The Spanish Alvaro Bautista and his Ducati extended their dominance in the Superbike World Championship by winning the two long races of the weekend at the British GP, held at Donington Park, where he was only slowed in the short Turkish Superpole test. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha).
After Saturday’s victory in the opening round, the reigning world champion and overall leader narrowed down Sunday’s losses at Superpole, where the Ottoman won a thrilling race earlier. Baptistwho defeated the British champion at the last moment Jonathan Rhea (Kawasaki), who continues to fight for victory, which he has not achieved since last November.
The second feature race of the weekend was interrupted by a major crash at turn 8 on the Briton’s opening lap tom sykes (BMW), Loris Baz (BMW) and Italian Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Ducati), which was forced to bring out the red flag.
The second start, 22 laps away, again from the grid and in the same order, hardly changed the picture. Baptist led the command Rhea and Razgatliogluwhich in the second turn passes to the Spanish.
The Turkish pilot was clear that he could not let the Spaniard get away, that he had to do it in a long race to prevent him from winning again. instead, Baptist, Despite the fact that he sometimes gives the impression of being impatient, he ends up re-imposing his law. He first passed Rea and then, after a brief battle, quickly moved into first to set an impossible pace for Razgatlioglu and set for another win with a 2,650 lead.
With this victory, Bautista kept a long career intact. He has won all twelve of the six Grand Prix races that have taken place to date. His leadership is unquestionable. He dominates the table with 357 points, 93 more than Razgatlioglu and 182 more than the Italian. Andrea Locatelli.
Behind, Rea, after giving way to Bautista, slipped and lost third place to the Italian. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati), who took his first podium in the World Championship. The British even surpassed it Scott Redding (BMW) and finished fifth.
Iker Lecuona (Honda) has no option to fight for the ‘top 10’. He finished fourteenth, two places ahead Isaac Viñaleswhile Xavi Vierge he retired after fourteen laps.
Source: La Verdad
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