Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) dominated Race 1 at Imola to score his 9th career win, the 4th this year. Today's pole-sitter managed to pull away from 2nd place Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Aprilia) halfway through the race, keeping a strong pace that only the young Italian was able to match, in the first part. Sykes had a controlled approach in the early laps, making his way up from 4th to the lead, then started making the difference as the race progressed. Giugliano did all he could to stay with the winner, eventually finishing a lonely second, that means his first podium since 2012 Race 1 at Misano. 

Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) achieved a solid 3rd place ahead Marco Melandri (BWM Motorrad GoldBet), as the home rider lapped really close to his former team mate, but couldn't get in contention for the podium. The two riders saw a recovering Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike) getting in the mix until the Ulsterman crashed out of Turn 19, during the nineteenth lap, not long after he moved up to 4th place. Rea got the hole-shot at the start, before running wide at Turn 6 and rejoining in 11th position. 

Michel Fabrizio (Red Devils Aprilia) finished 5th after a good battle with Chaz Davies (BMW Motorrad GoldBet) and Leon Camier (FIXI Crescent Suzuki). Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team), DNF due to a mechanical problem on Lap 6. 

Sykes new Championship leader after Race 2 win 

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) completed a fantastic double-win at Imola, his second in 2013, to become the new Championship leader. The Hudderfield-born rider has led every single lap of Race 2 to cross the line as the winner for the 10th time in his WSBK career and, thanks to his 5th first place finish of the year, to equal the number of individual wins he was able to achieve in the last two seasons combined. After the disappointment of the first race, Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike) redeemed himself to end up a lonely second ahead of works Aprilia rider Sylvain Guintoli. 

Fourth place Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet) edged his team mate Chaz Davies for fourth place at the very last lap, while Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) won the battle for sixth ahead of Leon Camier (FIXI Crescent Suzuki). Michel Fabrizio (Red Devils Aprilia) managed to pulled away in the end for from a still recuperating Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) and fellow Italian Ayrton Badovini (Team Ducati Alstare) for 8th. 

Today's second race saw two potential protagonists out of contention in the early stages, as Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Aprilia) crashed at Turn 7 during the second lap, while trying to keep Sykes' pace, and Eugene Laverty fell off his bike at Turn 18, on lap number six.

Time Of Race 37'51.947 - Avg. 164,247 km/h  

Pos R1 R2 Tot Pos Qualifying Grid No. Rider Nat Team Bike LL Gap Fastest Lap Speed Speed Ranking Race Time 

1 1 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 1'47.507 285,3 1'45.981 287,6 25 25 235 1 

2 2 65 J. REA GBR Pata Honda World Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 21 5.032 1'47.843 282,2 1'46.556 283,0 20 125 7 

3 4 50 S. GUINTOLI FRA Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 10.201 1'48.141 284,5 1'46.857 284,5 16 229 2 

4 7 33 M. MELANDRI ITA BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK BMW S1000 RR 21 13.120 1'48.327 288,4 1'47.221 286,8 13 13 182 4 

5 10 19 C. DAVIES GBR BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK BMW S1000 RR 21 13.630 1'48.359 285,3 1'47.736 283,7 10 11 154 5 

6 9 76 L. BAZ FRA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 23.949 1'48.534 283,7 0.000 283,7 7 10 136 6 

7 6 2 L. CAMIER GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 21 25.420 1'48.598 278,5 1'47.165 276,3 9 9 80 10 

8 12 84 M.FABRIZIO ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 36.511 1'48.733 282,2 0.000 282,2 11 8 120 8 

9 11 91 L. HASLAM GBR Pata Honda World Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 21 40.184 1'49.214 283,7 1'48.096 281,5 6 7 42 15 

10 8 86 A. BADOVINI ITA Team Ducati Alstare Ducati 1199 Panigale R 21 41.100 1'49.305 272,0 1'47.396 275,6 8 6 59 14