The second race at Misano was under sunny skies and on a completely dry track, which saw Jonathan Rea dogfight with Xerox Ducati riders Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio from start to finish and beat Fabrizio to the checkered flag by 0.
063 of a second.
It was Noriyuki Haga that took off from sixth on the grid and was first at turn 1, with Rea in hot pursuit and Fabrizio, Smrz, Checa and Byrnes trailing behind.
Ben Spies, winner of race 1, encountered technical problems and started slipping behind and pulled wide looking at the back of his Yamaha R1.
Dropping to the back of the field, and finding a solution to his problems, began lapping with times almost equal to those leading, but had his work cut out for after having dropped to 17th place managed to finish 9th, but was extremely frustrated and angry, which we all saw when crossing the finish line, he punched his Yamaha on the tank.
On lap 4 Rea made his move on Haga, with Fabrizio fastly closing in on his team mate, but it was down to third on lap 6 after Fabrizio made his move.
The two team mates gave an exciting example of close passing and on the 12th lap that Japanese rider set his fastest lap with a 1.
37”135.
Fabrizio, in second place was now threatening Rea and on lap 17 overtook him, but could not clear out and Rea and Haga continued to pressure the Roman rider.
With four laps to go Rea repassed Fabrizio only to have Fabrizio dive his Ducati back through.
On the last lap, Rea outbraked Fabrizio at the end of the straight and on the remaining corners kept his lines and closed all the doors, shutting out all of Fabrizio’s attempts to pass him and Rea would go on to win his first WSBK race of the season.
Jakub Smrz was able to get by Checa for fourth, but the Spaniard held off Byrnes by less that one tenth.
Trailing respectively were Sykes, Haslam and Spies and Max Biaggi who rounded out the top ten.
Race 2 Results:1 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 39′11.
204 (155,293 kph)2 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 0.
0633 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 0.
4574 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098R 3.
6355 Checa C.
(ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 4.
4606 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 4.
5387 Sykes T.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 12.
6798 Haslam L.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 12.
7639 Spies B.
(USA) Yamaha YZF R1 13.
23710 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 14.
41211 Kagayama Y.
(JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 20.
07312 Nieto F.
(ESP) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 20.
23913 Nakano S.
(JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 22.
35114 Kiyonari R.
(JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 24.
54715 Lavilla G.
(ESP) Ducati 1098R 24.
69616 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 25.
61517 Parkes B.
(AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 31.
88718 Lanzi L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 34.
75119 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 38.
06120 Scassa L.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 47.
71721 Lagrive M.
(FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 48.
97322 Hacking J.
(USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 51.
02723 Polita A.
(ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 52.
52624 Iannuzzo V.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 57.
58925 Resch R.
(AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′36.
359DNF26.
David Salom ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R27.
David Checa ESP Yamaha France GMT 9428.
Matteo Baiocco ITA PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R DNSJohn Hopkins USA Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR