Toprak Razgatlioglu wins Race1 of the Emilia Romagna round of the 2024 World SBK Championship ahead of Bulega and Bautista. Fourth place for Locatelli.
Toprak Razgatlioglu on the official BMW wins Race1 of the 2024 Emilia Romagna round of the SBK world championship on the Misano circuit and becomes the new leader of the championship. The two official teams of Bulega and Bautista complete the podium. Fourth place for Locatelli, while Iannone finishes in seventh place.
Toprak Razgatlioglu wins Race1 in Misano and becomes the new championship leader
At the start, excellent starting point Gardner who took the lead of the race ahead of Razgatlioglu And Bautistawhile it wasn’t very quick Bulega, which fell to fifth place. Behind a disastrous fall at over 200 km/h for Rhea, who was forced to say goodbye to the race after less than a lap, but fortunately without physical consequences for Yamaha’s number 65 rider. On the fourth lap the Turkish BMW rider returned to the lead of the race with the number 11 Ducati Aruba.it Racing rider who reacted immediately by first overtaking Locatelli and then following his teammate’s wheel.
The two official Ducati riders managed to overtake Gardner on the following lap, but Bulega gave a further jolt shortly after by overtaking Bautista which earned him second position, but above all a clear track in front of him to recover ground from Razgatlioglu. Behind him, the fight for fourth place also heated up Locatelli which he surpassed Gardnerwhich in turn dropped to sixth position after also being overtaken by Alex Lowes. In the second part of the race, after the small scare caused by Sam Lowes’ fall at the Carro curve and above all the failure of Sam Lowes’ engine Aegerterwhich could have led to a red flag, Razgatlioglu he increased his lead over Bulega to two seconds.
Last laps where Toprak Razgatlioglu he managed the lead and eventually won Race 1 of the Emilia Romagna round and becoming the new leader of WorldSBK 2024. Podium completed by the two Ducati Aruba.it of Bulega And Bautista. In fourth place we find Locatelli in front of Alex Lowes and Gardner. As for the other Italian drivers, they all scored points with Iannone seventh, Petrucci ninth, Bassani eleventh, Pyrrhus thirteenth e Rinaldi fourteenth.
Race 1 finishing order of the 2024 Emilia Romagna Round
| POSITION | PILOT | TEAM | TIME | POINTS |
| 1st | Toprak Razgatlioglu | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | LEADER | 25 |
| 2nd | Nicolò Bulega | Aruba.it Racing – Ducati | +1,979 | 20 |
| 3rd | Alvaro Bautista | Aruba.it Racing – Ducati | +2,089 | 16 |
| 4th | Andrea Locatelli | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | +4,851 | 13 |
| 5th | Alex Lowes | Kawasaki Racing Team | +5,147 | 11 |
| 6th | Remy Gardner | GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK | +5,376 | 10 |
| 7th | Andrea Iannone | Team Go Eleven | +5,545 | 9 |
| 8th | Michael Van der Mark | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | +11,271 | 8 |
| 9th | Danilo Petrucci | Barni Spark Racing Team | +11,476 | 7 |
| 10th | Axel Bassani | Kawasaki Racing Team | +17.034 | 6 |
| 11th | Iker Lecuona | Team HRC | +20,000 | 5 |
| 12th | Garrett Gerloff | Bonovo Action BMW | +21,000 | 4 |
| 13th | Michele Pirro | Aruba.it Racing – Ducati | +22,000 | 3 |
| 14th | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | Motocorsa Racing | +23,000 | 2 |
| 15° | Scott Redding | Bonovo Action BMW | +24,000 | 1 |
| 16th | Philipp Oettl | GMT94 Yamaha | +25,000 | 0 |
| 17th | Xavi Vierge | Team HRC | +26,000 | 0 |
| 18th | Bradley Ray | Yamaha Motoxracing Team | +27,000 | 0 |
| 19th | Tito Rabat | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | +28,000 | 0 |
| 20° | Adam Norrodin | Petronas MIE Racing Honda | OUT | 0 |
| 21st | Sam Lowes | ELF Marc VDS Racing Team | OUT | 0 |
| 22nd | Dominique Aegerter | GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK | OUT | 0 |
| 23rd | Tarran Mackenzie | Petronas MIE Racing Honda | OUT | 0 |
| 24th | Jonathan Rea | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | OUT | 0 |
All photos are by Bonora Agency PH.
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