The BMW Turk wins and convinces in SBK in the first heat of the Emilia-Romagna Round, taking the lead in the championship. 2nd Bulega ahead of his teammate Bautista. Seventh Iannone, best among the independents.
Victory, indeed triumph for Toprak Razgatlioglu in Race-1 of the SBK Emilia Romagna Round. The #54, which started from the pole won in Superpole, was burned at the start by Gardner who like a slingshot took first position when the traffic lights went out. The Australian from the GRT team held the lead for three laps, until Razgatlioglu broke through by canceling Remy’s small margin and then overtaking him at the oak tree during the fourth lap. From that moment on, Toprak hammered the low 34″ with a certain consistency, consolidating the first position lap after lap until the checkered flag.. It’s about the third heat win for Razgatlioglu this season, fourth overall also counting the SPR in Catalonia. To further validate today’s victory, it is the abysmal gap left by Toprak to his team mates who share his same material.
Completing the podium are Bulega and Bautista. The two standard bearers of the official Ducati team were unable to contain Razgatlioglu’s pace at all and were limited to an almost generational duel between the two of them for the second step of the podium. With the Italian having the upper hand. Bulega also took the honor of the fastest lap in the race, a 1’33″920 recorded during the sixth lap. With this result Razgatlioglu took the lead in the world championship. with 142 points, three more than Bautista who now drops to second place in the world championship.
Fourth position for Locatelliwhich ends in front of Alex Lowes and Gardnerwith the latter author of a terrible race despite a great start. Seventh Iannone, best independent. Eleventh Bassaniwhich after a good start it then became overtaken by Van der Mark, Petrucci and Lecuona engaging in a nice duel with the latter in an attempt to defend the Top10.
Despite the large number of supporters present, bitter race for Aegerter who had to retire during the 12th lap while occupying the 15th position. Bad race for Jonathan Rea, crashed after just two laps and crashed on the Curvone escape route while he was at the rear. Once the R1 was destroyed, Rea immediately went to the medical center complaining left shoulder problems due to the tumble. Already yesterday the #65 was complaining of problems in turns 12 and 13 of the Misano circuit, admitting that he felt at his limit despite being slow. Fall also for Sam Lowes, who crashed at the Carro curve during the 14th lap while occupying eighth position between Iannone and Van der Mark. The Englishman from the VDS team managed to immediately resume the race, but returned to the pits after a few laps.
