Ten Kate Honda's Jonathan Rea has sais that he didn't know Noriyuki Haga had crashed after their coming together in race two at the Nurburgring in race two yesterday and that it wasn't his fault.

The young Irishman went on to win the race, fending off a hard-charging Ben Spies over the final few laps, to take his second World Superbike race win of the season.

"Apart from the issues with my number one bike in the first part of race one, I had a real problem with turn three and messed up the race. I was a bit disappointed with fourth and was really motivated to ride better in race two," said Rea.

"The guys sat me down in between races and gave me an instruction manual on how to win. We changed nothing on the bike and I tried to ride my own race and mind my own business. I got a really bad start and had to get a bit aggressive on people in turn one.

"Haga ran quite wide and I went on the inside and, although I didn’t see him I felt a big bang and only found out he crashed after the race. I’m sorry for that but don’t think it was my fault and I wouldn’t blame him. I gave it all I could in the race and the package was very strong today so I can’t thank the team enough.

"I knew I had to make no mistakes on the last lap because Ben was so close, so breaking the lap record then was great. But it’s really a testament to how strong the bike is now and hopefully we can take this momentum on to the next race."