WSBK: Jonathan Rea overtakes Carl Fogarty's record with 60th win at Brno
![Jonathan Rea has now won more World Superbike races than any other rider in the history of the championship.](https://www.northernirelandworld.com/webimg/legacy_oak_105373970.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Jonathan Rea has now won more World Superbike races than any other rider in the history of the championship.](/img/placeholder.png)
The Kawasaki rider hit the front on the opening lap and gradually pulled away from team-mate Tom Sykes, going on to wrap up a milestone triumph by over five seconds.
Italian rider Marco Melandri caught and passed Sykes in the closing stages to snatch the runner-up spot on the Aruba.it Ducati.
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Hide AdRea said: “I want to keep living this dream and try and to get 60 wins is nice, but I want to keep pulling away and that is the motivation to keep going.”
![Kawasaki's Jonathan Rea dominated race one at Brno in the Czech Republic on Saturday to claim his 60th victory in World Superbikes.](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_105373971.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Kawasaki's Jonathan Rea dominated race one at Brno in the Czech Republic on Saturday to claim his 60th victory in World Superbikes.](/img/placeholder.png)
The race was stopped when Michael Ruben Rinaldi crashed out at Turn 5 on the third lap, forcing a red flag after the air fence was damaged by the his Ducati. In the first restart, a technical issue with the starting lights led to an abandonment, resulting in a another restart.
Behind the podium finishers, Michael van der Mark took fourth ahead of his Pata Yamaha team-mate Alex Lowes, while Northern Ireland’s Eugene Laverty had a solid ride to sixth on the Milwaukee Aprilia.
Race two will take place at 12:00 BST on Sunday.