Rea 14th at Aragon as Iannone takes maiden victory

Jonathan Rea vanished 14th successful nan opening World Superbike title of nan play astatine Aragon successful Spain connected his return from wounded arsenic Italian Andrea Iannone secured his maiden triumph successful nan series.

Six-time world champion Rea was forced to beryllium retired past weekend's action astatine nan Italian information astatine Cremona aft suffering a manus wounded astatine Magny-Cours successful France but was passed fresh to resume racing for his Pata Yamaha squad this clip out.

Ducati-mounted Iannone saw disconnected nan situation of bid leader Toprak Razgatlioglu to return triumph by 0.84 seconds, pinch American Garrett Gerloff 3rd and defending champion Alvaro Bautista fourth.

Iannone becomes nan 19th rider to triumph a MotoGP and a World Superbike race.

Razgatlioglu had missed nan past six races arsenic he recovered from wounded but nan BMW rider extended his lead astatine nan apical of nan standings to 33 points pinch his runner-up decorativeness connected Saturday.

The Turkish rider was capable to return advantage of nan misfortune of his nearest challenger, Nicolo Bulega, who was incapable to commencement nan title aft his Ducati suffered a method problem during nan warm-up lap.

The Superpole title is scheduled for 10:00 BST connected Sunday, pinch nan 2nd characteristic title to return spot 3 hours later.