Lavilla makes it a double

Gregorio Lavilla secured a winning double as he stormed to victory in race two of the British Superbike championship at Brands Hatch.

The Spaniard took an early lead in the race and now also takes an early 14-point lead in the championship.

Rizla Suzuki’s Chris Walker took an early advantage to come from the second row on the grid into second place at Paddock Hill bend.

As Airwaves Ducati’s Lavilla rode hard to create an eight second gap between himself and his rivals, the battle commenced for second place with Walker, Leon Haslam and Leon Camier going head to head all the way.

Lavilla continued to record fastest laps despite his advantage, with his fastest coming at 1:25.724 early on in the race.

His eight second gap was brought down to 0.330secs with the introduction of the safety car on lap 14. MAR’s Malcolm Ashley badly high-sided on his Kawasaki resulting in the race being extended by three laps.

There were some hairy moments for 35-year-old Walker once the caution period was over as he out-braked himself on several occasions and had to fight hard to retain his second place.

He was outpaced by the younger riders in the end as he ran wide on lap 10 and by lap 20 had slipped back to fifth.

The 42,000 strong crowd had lots to shout about in the closing stages as the popular Shane Byrne ran wide at Hawthorn and lost several places.

Lavilla was handed his champagne and trophy a lap early after Sean Emmett’s Honda blew up. This resulted in oil being dropped on the track and Emmett crashing just before the start / finish line, which brought out the red flag and the end to the race.

Rookie Leon Camier continued his success in his first outing in BSB with another podium finish on his Bike Animal Honda just behind HM Plant Honda’s Jonathan Rea

Race Two Results:

1. Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati 
2. Leon Camier Bike Animal Honda
3. Jonathan Rea HM Plant Honda
4. Shane Byrne Stobart Vent Axia
5. Chris Walker Rizla Suzuki   
6. Leon Haslam Airwaves Ducati   
7. Tom Sykes Stobart Vent Axia  
8. Ryuichi Kyonari HM Plant Honda
9. Tommy Hill Yamaha Virgin Media  
10. Michael Rutter Islion MSS Discovery Kawasaki 
11. Simon Andrews Jentin Racing 
12. Tommy Bridewell Team NB  
13. Cal Crutchlow Rizla Suzuki   
14. Karl Harris Hydrex Honda   
15. Peter Hickman Hawk Kawasaki 
16. Dean Thomas Samsung Suberbike Team 
17. James Haydon Virgin Yamaha
18. Steve Plater AIM Racing  
19. Ollie Bridewell Team NB   
20. Sean Emmett PR Branson Honda Racing
21. Scott Smart Hawk Kawasaki   
22. Chris Martin Hydrex Honda
23. James Buckingham Quay Garage
24. Aaron Zanotti SMT Yamaha / Zanotti Racing 
25. Tom Tunstall Hardinge – Ice Valley Motorsport
26. Malcolm Ashley MAR