Aragon WSBK: Davies wins as Fores crashes from lead

Fores passed early leader Marco Melandri on Lap 5, but the local rider only held first place for three laps before he went down at Turn 16, at the end of the back straight.

His crash promoted Rea into the lead, and the Northern Irishman, along with the Ducati factory duo of Melandri and Davies, was part of the leading group for the rest of the race.

Davies made a forceful move on his teammate at Turn 4 and also outmanoeuvred Rea two laps later on the outside line of the same corner to take the lead.

The order of the top three did not change for the rest of the race, with Rea even running off-track on the final lap.

However, despite losing a second due to his mistake, the Kawasaki rider still secured second place, with Melandri having an even slower final lap.

Ducati junior rider and WSBK debutant Michael Ruben Rinaldi held fourth for a long time before losing pace during the late stages of the race, and dropping to seventh.

Yamaha duo Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark completed the top five, the former making a move on the latter on the final lap.

Tom Sykes was only ninth on the opening lap despite starting third and, after spending the entire race in the second half of the top 10, settled for sixth.

Behind Rinaldi, MV Agusta's Jordi Torres, Toprak Razgatlioglu (Puccetti Kawasaki) and Aprilia rider Lorenzo Savadori completed the top 10.

Leon Camier, who was taken to hospital and diagnosed with fractured ribs and a lung contusion following a Race 1 crash with Torres and Savadori, did not take part in the race.

Race 2 results

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	Chaz Davies	Ducati	33'29.519
2	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	1.184
3	Marco Melandri	Ducati	4.584
4	Alex Lowes	Yamaha	10.251
5	Michael van der Mark	Yamaha	10.687
6	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	13.729
7	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Ducati	14.819
8	Jordi Torres	MV Agusta	15.215
9	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Kawasaki	19.812
10	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	20.272
11	Roman Ramos	Kawasaki	25.604
12	Jake Gagne	Honda	25.745
13	Leandro Mercado	Kawasaki	27.973
14	Patrick Jacobsen	Honda	28.469
15	Loris Baz	BMW	32.094
16	Yonny Hernandez	Kawasaki	32.113
17	Ondrej Jezek	Yamaha	56.590
18	Vladimir Leonov	Kawasaki	1'23.992
19	Davide Giugliano	Aprilia	1 lap
Ret	Xavi Fores	Ducati	11 laps