Razgatlioglu double, he has everything in his favor to become world champion in Jerez

The Turkish Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) cherished a Superbike world title that it could not seal at the Estoril Round even though it did a double, winning both races at the Portuguese circuit. He endured his only rival now, the Italian Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati), who also robbed him of the Superpole in the final sprint on the last and record-breaking tenth lap as he emerged from the slipstream to overtake him by just 0.003 thousandths of a second.

The shortest gap in the SBK World Championship, reminiscent of the MotoGP duel in between Valentino Rossi and Toni Eliasin the same place. That day, the Catalan beat the Italian by 0.002 thousandths of a second.

The World Championship will be decided next week at the Ángel Nieto Jerez Circuit, where Toprak Razgatlioglu He arrived with 473 points, 46 more than Nicolo Bulega. Everything is in favor for the Turk, he can finish in Race 1, but the miracle is still open for the Italian Third continues the Spaniard Álvaro Bautista, with 356 points, out of the equation since the waterfall in Estoril on the first day of the race left him They cost a lot.

In Race 2 in Estoril, the course of the whole weekend. Domain of Razgatliogluwith Bulega second. Close to him, at the back to get on the podium and not damage the interest of his colleague in Arubia-it Rancing-Ducati, Álvaro Bautista, who will be handed the crown next weekend after two seasons of dominance in WolrdSBK.

In that Race 2, the Talavera rider made an excellent start to lead Italians Andrea Locatelli (Yamaha) and Bulega, while Razgatlioglu dropped to fifth place.

The Turk, however, did not take long to compose himself, react and lead Bulega and Bautista, which did not prevent another victory for the leader, who is seeking the second world title in his career.