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Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) wrapped up a superb weekend on Sunday with his second victory of Germany’s Motul Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) in race two.

Davies completed the double out front, while Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) and Marco Melandri (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) also secured podium results.

With light rain falling during the final laps the WorldSBK riders had to focus hard in order to avoid any mistakes and Davies did just that to register a third victory in four races at Lausitzring.

Coming from the back of the third row on the grid the Welshman ultimately beat Rea across the line by 2.290s, with Melandri just over two further seconds back having held the lead early in the race.

Despite setting pole on Saturday Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) could not stay with the front three on this occasion and finished in fourth place. The results saw Rea open up a 70-point gap over his teammate Sykes in the standings with four rounds to go.

Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team) just beat Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) to fifth by 0.237s, with five Britons finishing in the top six.

Just behind them on the finish line was Lorenzo Savadori (Milwaukee Aprilia) as the top Aprilia-equipped rider, just trailing Camier by 0.115s in that tight group also involving Lowes.

Jordi Torres (Althea BMW Racing Team), German wildcard Markus Reiterberger (Van Zon Remeha BMW) and Xavi Fores (BARNI Racing Team) completed the top 10. A brave ride by Stefan Bradl (Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team) saw him finish 13th, after he missed race one due to severe elbow pain from a crash on Friday.

The WorldSSP race saw the red flags come out on the penultimate lap with the victory being awarded to Sheridan Morais (Kallio Racing), with Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) and Lucas Mahias (GRT Yamaha Official WorldSSP Team) also taking podium results.

The race standings were taken from the rider positions at the end of lap 17 after a crash on the penultimate lap which saw Federico Caricasulo (GRT Yamaha Official WorldSSP Team) go down at turn two, with Mahias also involved. Mahias was able to remount and was therefore included in the final race results.

Second place for world champion Sofuoglu moves him to within one point of the championship lead, which is still just held by Frenchman Mahias, who picked up 16 valuable points in third despite his crash.

The top five at Lausitzring also included Jules Cluzel (CIA Landlord Insurance Honda) and Niki Tuuli (Kallio Racing). Anthony West (EAB West Racing Yamaha) rode to P8, Lachlan Epis (Response RE Racing Kawasaki) 21st despite a crash before race commencement and Giuseppe Scarcella (Team Lorini Honda) 26th.

As Supersport 300 action resumed in Germany, enthralling racing action ensued as Alfonso Coppola (SK Racing) took the victory ahead of Marc Garcia (Halcouier Racing) and Mika Perez (WILSport Racedays).

Michael Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team) notched an important Superstock 1000 European Championship win in Germany, taking advantage of late mishaps for Federico Sandi (Berclaz Racing Team) and Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing).

Championship leader Rinaldi was joined on the podium by Australian teammate Mike Jones (Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team) in his first top three and Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team), while Glenn Scott (Agro On-Benjan Kawasaki) crossed the line in 17th.

The WorldSBK grid return to action in just under a month’s time on 15-17 September at Portimao in Portugal.