Toprak kept his word and leaves Misano as a victor. The BMW Turk won everything and not only the three races, as he had promised, but also the Superpole.
An embarrassing domination for Ducati, which on its home track had to settle for the lowest two steps of the podium, with Nicolò Bulega and Alvaro Bautista.
The Italian tried and was the last to raise the white flag, while the Spaniard appeared to be in clear difficulty, and in the end limited the damage by taking home third place. In the first laps, a wild Bulega managed to keep Razgatlioglu behind him, but his lead was constantly decreasing and on the eighth lap, at the oak bend, the Turkish talent took the lead and the fight for victory ended there.
Once in front Toprak kept a pace that was too high for all his rivals and in the final catwalk he even took the liberty of crossing the finish line wheeling. Bulega did everything he could do but the overwhelming power of the 2022 world champion was clear and speaking of 2022, Toprak hadn’t scored a hat-trick since the Mandalika race that year. Good for Bulega, also because we shouldn’t forget that we’re talking about a debutant, but bad for Bautista.
The Spaniard appeared to be in great difficulty and had to grit his teeth to take home third place against a consistent Alex Lowes, who confirmed the performance he provided in this morning’s Superpole Race. Behind the Englishman from Kawasaki there is a row of three Italian riders. Andrea Locatelli did an excellent job as always but he lacked the drive that would have allowed him to fight for third place. It’s difficult to find the words for Danilo Petrucci who yesterday finished in ninth place and this afternoon greeted his supporters with an incredible sixth position, despite the pain and his consequent physical limitations.
With his seventh place, Axel Bassani shows that he is starting to be familiar with his Ninja, at least on his home track, but we are waiting for more difficult tracks before claiming victory. Remy Gardner finishes eighth and precedes Iker Lecuona who seems to be able to perform the miracle of making the Honda CBR competitive, something that Xavi Vierge, who crashed together with Garrett Gerloff on the tenth lap, is unable to do.
Even though bruised, Jonathan Rea finished in tenth place, ahead of a disappointed and disappointing Andrea Iannone. The driver from Vasto took off like a missile at the start, but within a few laps he was reabsorbed by the group and gradually slipped to eleventh place.
Race to forget for Michael Ruben Rinaldi. The Team Motocorsa rider fell in the first corners, got up and crossed the finish line. Razgatlioglu also won Race2 and preceded Bulega and a struggling Bautista. Fourth Lowes ahead of Locatelli, Petrucci and Bassani. Eleventh Iannone. Pirro slips to the last lap of sixteenth position. Things went worse for Michele Pirro, who crashed on the last lap.
In addition to the Ducati test rider and the aforementioned Vierge, Adam Norrodin, Dominique Aegerter and Michael Van der Mark also did not see the checkered flag
