Toprak Razgatlioglu, Misano, BMW Motorrad
ROKiT BMW Motorrad rider Toprak Razgatlioglu impressively claimed a hat-trick of WorldSBK race wins at Misano, with a dominant victory in Race 2 in Emilia Romagna, Italy.
After triumphing in the first two races of the weekend and seeking a hat-trick of victories earlier in the week, Razgatlioglu successfully achieved his goal from the leading position on Sunday afternoon.
However, after a chaotic opening lap, the Turkish driver had to do even more in the early stages.
Bulega took the lead narrowly from Andrea Iannone, followed by Alex Lowes, Andrea Locatelli and Razgatlioglu, who dropped from pole position to fifth.
But the BMW driver made a bold move into Turn 10 to secure third place.
At the end of the lap, he was in second place after overtaking Lowes at Turn 14, and had to start chasing Bulega, who had established an early lead due to confusion behind him.
Meanwhile, Iannone’s performance plummeted, dropping to 10th, struggling with an apparent problem on his Team GoEleven Ducati.
While Razgatlioglu chased Bulega, who was 1.5 seconds ahead on lap 4, Lowes was right behind the BMW driver, just 1.3 seconds behind in third place.
Alvaro Bautista was not having an easy time in fourth place, with the reigning champion unlikely to challenge the top three in the early stages.
Razgatlioglu wanted a hat-trick of wins, and with 16 laps remaining, it looked increasingly likely as the Turkish rider closed in on Bulega’s rear wheel.
The BMW driver made his move at Turn 8 with 14 laps still to go and was able to defend from Bulega on the pit straight to maintain the lead.
No one came close to the leading duo, with Lowes remaining six seconds behind Bulega, allowing Bautista to apply pressure behind him on the Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
With 10 laps remaining, Bautista passed Lowes to secure third place. However, due to his crash in the Superpole race, the Spaniard was 10 seconds behind the race leader.
Bautista wasn’t the only Ducati rider to forget about fighting for the win, as Razgatlioglu was turning laps nearly eight-tenths of a second faster than Bulega, increasing his lead to over three seconds with eight laps remaining.
Razgatlioglu’s lead increased to four seconds with five laps remaining, and the battle for victory appeared to be all but decided.
However, the fight for third place continued, with Lowes unable to get rid of Bautista and Barni Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci involved in a battle with Kawasaki’s Axel Bassani for sixth place.
From the moment he took the lead, it seemed to be an inevitable conclusion, and BMW, a brand that has struggled in WorldSBK for years, entered a state of euphoria as Razgatlioglu crossed the line to make it three wins out of three.
The dominant performance gave the Turkish rider a 21-point lead over Bulega in second place, with Bautista settling for third place in both the race and the championship standings.
Lowes secured a creditable fourth place for the Kawasaki Racing team, while Locatelli led the way for the Pata Prometeon Yamaha to fifth place.
Only months after a motocross accident that nearly ended his career, Petrucci crossed the finish line in a thrilling sixth place, winning his battle with Bassani, who finished seventh.
GYTR GRT Yamaha’s Remy Gardner finished eighth, ahead of HRC Honda team’s Iker Lecuona.
Jonathan Rea guaranteed a top ten finish ahead of Iannone, with Scott Redding showing significant improvement to finish twelfth on the BMW Bonovo Action M 1000 RR.
Sam Lowes, of the Marc VDS Ducati team, recovered from two retirements in the first two races to finish thirteenth, while Tito Rabat, of Puccetti Racing Kawasaki, and Philipp Oettl, of GMT94 Yamaha, completed the points positions.
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