WSBK Donington Race 2: race stopped at the red flag, Loris Baz among the injured with Sykes and Rinaldi

The final race of the Superbike weekend at Donington Park promised to be a spectacle. After interrupting Alvaro Bautista's dominance in the Superpole Race, Toprak Razgatlioglu was ready to go in search of the double in Race 2. With him, from the front row, reigning champion Alvaro Bautista, and Jonathan Rea set off to looking for the third consecutive podium on his home track.

But once the start was given, during the first lap, a collision took place at the back of the peloton between Loris Baz Rinaldi et Tom Sykes. An accident serious enough to justify bringing out the red flag.

Loris Baz was the first to get up, then Tom Sykes began to come to his senses, but the solid English was stunned. The problem is the Ducati rider Rinaldi around which the emergency services were busy. The Italian remained on the ground and the ambulances took to the track.

UPDATED : the race management communicates this reassuring message mentioning that the three drivers never lost consciousness. The race WSBK Donington will resume in five minutes. The competition will resume for 22 rounds, four fewer than initially planned.

Heartwarming updates on Rinaldi arrive from the press officer of the Aruba.it Racing Ducati team, who reports that he has been informed by the medical center that there is no reason to worry about Michael's condition. However, Tom Sykes is injured in the chest and ankle. He is evacuated to the hospital.