Two ugly accidents on Superbike Sunday in Montmeló: Sykes, to the hospital and Lowes, run over by several

The dispute of the second race of the weekend at the appointment in Montmeló of the world championship Superbikes it was marked by two major accidents by two of the leading drivers.

One of them was Tom sykes. The one of the BMW Motorrad was run over by the French Lucas Mahias, Kawasaki, and lay on the ground. Immediately it was seen that something was wrong, since the British did not move and, once he regained consciousness and underwent the first checks on the circuit itself, he was immediately evacuated to the General Hospital of Catalonia. The race was stopped with a red flag.

It was not the only incident of the day. Once the race was resumed, it was Sam lowes the one who was involved in an incident that could end in tragedy. On this occasion, it was in the first chicane of the Catalan track, when he went to the ground with several riders. Some dodged him … but others did not.

Despite the fearfulness of the incident, that of the Marc VDS Racing Team he has only suffered a contusion on his left wrist.

The victory of this second race this Sunday went to the Italian Michael Rinaldi. The Superbike weekend in Montmeló already started with fright since Friday, when a commissioner, named Cristina, had to be evacuated to a hospital with several fractures after an accident.