A difficult start from his P3 grid position saw Alex Lowes initially run seventh on the opening lap, before an incident on lap six caused him to run off track. Re-joining the race in 18^th, he quickly picked his way back through the pack, taking five places in as many laps to get himself into P12 with four laps to go. Continuing his impressive charge, the British rider entered the Top 10 with two laps remaining, beating his teammate to the line in the dying seconds to round the weekend off in ninth place and adding seven points to his championship total so far.

Opting for a conservative start from his front row position in a bid to maintain his tyre-life, Guintoli began Sunday's fight from fifth place. The strategy, however, proved to be short-lived and the Frenchman's pace suffered as a result. Circulating in seventh for the majority of the race, he was unable to retain his pace in the closing stages, collecting tenth position and six points at the flag to leave the weekend sitting in sixth place in the standings.

"Today was ok actually,” said Lowes. “I've learnt a lot on the bike this weekend and feel I've made a step forward in terms of my riding the YZF-R1. The second race, apart from a few problems at the start - which as a team we need to learn from - I actually rode very well. We had some small goals in terms of lap times if the race was in similar conditions to Saturday, which it was, and I managed to reach those goals. My second half of the race performance was also much better than yesterday, so plenty of positives. Obviously the results are not where they need to be but we're learning, it's only our third race weekend on the bike and it only would have taken a couple of little things to go our way and it would have been a different result. It may not show on paper but really it's the best weekend we've had and we're a bit closer to the podium fight so I'm looking forward to Assen!"

"We tried a very different solution with the chassis and the electronics for Race 2 but the end result was very similar,” lamented Guintoli. “The end of the race we struggled a lot for pace, this time I was a little more conservative at the start but it just didn't work out. So a very difficult couple of races for us, but the fact that Aragón is very hard on tyres highlighted the fact that we need to work to get more performance out of the bike with the used tyres. In Superpole with both the race and qualifying tyre we showed some very fast pace, so we have to try to match that now during the races with low grip. That's the aim as we get back to work and look to make the next step."

"Alex had a strange race,” added Team Principal Paul Denning. “He experienced difficulties in entering the corners for the first five laps but thereafter adapted to find pace and settled into an excellent rhythm that saw him climb from 18th position to ninth at the flag - and race pace that could have seen him fight for fourth place.”

The Yamaha team now head for Assen for the next Round on the 15^th of April, where the YZF R1 will have only it’s fourth outing in WorldSBK as the new machine continues to make progress on the Japanese manufacturer’s comeback to the paddock.