After the disappointment of Race 1 which saw record-breaking pole sitter Eugene taken out by another rider and Lorenzo crash, Milwaukee Aprilia were prepared for a tough fightback on Sunday.

Due to their DNFs Eugene and Lorenzo lined up P10 and P11 respectively in the thick of the midfield action. At the start both riders lost out to Camier behind who took P9. A mechanical issue for him however dropped him out of the running, Lorenzo passing him at the start of Lap 2 with Eugene following.

They ran together before a retirement for Razgatlioglu ahead promoted everyone from P7. They then chased down Baz in seventh, Lorenzo passing on Lap 8 and Eugene following suit on Lap 12 to take P8.

Lorenzo began to create gap to his teammate, closing in fast on Rinaldi. With four laps left he made a passing move which stuck, and was gearing up to fight Sykes for P5 before deciding to manage a front vibration problem and consolidate his finishing position of P6. Eugene had a lonely end of the race, chasing Rinaldi and passing him at the death on the last lap to come home P7 behind his teammate.

With a weekend result that is not representative of the strong progress and development the team have made in recent rounds, Milwaukee Aprilia continue to push hard for more podium finishes with both riders as the season enters its final three races.

Milwaukee Aprilia claimed a record-breaking maiden WorldSBK pole position on Saturday with Eugene Laverty ahead of crashes for both riders in Race 1

With Lorenzo Savadori joining his teammate in the pole position shootout after a superb lap of 1'41.457 on the race tyre, the team's hopes were high of a strong qualifying. The riders delivered in style, Eugene quickly flying to the top of the pile before the field boxed for fresh qualifying tyres. He then took a huge chunk off his best effort and eclipsed the previous pole record of 1'41.360 by -0.655s with a lap of 1'40.705, taking his first pole position in five years and the first ever pole for Milwaukee Aprilia in the Superbike World Championship. Lorenzo was likewise in scintillating form, consistently lapping near record pace before taking a strong P4 only +0.196s behind his teammate.

From the first and second rows the team looked set to mount a serious podium challenge with both riders. Eugene made a good getaway but Rea and Melandri behind were quicker, pushing him to P3. As the field concertinaed into Turn 1 Lorenzo slipped past Eugene, whose race was then cruelly ended prematurely when Fores, unable to slow his bike in time for Turn 3, slid into Eugene and took them both out of the race.

Lorenzo pushed hard and hounded Melandri for P2, consistently lapping within 0.5s of his compatriot. He managed the gap well and was lining up an attack but more drama was to follow, when just 9 laps from the end Lorenzo made a mistake at Turn 1 and crashed out of the race into retirement.

For Race 2 Eugene and Lorenzo line up P10 and P11 respectively on Row 4, under the reverse grid rules and DNFs on Saturday. With very strong pace demonstrated on Saturday however they will be a sure threat as they battle through the field targeting a podium finish.