The Turk Toprak Razgatlioglu has had a perfect Saturday in the return of the World Superbike Championship in Misano, taking pole position in the morning and with the victory in Race 1 ahead of the official Ducati machines of Niccolo Bulega and Álvaro Bautista and take the lead in the championship. the motorcycles came into the series with a three-point lead over reigning champion Bautista, with Sunday’s race remaining.
At the Tissot Superpole the Turk already sent a serious warning to the Ducati Armada when, on his BMW, he broke the absolute record of the Misano World Circuit ‘Marco Simoncelli’ at the Tissot Superpole with 1’32.320 and was awarded his 14th post always, second of the year, ahead of Bulega and the Yamaha Remy Gardner, both below the previous record, with ‘Bati’ starting fifth on the grid.
At the start, Toprak surprised Gardner and Bautista was behind them, taking advantage of Bulega’s weak start. But by the fourth lap Toprak had already led the race, the two Ducatis reacted to pass Gardner as well – Bulega had previously accounted for Bautista – and as the BMW Turk went straight to his 43rd who won the WorldSBK, Bulega did the same to Bautista midway through the race and the positions did not change.
“Being on the podium without a good feeling on the bike is something to be happy about. I suffered a lot to stop the bike. I managed to survive, but it was important to finish the race. It was important to get points. It is important to gain confidence”, acknowledged Talaveran at Parc Fermé.
During the race, the first crash of Xavi Vierge was recorded, who restarted to finish 16th, and the crash of six-time world champion Jonathan Rea, who went to the medical center for a check- up, was so dramatic that Aegerter didn’t even finish the race. Iker Lecuona was tenth and Tito Tabat was 19th.
In the SSP300 victory of 0.007 for Spaniard Íñigo Iglesias over Indonesian Aldi Mahendra while Mirko Gennai left Marc García without a podium with Pepe Osuna completing the top-5 ahead of current world champion Jeffrey Tax
Source: La Verdad
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