After taking first position in race 1 and in the Superpole Race, the Turk also wins race 2 and extends his lead in the World Superbike rankings. Bulega had to settle for second place, ahead of Bautista on the other Ducati. Excellent 6th position for Petrucci, returning after a bad injury suffered in training
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Toprak Razgatlioglu goes all-in on the weekend of Misano from the Superbikes. The Turk, already dominator of Saturday, also takes it Superpole Race And race-2. Nothing to do for Nicolò Bulegawho had also tried to escape in the first laps of the afternoon race, trying to insinuate some doubts into the driver’s head BMW. Doubts were promptly dispelled: Razgatlioglu started to rev up, overtook the Ducati rider and won by a certain margin (almost 3 seconds) over the Italian. Hat-trick for Toprak, the new king of the Emilia-Romagna round, who took the scepter (at least momentarily) from Alvaro Bautista. The Spaniard, who crashed in the morning’s Superpole Race, finished in 3rd place in race 1, recovering from 11th position at the start.
Petrucci heroic: he finishes 6th and in tears
Off the podium Alex Lowes (Kawasaki), fourth ahead of Andrea Locatelli (Yamaha). Sixth a heroic one Danilo Petrucci, returning after the bad fall in training last April. The Ducati rider fought, gritted his teeth despite the pain in his shoulder and finished in sixth place. At the end of the race, when our correspondent Sandro Donato Grosso spoke, he burst into tears due to an unexpected result. Only 11th Andrea Iannonewhich suffered throughout the weekend in contrast with its excellent start to the season.
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Petrucci, tears and joy after race 2 in Misano
Razgatlioglu increasingly leader
Razagatlioglu, who had taken the leadership of the World SBK championship after race 1, he increased his lead over the Ducati Aruba riders: the Turk now has 179 points, +21 on Bulega (hour second) e +24 on the double world champion Alvaro Bautista. Lowes is further behind, 55 points behind.
