The WorldSBK season comes to a muted end in Australia as Alvaro Bautista wins a race ended early by a big crash involving Eugene Laverty and Xavi Fores:
An incident involving Eugene Laverty and Xavi Fores at Turn 1, likely caused by spots of rain starting to fall at the Australian venue, prompted the race to be halted prematurely on lap 18 of 22.
Bautista was then demoted a further position on the third lap as Lowes passed the Spaniard at the same corner. From there, the rest of the race turned into a two-way fight between Bautista and Rea, with the Ducati man doing just enough to keep the lead Kawasaki at bay until the race was brought to a halt.
Razgatlioglu concluded the season a muted fourth ahead of Yamaha teammate Andrea Locatelli, while Redding clung on to sixth place - a result that allowed BMW to leapfrog Honda for fourth in the manufacturers' standings.
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