eni FIM Superbike World Championship
Losail International Circuit, Qatar
November 2, 2014
Race One Results (all on Pirelli tires):
1. Sylvain GUINTOLI, France (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), 17 laps, 33:46.738
2. Loris BAZ, France (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -2.650 seconds
3. Tom SYKES, UK (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -3.955
4. Jonathan REA, UK (Honda CBR1000RR), -4.805
5. Davide GIUGLIANO, Italy (Ducati 1199 Panigale R), -7.861
6. Toni ELIAS, Spain (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -8.192
7. Chaz DAVIES, UK (Ducati 1199 Panigale R), -8.991
8. Marco MELANDRI, Italy (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -10.512
9. Eugene LAVERTY, Ireland (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -15.978
10. Alex LOWES, UK (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -21.456
11. Leon HASLAM, UK (Honda CBR1000RR), -25.977
12. Niccolo CANEPA, Italy (Ducati 1199 Panigale R), EVO, -29.085
13. David SALOM, Spain (Kawasaki ZX-10R), EVO, -29.096
14. Sylvain BARRIER, France (BMW S1000RR), EVO, -39.270
15. Bryan STARING, Australia (Kawasaki ZX-10R), EVO, -43.360
16. Jeremy GUARNONI, France (Kawasaki ZX-10R), EVO, -46.206
17. Geoff MAY, USA (EBR 1190 RX), -76.323
18. Imre TOTH, Hungary (BMW S1000RR), -1 lap
19. Alessandro ANDREOZZI, Italy (Kawasaki ZX-10R), EVO, -10 laps, DNF, retired
20. Gabor RIZMAYER, Hungary (BMW S1000RR), EVO, -11 laps, DNF crash
21. Alex CUDLIN, Australia (Kawasaki ZX-10R), EVO, -15 laps, DNF, crash
22. Aaron YATES, USA (EBR 1190 RX), -15 laps, DNF, crash
23. Claudio CORTI, Italy (MV Agusta F4 RR), -16 laps, DNF, mechanical
Championship Point Standings (after 23 of 24 races):
1. Sykes, 394 points
2. Guintoli, 391
3. Melandri, 320
4. Rea, 314
5. Baz, 302
6. Davies, 204
7. Haslam, 181
8. Giugliano, 173
9. TIE, Eugene Laverty/Elias, 161
11. Alex Lowes, 132
12. Salom, 98
13. Canepa, 69
14. Guarnoni, 45
15. Barrier, 40
16. Leon Camier, 37
17. Corti, 25
18. Morais, 24
19. Andreozzi, 21
20. Fabien Foret, 20
More, from a press release issued by Kawasaki:
Kawasaki And David Salom Are 2014 World Superbike EVO Winners
David Salom (KRT SBK Evo) ensured he would be the 2014 Evo champion after just one race at the final round of the Superbike World Championship in Losail, Qatar, by finishing 13th in the 17-lap race. Even with one race still to go David is 29 points ahead, an advantage which cannot now be overtaken.
Salom has been the convincing leader of this class-within-a-class virtually all season and has scored 12 Evo wins on the official Ninja ZX-10R machine. His best single result inside the overall SBK classification is eighth, which he achieved in the second race at Laguna Seca.
More, from a press release issued by Dorna SBK Press Office:
Guintoli wins race 1 to pile the pressure on Sykes
Doha (Qatar), Sunday 2 November 2014 – The penultimate race of the 2014 eni FIM Superbike World Championship, the first ever to be held under floodlights has been won by Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) who pulled away in the final four laps to cross the line a lonely winner ahead of compatriot Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team), in what was one of the most enthralling races of the season.
Thanks to his fourth win of the year, Guintoli is now only 3 points short of series leader and reigning champion Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), who completed the podium.
From the start it was Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) that led before Baz took his turn at the front. The first half of the race saw eight riders covered by a little over a second, before things settled down a little as Guintoli and Baz began to ease away.
Lap 13 saw Melandri pass Sykes much to the delight of the Aprilia pit garage, while at the front Guintoli and Baz remained locked together. The Aprilia RSV4 #50 overtook the Kawasaki ZX-10R #76 at the start of the fourteenth lap where it would remain.
Tom Sykes regrouped to claim the final podium spot as Jonathan Rea clung on valiantly to 4th ahead of Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) and Toni Elias (Red Devils Roma Aprilia), who were 5th and 6th respectively.
Niccolò Canepa (Althea Racing Ducati) and David Salom (Kawasaki Racing Team) crossed the line separated by 0.011s in their own private EVO fight, the pair finishing 12th and 13th overall with the Spaniard taking the EVO class series victory.