	Yamaha	CZE	00’50.768
14	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	ITA	01’06.063
15	Loris Baz	BMW	FRA	01’30.000

 

2018 Laguna Seca World Superbike Results, Race 2

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Nationality	Time
1	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	GBR	35’09.683
2	Chaz Davies	Ducati	GBR	00’05.099
3	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	GBR	00’06.711
4	Alex Lowes	Yamaha	GBR	00’08.011
5	Michael van der Mark	Yamaha	NLD	00’09.746
6	Xavi Fores	Ducati	ESP	00’14.791
7	Jordi Torres	MV Agusta	ESP	00’16.711
8	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	GBR	00’17.284
9	Jake Gagne	Honda	USA	00’35.421
10	Loris Baz	BMW	FRA	00’39.802
11	Leandro Mercado	Aprilia	ARG	00’42.946
12	Román Ramos	Kawasaki	ESP	00’43.437
13	Leon Camier	Honda	GBR	00’44.563
14	Karel Hanika	Yamaha	CZE	00’47.257
15	Yonny Hernandez	Kawasaki	COL	00’53.415

 

2018 World Superbike Point Standings (after eight of 13 rounds)

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Nationality	Points
1	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	GBR	320
2	Chaz Davies	Ducati	GBR	245
3	Michael van der Mark	Yamaha	NLD	215
4	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	GBR	196
5	Alex Lowes	Yamaha	GBR	183
6	Marco Melandri	Ducati	ITA	168
7	Xavi Fores	Ducati	ESP	154
8	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Kawasaki	TUR	91
9	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	GBR	89
10	Jordi Torres	MV Agusta	ESP	80
11	Loris Baz	BMW	FRA	79
12	Leon Camier	Honda	GBR	75
13	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	ITA	74
14	Román Ramos	Kawasaki	ESP	53
15	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Ducati	ITA	50
16	Leandro Mercado	Aprilia	ARG	47
17	Jake Gagne	Honda	USA	37
18	Yonny Hernandez	Kawasaki	COL	23
19	Patrick Jacobsen	Honda	USA	19
20	Leon Haslam	Kawasaki	GBR	14
21	Davide Giugliano	Aprilia	ITA	8
22	Karel Hanika	Yamaha	CZE	5
23	Bradley Ray	Suzuki	GBR	3
24	Ondrej Jezek	Kawasaki	CZE	3
25	Luke Mossey	Kawasaki	GBR	2
26	Niccolò Canepa	Yamaha	ITA	0