Jonathan Rea takes lead in Superbikes standings as Alvaro Bautista crashes out at Donington

Updated 06/07/2019 at 14:59 GMT

Jonathan Rea took the lead over Alvaro Bautista in the Superbikes World Championships standings as he won race one at Donington on Saturday.

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Rea took an early lead as he secured his 76th career win, while Bautista crashed in dramatic fashion at the second turn of the fourth lap.

Tom Sykes and Leon Haslam finished in second and third place respectively.

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Rea wins at Donington to take championship lead

Earlier in the day Tom Sykes secured his 49th career pole on Saturday at Donington Park in the Superbike World Championships.

As the weather took a turn for the worse at Donington, it was the British riders who took the top spots with Kawasaki team members Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam coming in second and third after the BMW Motorrad rider.

Meanwhile a number of riders including Alessandro Delbianco, Loris Baz and Leandro Mercado started well but were unable to keep up, with Delbianco among those to take a fall in the bad weather.