2013 Nurburgring World Superbike Race One Result: Riders Seeing Red

Submitted by Mike Lewis on Sun, 2013-09-01 13:57

Results Below

Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes won a red-flagged Race One at Nurburgring circuit Sunday after a crash put both Honda rider Jonathan Rea and Suzuki’s Leon Camier into the hospital. BMW teammates Marco Melandri (second) and Chaz Davies (third) rounded out the podium.

Rea was diagnosed with a broken femur and Camier with a neck injury. Both riders crashed mid race at Turn 9 after a previous crash by Frederico Sandi left oil in the track. Race officials flagged the race on the 18^th lap following the crash. Melandri has just passed Sykes for lead but the red flag required that the results be counted from the previous full lap when Sykes held the top position.

Sykes led most of the race although it was Melandri who got the holeshot. Early on, it was a group of four riders at the front: Sykes, Melandri, Davies, pole-sitter Ayrton Badovini and Rea. Eugene Laverty, fast early on, crashed out of the race on the fourth lap. After Race One, Aprilia’s Sylvain Guintoli led the championship by a single point over Sykes.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Diff
1	66	T. SYKES	Kawasaki ZX-10R
2	33	M. MELANDRI	BMW S1000 RR	0.269
3	19	C. DAVIES	BMW S1000 RR	0.714
4	50	S. GUINTOLI	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	6.427
5	34	D. GIUGLIANO	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	8.526
6	84	M. FABRIZIO	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	13.234
7	91	L. HASLAM	Honda CBR1000RR	13.818
8	16	J. CLUZEL	Suzuki GSX-R1000	18.726
9	86	A. BADOVINI	Ducati 1199 Panigale R	21.049
10	7	C. CHECA	Ducati 1199 Panigale R	22.774
11	8	M. AITCHISON	Kawasaki ZX-10R	33.284
12	96	M. SMRZ	Yamaha YZF R1	48.329
13	121	M. REITERBERGER	BMW S1000 RR	48.627
14	31	V. IANNUZZO	BMW S1000 RR	1'32.530
15	58	E. LAVERTY	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	2 Laps
Not classified
RET	65	J. REA	Honda CBR1000RR	0.976
RET	2	L. CAMIER	Suzuki GSX-R1000	6.677
RET	23	F. SANDI	Kawasaki ZX-10R	3 Laps
RET	27	M. NEUKIRCHNER	Ducati 1199 Panigale R	13 Laps