The Spanish Alvaro Bautista (Ducati) remains firmly at the top of the ranking of World Superbikeafter finishing the first of two races this Saturday in second position Portuguese Grand Prixwhich was argued in the circuit of Portimaobehind Turkish Topak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha).
Bautista leads Razgatlioglu by 54 points and Britain’s Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) by 71, who had to settle for third despite starting the race from pole position.
The test was reduced to just fourteen laps after the start of the race had to be delayed by an hour due to a serious accident sustained in the WorldSSP300 test by Dutchman Victor Steeman, who was taken to Faro hospital with a head injury. .
Bautista, who started the race from the second row of the starting grid after finishing fourth in the “superpole”, returned to occupy the second step of the podium.
And the Spaniard lost position in the first lap, after being overtaken by Italian Axel Bassani (Ducati).
However, Álvaro Bautista did not take long to find the rhythm of the race and by the third lap he was in fourth position, where he remained until the eighth lap, where he took third place from the Italian Bassani.
After three laps, the Spanish rider had to overtake Briton Jonatha Rea, who put himself into second position which could not be improved by the solidity of Turkish Topak Razgatlioglu, who crossed the finish line first with a lead of 0.657 seconds.
Xavi Vierge (Honda) finished in eighth position, while fellow Spaniard Iker Lecuona (Honda) finished in tenth place
Source: La Verdad
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