WSB 2012: Championship standings, R4 Monza

Biaggi maintains his lead but Sykes creeps up

TOM SYKES' win has helped him edge closer to Biaggi and Checa at the top of the World Superbike standings. However, Sykes could have badly done with full points, this weekend, having only gains 12.5 points for his half-race win on the only race that ran in World Superbikes.

World Superbike Championship Standings after Monza, Round 4

1. Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing 97.5 points
2. Carlos Checa Althea Ducati 95.5
3. Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing 91.5
4. Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad 72.5
5. Jonathan Rea Honda WSBK 70
6. Leon Haslam BMW Motorrad 68
7. Sylvain Guintoli Effenbert Liberty Ducati 66
8. Eugene Laverty Aprilia Racing 64
9. Jakub Smrz Liberty Effenbert Ducati 42.5
10. Davide Giugliano Althea Ducati 41
11. Maxime Berger Effenbert Liberty Ducati 26.5
12. Michel Fabrizio BMW Italia GoldBet 26
13. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda WSBK 24.5
14. Lorenzo Zanetti PATA Ducati 21
15. Niccolo Canepa Red Devils Roma Ducati 20
16. Joan Lascorz Kawasaki Racing 17
17. Leon Camier Crescent Fixi Suzuki 14.5
18. Ayrton Badovini BMW Italia GoldBet 14
19. Leandro Mercado Pedercini Kawasaki 9
20. David Salom Pedercini Kawasaki 9
21. John Hopkins Crescent Fixi Suzuki 8
22. Bryan Staring Pedercini Kawasaki 6
23. Chaz Davies ParkinGO MTC Aprilia 4
24. Josh Brookes Crescent Fixi Suzuki 1
25. Mark Aitchison Grillini Progea BMW 1