WorldSBK Aragon Race 2 Results: Not even Rea can defeat himself

Jonathan Rea has regained the lead in the 2020 WorldSBK Championship standings with victory in race two despite almost throwing it away with a mistake in the closing stages.

The Ulsterman appeared on course for a comfortable victory having opened up a 1.5secs lead over the opposition when with four laps remaining he ran wide on the exit of the long final left-hander forcing him to sit up to avoid the gravel trap.

The scrub of speed allowed Davies to immediately pounce, passing into Turn 1, but Rea fought right back with a thrilling side-by-side battle for the next few corners before the Kawasaki man edged back ahead.

From here there was no mistake as Rea pushed on to dismiss the threat posed by Davies, his seventh win of the year regaining him the series lead over Scott Redding, who could only manage fourth having run second early on before fading.

Honda is celebrating its first WorldSBK podium with the CBR1000RR-R Fireblade - and its first as a manufacturer since 2016 - after Alvaro Bautista produced a fine performance to secure third, going toe-to-toe with Redding and Michael van der Mark and coming out on top. 

Michael Ruben Rinaldi completed the top five on the privateer Go Eleven Ducati from Michael van der Mark with Leon Haslam prevailing in a six-way fight for seventh, ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu, Alex Lowes and Garrett Gerloff.

WorldSBK Aragon - Race Results 2