Portuguese World Superbike Race (2) Results: Razgatlioglu fends off Bulega for Portimao treble
Results from WorldSBK Race 2 at the 2024 Portuguese World Superbi🐟ke round.
Toprak Razgatlioglu secured his fourth straight treble in Race 2 of the Portuguese World Superbike round, narrowly beating Ni✃colo Bulega.
The race began with a nu💙mber of riders at the front, and Razgatlioglu dropping to fourth. He eventually♔ got to the front, passing Alex Lowes, but in doing so broke his left front wing. He managed to pull away in the mid-race by around 1.5 seconds, but once Alvaro Bautista got into second place he began hunting the BMW rider down.
It seemed the race was set for a repeat of the Race 2 in 2023 between Razgatlioglu and Bautista, but the reigning champion crashed at turn five. He remounte🥃d, and fini൲shed 19th.
That was not job done for Razgatlioglu, though, as he now had to fend of Nicolo Bulega, who had replaced Bautista at the r🍷ear of the M1000 RR. Bulega wasn't as aggressive in pas♏sing as Bautista, and his best opportunity was exiting the final turn, but Razgatlioglu put together a strong final lap to put himself out of range of the Italian - just, by 0.035 seconds.
Behind, Alex Lowes took his second podium of ꦺthe weekend in third place, ahead of Andrea Iannone and Danilo Petrucci.
2024 WorldSBK Championship | Portuguese Round | Autodromo Internacional do Algarve | Race 2 Result | Rd 7/13 | |||||
Pos | Rider | Nat. | WorldSBK Team | Superbike | Timing |
1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | WIN |
2 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 0.035 |
3 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 6.299 |
4 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Team Go Eleven | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 9.715 |
5 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 11.318 |
6 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 11.428 |
7 | Michael van der Mark | NED | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | 11.518 |
8 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | 16.231 |
9 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 16.909 |
10 | Dominique Aegerter | SUI | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 16.966 |
11 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 18.138 |
12 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 18.251 |
13 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 18.959 |
14 | Scott Redding | GBR | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | 20.579 |
15 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 20.934 |
16 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Motocorsa Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 21.020 |
17 | Tito Rabat | ESP | Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 23.318 |
18 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Motoxracing Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 23.418 |
19 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 24.551 |
20 | Ivo Lopes | POR | Petronas MIE Racing Team | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 58.505 |
21 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GMT94 Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:02.896 |
22 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAS | JDT Racing Team | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 3L |
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Alex joined♔ the team in August of 2024 having covered consumer and racing motorcycle news at Visordown for two years.