Britain’s Tom Sykes romped to a double winning weekend at Donington Park with a perfect ride from the Kawasaki ace to secure a phenomenal sixth consecutive World Superbike Championships victory at his home event, the sixth round of the series.

Sykes managed a lights-to-flag win, never looking in danger of slipping up to eventually take the chequered flag by just under 10 seconds ahead of championship leader Jonathan Rea, while Welsh rider Chaz Davies grabbed third in a repeat of the race one podium.

Unlike race one Sykes got a strong start from pole to lead into turn one while Haslam again blasted off the line from fourth into second. Sykes almost immediately set lap record pace and broke away from the chasing pack for his second victory of the year.

The Yorkshire rider now has six World Superbike race victories around Donington Park which draws him level with fellow Brit Carl Fogarty for most wins around the Leicestershire circuit.

His Kawasaki team-mate Rea never challenged Sykes after a huge moment nearly sent the Northern Irishman sprawling in the opening stages.

Running in third on the second lap Rea’s bike lurched from underneath him down Coppice but incredibly he was able to control the tank slapper. The incident pushed Rea down to seventh, meaning he had it all to do to keep his rostrum record going.

Such was the dominance of the Kawasaki machine at the Leicestershire circuit, Rea was able to carve his way through the pack to take second ahead of Davies.

Leon Camier suffered a low side crash on lap three going into the Foggy Esses and slid into the gravel trap just ahead of the charging Rea.

While all incidents were happening behind him Sykes had bolted up front, breaking the race lap record at Donington Park with a 1m 27.748s, taking the record off his team-mate Rea who had gone quickest of all in race one.

Ducati rider Davies achieved consecutive rostrum finishes for his best performance around his ‘bogey circuit’, ahead of Leon Haslam who was able to maintain his second place in the World Superbike championship standings by one point over Sykes.

Davide Giugliano recovered from a disappointing race one to take fifth place ahead of local star Alex Lowes.

Aprilia rider Jordi Torres made strong progress from his 13th on the grid to take a healthy helping of points as Sylvain Guintoli, Ayrton Badovini and Matteo Baiocco completed the top 10.

Race one result:

1. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 23 laps
   2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R +3.743s
   3. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R +15.140s
   4. Leon Haslam GBR Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 +18.304s
   5. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia S1000RR +20.362s
   6. Alex Lowes GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 +20.848s
   7. Jordi Torres ESP Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 +21.807s
   8. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Honda CBR1000RR +24.346s
   9. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta F4 RR +30.570s
   10. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +39.074s
   11. Leandro Mercado ARG Barni Ducati 1199R +44.023s
   12. Nicolas Terol ESP Althea Racing Ducati 1199R +46.925s
   13. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R +50.871s
   14. Randy de Puniet FRA Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 +66.993s
   15. Niccolo Canepa ITA Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R +69.883s
   16. Christophe Ponsson FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +86.098s
   17. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R +1 lap
   18. Gabor Rizmayer HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR +1 lap
   19. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR +1 lapDid not finish20. Santiago Barragan ESP Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 17 laps
   21. Matteo Baiocco ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 13 lapsBlack flagged

   22. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Honda CBR1000RR 8 laps

Race two result:

1. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 23 laps
   2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R +9.772s
   3. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R +12.304s
   4. Leon Haslam GBR Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 +15.601s
   5. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R +15.779s
   6. Alex Lowes GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 +23.136s
   7. Jordi Torres ESP Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 +26.674s
   8. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Honda CBR1000RR +27.206s
   9. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia S1000RR +31.469s
   10. Matteo Baiocco ITA Althea Ducati 1199R +34.659s
   11. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R +36.298s
   12. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +36.682s
   13. Leandro Mercado ARG Barni Ducati 1199R +77.739s
   14. Randy de Puniet FRA Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 +84.434s
   15. Santiago Barragan ESP Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R +84.601s
   16. Gabor Rizmayer HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR +1 lap
   17. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR +1 lapDid not finish18. Christophe Ponsson FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 7 laps
   19. Nicolas Terol ESP Althea Racing Ducati 1199R 6 laps
   20. Niccolo Canepa ITA Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 4 laps
   21. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Honda CBR1000RR 4 laps
   22. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta F4 RR 3 laps

Championship standings: