Razgatlioglu, who started from pole for a third consecutive time, was passed by both And⭕rea Locatelli and Bautista before seeing the latter crash out🌟 at turn three.

Bulletproof for most of the season, ꦦBautista’s🧜 mistake meant a potential race win was handed to Razgatlioglu before a lengthy battle with Axel Bassani took place. 

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The Motocorsa Ducati rider began to challenge Razgatlioglu ahead of overtaking him with eight laps remaining, but after sitting in behind the It🍰alian, Razgatlioglu made his race-winning move at turn 18 with four to go.

"Today I’m very happy,"&๊nbsp;said Razgatlioglu in parc ferme. "Sorry for Bautista. I saw him crash and just did my plan. 

"My plan wor🔯ked well. In the last three laps I passed Axel. I’m very happy because this season I have been waiting for a long race win every time. The championship is not finished."

For Bautista, his mistake on lap one ♌was a rare blunder on what has been the best 21 races from any rider to begin a Superbike campaign.

After winning Race 1, Bautista was the favourite to repeat that feat despite the dist🐻ance being reduced from 19 to 15 laps.

But Bautista i❀nstead saw his race end after lওosing the front at turn three, which led to him joking post-race. 

"We decided to make the race shorter in the morning but I did even shorter in the afternoon, just three corners [laughs]," the Spaniard told WorldSBK.com. "Joking aside, I made a mistake because I did a ⛎good start and had a good line, but in turn three I touched the white line on the inside. 

"In other laps I touchﷺed [the white line] without problem but the first lap the tyre was maybe not 100%. I made a mistake. 

"Next time I have to be more careful. It’s a pity because we were quite competi🍃tive this weekend. 

"Yesterday, we were quite strong fighting for the victory and t✤his morning’s race we had a really nice battle with Toprak. I felt like this weekend was stronger than I expected it to be."