Jonathan Rea has taken the double WorldSBK win in Spain this afternoon which has handed Kawasaki their third manufacturers’ championship in a row while a podium for Chaz Davies sees him draw level with Tom Sykes for second place in the points table.

In a race that was re-started after Davies and brother-in-law Eugene Laverty collided and fell at turn two, Rea made his way from ninth to second on lap one, passed Michael Van Der Mark at turn two on lap two and never looked back, setting a new lap record as he cruised away from the Yamahas and Ducatis.

The Castletown resident has equalled the win record of legend Troy Bayliss on 52 and now needs seven more to surpass Carl Fogarty and become the most successful WorldSBK rider in history.

The fight for the podium ended up between Davies and Aruba Ducati team-mate Marco Melandri. Davies made his way to second on lap five after starting from ninth on the grid. He had to pass both Alex Lowes and Melandri before putting a move on Van Der Mark.

Melandri tried to follow him but the Dutchman proved a much tougher prospect and the pair swapped paint and places, making errors and running wide before Melandri finally got the better of the Pata Yamaha man. Lowes picked up his pace as the laps clicked down and an error from Van Der Mark, running into the dirt, allowed Lowes a place to pass.

Davies wasn’t able to pull away from Melandri and the little Italian worked his way back to Davies’ rear wheel. The Welshman is very hard to pass on the brakes but Melandri managed into turn one with two laps to go and it looked like Davies didn’t want to make a scrap of it, setting for third.

Lowes cut his gap to Davies right down to six-tenths at the end of the race and said afterwards the hard front tyre he chose didn’t really work but he stayed ahead of Van Der Mark. Sykes also found a way past to take fifth place and keep himself level with Davies on points.

Xavi Fores won a race-long battle with Sylvain Guintoli for seventh place with Tati Mercado and Jordi Torres completing the top ten. A clearly frustrated Leon Camier came home in 12th.

Jerez WorldSBK race two - conditions dry

1 2 1 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 19 1’40.640 280,7 1’38.981 273,8 25 25 506 1
2 1 33 M. MELANDRI ITA Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale R 19 2.732 1’40.734 283,6 1’38.960 277,2 20 301 4
3 8 7 C. DAVIES GBR Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale R 19 3.974 1’41.068 283,6 1’39.840 275,8 20 16 363 2
4 3 22 A. LOWES GBR Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 19 4.624 1’41.217 279,3 1’39.242 273,1 13 13 226 5
5 4 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 19 6.454 1’41.198 277,9 1’39.318 271,8 16 11 363 3
6 5 60 M. VAN DER MARK NED Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 19 10.120 1’41.245 277,9 1’39.561 274,5 11 10 210 6
7 12 12 X. FORÉS ESP BARNI Racing Team Ducati Panigale R 19 15.594 1’41.644 277,2 1’40.535 275,1 7 9 185 7
8 11 05 S. GUINTOLI FRA Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR 19 15.902 1’41.713 277,9 1’40.413 272,4 10 8 18 22
9 13 36 L. MERCADO ARG IODARacing Aprilia RSV4 RF 19 16.396 1’41.690 278,6 1’40.842 275,8 5 7 115 11
10 15 81 J. TORRES ESP Althea BMW Racing Team BMW S 1000 RR 19 19.129 1’41.790 278,6 1’40.992 271,8 3 6 149 9
11 10 40 R. RAMOS ESP Team Kawasaki Go Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10RR 19 19.673 1’41.833 275,8 1’40.388 271,8 6 5 106 13
12 9 2 L. CAMIER GBR MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta 1000 F4 19 20.353 1’41.646 276,5 1’39.957 268,5 4 4 154 8
13 14 35 R. DE ROSA ITA Althea BMW Racing Team BMW S 1000 RR 19 34.169 1’41.876 274,5 1’40.916 273,1 3 48 16
14 16 121 A. ANDREOZZI ITA Guandalini Racing Yamaha YZF R1 19 38.627 1’42.250 272,4 1’41.024 268,5 2 2 11 27
15 21 72 T. TAKAHASHI JPN Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 19 45.421 1’43.149 273,8 1’42.804 271,1 1 8 28
16 19 84 R. RUSSO ITA Pedercini Racing SC-Project Kawasaki ZX-10RR 19 45.469 1’42.844 275,1 1’42.377 269,8 13 26
17 17 34 D. GIUGLIANO ITA Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 18 1 Lap 1’42.654 275,8 1’41.326 273,8 13 24
18 6 32 L. SAVADORI ITA Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 17 2 Laps 1’41.952 275,1 1’39.776 271,1 9 113 12
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RET 18 37 O. JEZEK CZE Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 13 6 Laps 1’42.744 271,8 1’41.890 268,5 1 18 23
RET 7 50 E. LAVERTY IRL Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 10 9 Laps 1’41.406 277,9 1’39.839 274,5 8 135 10
RET 22 99 D. SCHMITTER SUI eighty one HPC-Power Suzuki Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 0 1’45.942 267,8