Marco Melandri a décroché la dix-huitième victoire de sa carrière dans le Championnat du Monde eni FIM Superbike en dominant la seconde épreuve de la journée à Jerez de la Frontera, un succès qui fait de lui le deuxième Italien avec le plus de victoires en World Superbike, après Max Biaggi (21).
Le pilote de l’Aprilia Racing Team était troisième en début d’épreuve mais est progressivement revenu sur Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) puis sur son coéquipier Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) pour finalement s’échapper en tête et s’offrir sa seconde victoire de la journée. Il s’agit de son second doublé de l’année après celui de Sepang, où il s’était aussi imposé les deux fois devant Guintoli.
Bien qu’il se soit incliné à deux reprises, le Français repartira de Jerez avec un bilan positif puisque ses deux secondes places lui permettent de revenir à 31 points de Sykes, troisième de la seconde course, dans la lutte pour le titre 2014, avant les deux dernières manches qu’accueilleront Magny-Cours et Losail.
Complétaient le Top 6 à l’arrivée Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team), Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) et Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) tandis que Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team), auteur de la pole position, n’a pu faire que septième, juste devant Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike Team).
Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia) s’est aisément imposé dans la catégorie EVO suite à la chute de David Salom (Kawasaki Racing Team) en début de course et a fini onzième, devant Sheridan Morais (Iron Brain Grillini Kawasaki) et Jérémy Guarnoni (MRS Kawasaki). Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) a été contraint à l'abandon suite à un problème technique qui l'a forcé à sortir de piste.
Le Team Toth BMW a quant à lui pu fêter son troisième Top 15 de la saison grâce à la bonne performance et la quatorzième place du pilote remplaçant Gabor Rizmayer.
The drama in race 2 at Jerez began almost immediately as best EVO classified rider in race one David Salom (Kawasaki Racing Team) crashed out on lap one with Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) retiring with a technical problem on lap 2.
At the front Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) led from Tom Sykes, the Kawasaki Racing rider and reigning World Champion making a much better start but as in race one it was Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team) who slowly worked his way to the front, eventually passing Guintoli in the final third of the race to take the a double win ahead of his team mate and Tom Sykes who were 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Completing the top six were Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team), Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), and Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) while the best EVO classified rider was Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia) who finished 11th overall and comfortably ahead of 12th placed Sheridan Morais (Iron Brain Grillini Kawasaki) who scored on of his best results of the year.
At the front Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) led from Tom Sykes, the Kawasaki Racing rider and reigning World Champion making a much better start but as in race one it was Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team) who slowly worked his way to the front, eventually passing Guintoli in the final third of the race to take the a double win ahead of his team mate and Tom Sykes who were 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Completing the top six were Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team), Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), and Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) while the best EVO classified rider was Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia) who finished 11th overall and comfortably ahead of 12th placed Sheridan Morais (Iron Brain Grillini Kawasaki) who scored on of his best results of the year.
There was jubilation for Team Toth BMW who achieved their third point scoring finish of the season courtesy of a 14th place finish by replacement rider Gabor Rizmayer.
