Melandri wins and Laverty second
Sunday, 16 October 2011 15:32 GMT
Melandri wins and Laverty second
Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team) and Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike Team) gave their squad a 1-2 finish in the final race of the 2011 season, with Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) posting third place after his late attack on Laverty was rebuffed. The top three were separated by only 1.363 seconds.
Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) held off the resurgent charge of Sylvain Guintoli (Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati) to take fourth place in the 22-lap race and finished his championship-winning year with 15 race victories.
Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia) and Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) went sixth and seventh, Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team) eighth.
The final points tally reads Checa on 505, Melandri on 395, Biaggi and Laverty both on 303 points.
