Pata Honda World Superbike riders Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam did not leave their home race at Donington Park in the UK today with great satisfaction, but take away a collection of points from their top ten finishes in the two fifth-round races.

Starting from eighth place on the grid for the two 23-lappers around the 4.023km Donington Park circuit, Rea struggled for grip in both outings and took two sixth place finishes.

The 27-year-old from Northern Ireland came to the UK with a slender four-point lead in the championship over fellow Brit, Tom Sykes, who won both of today’s races. Rea remains second in the championship, however, tied with Loriz Baz who was second twice today.

Rea’s Pata Honda team-mate, Leon Haslam, put his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP on the front row for today’s races after a wet Superpole session yesterday.

However, the 30-year-old rider, who lives very close to Donington Park, was unable to give his friends, family and supporters much to cheer about, finishing eighth in race one and seventh in the second outing.

Jonathan Rea - sixth and sixth

It’s not been the perfect weekend after Imola, but I think we were ready for that. We really struggled on Friday with a few things and the low-grip nature of Donington caused us to suffer quite a lot throughout the weekend. In both races it was a struggle, and it’s difficult for me to understand how the bike was so good in Imola and why we struggled more here. But finishing two 23-lap races will give the guys some great data to take away and look at so that when, in the future, we arrive at circuits that aren’t so grippy, we can have an idea of how to maximise a result. We finished quite far from the race winners today and it’s not the best situation. But we can leave Donington with some positives and we’re all really looking forward to the next few races.

Leon Haslam - eighth and seventh

I was happy with qualifying in the wet but the races have not been good at all. Finishing eighth and seventh is only slightly offset by the fact that Jonathan had the same problems this weekend. In race two I caught up in some carnage with a couple of incidents at the hairpin and ended up dropping from third to about twelfth. That finished the afternoon for me, really, which is disappointing at my home round. Looking at the times we were doing, they’re not far off what I was doing two or three years ago. It’s been frustrating, of course, but I have a lot of faith and confidence in the team and Malaysia is a new track for everyone, so I’m looking forward to the next round.

Pieter Breddels - technical co-ordinator

It’s clearly been quite a disappointing weekend, seeing the guys in sixth, seventh, eighth positions after such a strong event in Imola. In general we suffered from not having a dry Saturday because on Friday it became quite apparent that we needed some more time to make a good set-up. The guys are still de-briefing, checking what the problems were but, for sure, the general low level of grip did not work in our favour. We have some work to do if we are going to strike back in Sepang.

Event results - Round 5- Race 1

1 Tom Sykes 34'23.929 GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
2 Loris Baz 1.538 FRA KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
3 Alex Lowes 6.394 GBR SUZUKI Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
4 Marco Melandri 11.875 ITA APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
5 Chaz Davies 14.514 GBR DUCATI Ducati Superbike Team
6 Jonathan Rea 14.708 GBR HONDA Pata Honda
7 Sylvain Guintoli 18.483 FRA APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
8 Leon Haslam 29.295 GBR HONDA Pata Honda
9 Toni Elias 31.291 SPA APRILIA Red Devils Roma
10 David Salom 46.953 ESP KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
11 Niccolo Canepa 47.170 ITA DUCATI Althea Racing
12 Fabien Foret 1'02.583 FRA KAWASAKI MAHI Racing Team India
13 Jeremy Guarnoni 1'06.195 FRA KAWASAKI MRS Kawasaki
14 Alessandro Andreozzi 1'11.244 ITA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
15 Claudio Corti 1'12.643 ITA MV AGUSTA MV Agusta RC-Yakhnich Motorsport
16 Roamin Lanusse 1'22.209 FRA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
17 Aaron Yates 1 Lap USA BIMOTA Team Hero EBR
18 Imre Toth 1 Lap HUN BMW BMW Team Toth
19 Sheridan Morais 2 Laps RSA KAWASAKI IRON BRAIN Kawasaki SBK Team
20 Davide Giugliano DNF ITA DUCATI Ducati Superbike Team
21 Eugene Laverty DNF IRL SUZUKI Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
22 Ayrton Badovini DNF ITA BIMOTA Team Alstare
23 Christian Iddon DNF GBR BIMOTA Team Alstare


Event results - Round 5- Race 2

1 Tom Sykes 34'14.134 GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
2 Loris Baz 3.678 FRA KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
3 Sylvain Guintoli 7.376 FRA APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
4 Davide Giugliano 10.827 ITA DUCATI Ducati Superbike Team
5 Chaz Davies 15.140 GBR DUCATI Ducati Superbike Team
6 Jonathan Rea 17.975 GBR HONDA Pata Honda
7 Leon Haslam 33.737 GBR HONDA Pata Honda
8 Toni Elias 40.362 SPA APRILIA Red Devils Roma
9 Alex Lowes 41.465 GBR SUZUKI Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
10 David Salom 48.929 ESP KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
11 Niccolo Canepa 49.229 ITA DUCATI Althea Racing
12 Claudio Corti 57.984 ITA MV AGUSTA MV Agusta RC-Yakhnich Motorsport
13 Eugene Laverty 1'00.751 IRL SUZUKI Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
14 Jeremy Guarnoni 1'01.697 FRA KAWASAKI MRS Kawasaki
15 Alessandro Andreozzi 1'03.349 ITA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
16 Sheridan Morais 1'03.820 RSA KAWASAKI IRON BRAIN Kawasaki SBK Team
17 Marco Melandri 1'05.485 ITA APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
18 Fabien Foret 1'11.049 FRA KAWASAKI MAHI Racing Team India
19 Roamin Lanusse 1'15.943 FRA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
20 Imre Toth 1 Lap HUN BMW BMW Team Toth
21 Aaron Yates DNF USA BIMOTA Team Hero EBR
22 Ayrton Badovini DNF ITA BIMOTA Team Alstare
23 Christian Iddon DNF GBR BIMOTA Team Alstare


Championship standings

1 Tom Sykes 185 pts GBR KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
2 Loris Baz 159 pts FRA KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
3 Jonathan Rea 159 pts GBR HONDA Pata Honda
4 Sylvain Guintoli 148 pts FRA APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
5 Chaz Davies 109 pts GBR DUCATI Ducati Superbike Team
6 Marco Melandri 97 pts ITA APRILIA Aprilia Racing Team
7 Davide Giugliano 82 pts ITA DUCATI Ducati Superbike Team
8 Leon Haslam 75 pts GBR HONDA Pata Honda
9 Alex Lowes 73 pts GBR SUZUKI Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
10 Toni Elias 65 pts SPA APRILIA Red Devils Roma
11 Eugene Laverty 65 pts IRL SUZUKI Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
12 David Salom 46 pts ESP KAWASAKI Kawasaki Racing Team
13 Niccolo Canepa 38 pts ITA DUCATI Althea Racing
14 Leon Camier 20 pts GBR BMW BMW Motorrad Italia SBK
15 Luca Scassa 16 pts ITA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
16 Fabien Foret 14 pts FRA KAWASAKI MAHI Racing Team India
17 Jeremy Guarnoni 12 pts FRA KAWASAKI MRS Kawasaki
18 Sheridan Morais 10 pts RSA KAWASAKI IRON BRAIN Kawasaki SBK Team
19 Claudio Corti 10 pts ITA MV AGUSTA MV Agusta RC-Yakhnich Motorsport
20 Glen Allerton 6 pts AUS BMW BMW Motorrad Italia SBK
21 Kervin Bos 5 pts NED HONDA Winteb LiquidRubber Racing T.
22 Alessandro Andreozzi 4 pts ITA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
23 Michel Fabrizio 2 pts ITA KAWASAKI IRON BRAIN Kawasaki SBK Team
24 Roamin Lanusse 0 pts FRA KAWASAKI Team Pedercini
25 Peter Sebestyen 0 pts HUN BMW BMW Team Toth
26 Imre Toth 0 pts HUN BMW BMW Team Toth
27 Geoff May 0 pts USA BIMOTA Team Hero EBR
28 Christian Iddon 0 pts GBR BIMOTA Team Alstare
29 Aaron Yates 0 pts USA BIMOTA Team Hero EBR

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