Fan favourite Danilo Petrucci won FIM Superbike World Championship Race Two Sunday at the Cremona Circuit, in Italy. Riding his Pirelli-equipped Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R, the Italian won the 23-lap race by 1.023 seconds, giving him a clean sweep of all three race wins on the weekend.
Two-time and defending Champion Alvaro Bautista was the runner-up on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati.
Nicolo Bulega, Bautista’s teammate, finished third, which drew the rookie to within 13 points of Championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu, who is out with injury.
American Garrett Gerloff finished fourth, just 8.452 seconds behind Petrucci, on his Bonovo Action BMW M 1000 RR.
Alex Lowes rounded out the top five finishers on his factory Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR. Alvaro Bautista who came on strong towards the end to take sixth place after starting 13th. Andrea Locatelli, Xavi Vierge, Garrett Gerloff, and Tito Rabat rounded out the top 10.
History was made at the Cremona Circuit on Saturday when Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) claimed his first MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship win, before making it a hat-trick on Sunday. He’s won in MotoGP™, Dakar, MotoAmerica and now WorldSBK.
