Nicolo Bulega won World Superbike Race Two Sunday at Autodrom Most, in The Czech Republic. Riding his Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R, Bulega won the 22-lap race by just 0.027 second.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, was a very close second.
Danilo Petrucci was third on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati, 16.242 seconds behind the race winner.
The Briton, Sam Lowes finish the race fourth on his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R and Australian rider, Remy Gardner crossed the finish line fifth on his GYTR GRT Yamaha YZF R1.
American Garrett Gerloff went from 12th on the grid to 10th at the finish on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
For the championship, Razgatlioglu is 31 points behind his principal rival Bulega who has 252 points. Petrucci is third with 146 points.
More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
BATTLE FOR THE AGES: Bulega denies Razgatlioglu Most hat-trick after epic last-lap showdown. 0.027s separated the top two after a drag race to the line as all six manufacturers finished inside the top ten.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) stunned Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) with an overtake to steal away the Race 2 win from ‘El Turco’ in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship. The venue is one the #1 historically dominates, however Bulega’s dramatic late overtake rained on the #1’s parade and prevented his hat-trick. The race’s first corner featured a chaotic incident which sent Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) tumbling, and a double long-lap penalty being applied to Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) for irresponsible riding.
BULEGA AT THE BUZZER: The Italian outguns Razgatlioglu on the final straight for his 8th win of 2025
Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Rea traded paint at the first chicane, the collision sending Bautista sliding into Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC), ending the race for the pair of Spaniards and sending Vierge to the medical centre. After the dust cleared, Bulega led the race ahead of Razgatlioglu, Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team), and Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) was applied a pair of long lap penalties for the Turn 1 crash by FIM WorldSBK Stewards. ‘El Turco’ was close behind Bulega however the #11 did well to hold off the #1 for the first half of the race. Turn 17 of Lap 12 was Toprak’s first assault on Bulega for P1, cutting inside, however on the home straight, Bulega caught up and steamed past him. Razgatlioglu caught Bulega by surprise on the Turn 2 switchback to wrestle P1 back, but ‘Bulegas’ hung around into the last laps of the race. Bulega was just close enough to close down Toprak’s lead, and on the exit of the final corner, he pipped Razgatlioglu for his first ever race win at Most and prevent the Turk’s hat-trick.
PETRUCCI ON THE PODIUM: three P3s for ‘Petrux’
Petrucci made a move on the inside on Sam Lowes to claim P3 from the Brit, the overtake earning ‘Petrux’ his 17th WorldSBK podium and his third P3 podium of the weekend. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) didn’t settle for P4 lying down, battling to the line with Petrucci and only crossing the line +0.176s behind. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) did well to come out on top in his battle with Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team), Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) and others for P5. Bassani finished P6 behind the Australian, just over a second behind Gardner. Lecuona battled with the two riders in front of him throughout the contest, losing a touch of pace as the race wound down, finishing P7 with a more than a second margin ahead and behind him.
MONTELLA TOP ROOKIE AGAIN: The Barni Spark rider takes P8
Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) demonstrated despite being a rookie he has pace in spades, pipping Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) for P8. Locatelli’s lukewarm weekend ended with another P9 after the same result in his Tissot Superpole Race. Kawasaki’s sole rider, Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) finished his weekend at Most with a P10, his best result of the season so far. Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) finished P11, just under half a second ahead of Scott Redding (MGM BONOVO Racing) in P12. Rea landed in the points for the second time this weekend after serving his two Long Lap Penalties, just ahead of Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) in P14 by just 0.342s. Rounding out the point-scoring positions, Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) did well to salvage a point after being ran off the track by the opening-corner chaos to start the race which forced him to run through the gravel. Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) finished P16, just ahead of fellow rookie Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) who crossed the finish line only +0.171s behind the British rider; Sofuoglu was given a Long Lap Penalty for course-cutting at Turn 1.
ROUGH DAY FOR HONDA: Three DNFs
Xavi Vierge was an unfortunate recipient of contact after Bautista and Rea bumped one another, sending him to the medical centre after he was sent into the gravel. Tarran Mackenzie’s (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) weekend at Most ended on a frustrating note as he crashed for the second time on the weekend going into Turn 1 on Lap 3. Later on, his teammate Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) and Tito Rabat (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) were forced to retire with a tech issue.
The top six from the WorldSBK Race 2: Full results here!
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati)
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +0.027s
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +16.276s
4. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 16.452s
5. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) +20.703s
6. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +21.774s
Fastest lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) – 1’30.379s
Championship standings
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 252 points
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 221
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) 146
4. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 141
5. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) 127
6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 102
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