Sykes wins as race is halted early due to rain
Sunday, 6 May 2012 14:27 GMT
Sykes wins as race is halted early due to rain
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) won the only race of the day at Monza, a contest which was halted at half race distance due to a fresh fall of rain, meaning that half points were awarded.
Sykes was peerless out front in any case, winning by a margin of 9.709 seconds from Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) and with Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) third. Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) was a close fourth and another local great, Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team), was fifth. From second to seventh place was covered by just over a second in a close contest behind Sykes.
In the championship Biaggi now has 97.5 points, Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) has 95.5 after finishing seventh today, and Sykes has 91.5.
