Tom Sykes triumphant at Donington

29 May 2016 03:23

Former champion Tom Sykes took his second win of the UK round of the Superbike World Championship at Donington Park to close the gap on series leader and Kawasaki team-mate Jonathan Rea to 56 points.

Sykes also won the first race on Saturday and made it two from two at the Leicestershire circuit after heading home Rea by just over two seconds in race two on Sunday.

Rea, who was third in Saturday's first race, pushed his team-mate all the way but could not quite force a passing move and had to settle for second ahead of the Aruba.it Racing Ducati of Chaz Davies who made it a British clean sweep of the race two podium.

Fourth went to the Ioda Racing Aprilia of Lorenzo Savadori from Leon Camier on the MV Augusta and Honda's Nicky Hayden.

Davide Giugliano, who was second in race one, finished seventh on the Aruba.it Racing Ducati ahead of Honda rider Michael van der Mark.

Ninth place went to Josh Brookes on the Milwaukee BMW and Cameron Beaubier rounded out the top 10 for Pata Yamaha.

Sykes' two race wins over the weekend moved him into second behind Rea in the points standings and saw Davies drop down to third.

Source: PA