Win for Melandri and crash from Biaggi sees the lead change hands
Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) was never under serious challenge after he eventually took the lead in the second eni FIM Superbike World Championship race at Moscow Raceway, heading up race one winner Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) by less than a second after another 25-laps of full on drama and incident.
Chaz Davies (ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia) was third after the three riders in front of him on the last lap were affected by a highside from Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing). Laverty was to retire but Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) recovered from his collision with Laverty's machine, and subsequent crash, to go seventh. The following Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) was pushed off track and dropped back to finish fourth. Leon Camier was a strong fifth for the FIXI Crescent Suzuki team.
Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) had a collision under braking with Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) and neither rider finished the race, which means that Melandri is now in the lead of the championship - 308.5 points to Biaggi's 290, with Sykes third on 267.5.
