Doha: The 2015 eni FIM Superbike World Championship Prize-Giving Ceremony was held on Monday at the St Regis Hotel in Doha with the gathering marking the official conclusion to another spectacular season of motorcycle racing.
Rea receives the 2015 WorldSBK title from WSBK Executive Director Javier Alonso during the ceremony.
The presentation saw the crowning of Jonathan Rea as Superbike World Champion, Kenan Sofuoglu as Supersport World Champion and Kawasaki as the winning Manufacturer in both classes, becoming the first marque to ever achieve that feat in a single season.
In the presence of FIM Deputy President and Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) President Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah and WorldSBK Executive Director Javier Alonso, plus FIM CCR Director Rezso Bulcsu and FIM Europe President Wolfgang Srb, the ceremony also featured the handing over of the Tissot-Superpole Award and the Pirelli Best Lap Award.
The 2015 World Superbike top three and the World Supersport one. Alongside the aforementioned Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team), Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati Superbike Team) and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), were named as respective runner-up and third classified rider in the WorldSBK category, while Patrick Jacobsen (Core’’ Motorsport Thailand Honda) and Lorenzo Zanetti (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) joined Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) as the World Supersport top three for this year.
Attending invitees, sponsors, media and teams now look towards the off-season ahead of the 2016 WorldSBK campaign, which will follow tradition by beginning at Phillip Island in Australia on the weekend of 26-28 February.
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