Toprak Razgatlioglu won the World Superbike Superpole Race Sunday morning at Circuito Estoril, in Portugal. Riding his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, the 2024 WorldSuperbike Champion won the 10-lap race by 0.545 second.
Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R, and his teammate, Alvaro Bautista was third, 8.942 seconds behind the race winner.
Andrea Locatelli finished fourth on his Pata Maxus Yamaha YZF R1.
Andrea Iannone got fifth on his Team Pata go Eleven Ducati Panigale V4R.
Americans Garrett Gerloff finished 12th on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR and Bobby Fong was 18th on his Attack Performance Yamaha YZF R1.
Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 560 points, 44 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 516 points. Danilo Petrucci is third with 284 points.
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More from a press release issued by Dorna:
DOUBLING UP: Razgatlioglu claims Superpole Race honours ahead of Bulega, Bautista resists challenges for P3. ‘El Turco’ made it two from two at Estoril by beating title rival Bulega by half-a-second in the 10-lap Superpole Race.
Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) took another step towards this year’s title in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship with his second win of the EICMA Estoril Round. He fended off Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) to claim the 21st win of his 2025 season and gain another three points on ‘Bulegas’. It means Razgatlioglu has the chance to wrap up the title in Race 2; he will be crowned Champion if he outscores the #11 by 18 points.
FIGHTING FOR VICTORY: Razgatlioglu vs Bulega once again
Bulega got the holeshot for the 10-lap race, before Razgatlioglu dropped down to third behind Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati). He was soon ahead of the #19 at Turn 6 on the opening lap, before passing Bulega at Turn 1 on Lap 2. At Turn 6, ‘El Turco’ ran wide and briefly claimed the lead, for just one corner at Turn 7; they then swapped again at Turn 9 but the #1 held position. Bulega tried to respond at Turn 1 but Razgatlioglu held on, before building a gap over his title rival. The gap stabilised until the second half of the race, when ‘Bulegas’ started crawling all over Razgatlioglu. However, the BMW rider soon maintained the gap to claim victory on Sunday morning and move another step closer to this year’s title.
BATTLING FOR THE PODIUM: Bautista just holds on…
The fight for the final front row spot in Race 2 went all the way to the wire. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) held on to claim P3 ahead of Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha), although he spent the start of the race fending off Locatelli’s teammate, Jonathan Rea. The #65 was hounding the #19 before Locatelli got ahead at Turn 1 at Lap 5. However, Rea’s hopes of a second row start in Race 2 ended when he crashed at Turn 7 from P5. Bautista claimed third to secure a front row start this afternoon.
STARTING RACE 2 FROM ROW 2: Locatelli from P4, Iannone fights to P5
Locatelli withstood a late charge from Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven) to claim P4, with ‘The Maniac’ forced to settle for fifth despite pulling off another charge through the field. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) had been challenging Locatelli for fourth heading onto the final lap, but he crashed while trying to pass the #55, dropping him down to 15th. The second row will be completed by Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), who had to fend off Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) – who used the SCQ tyre – to secure a P6 finish and put him in a strong position for this afternoon.
RACE 2’S ROW THREE: Vierge leads Bassani and van der Mark
Vierge will instead go from the third row after his P7 finish, with Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) in eighth place; gaining one position after his teammate’s fall. The third row in Race 2 will be completed by Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team), who came home in ninth.
The top nine from the Tissot Superpole Race, full results here:
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.545s
3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +8.942s
4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +10.060s
5. Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) +10.122s
6. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) +10.936s
7. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) +11.747s
8. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +12.762s
9. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +14.875
Fastest lap: Nicolo Bulega (Ducati), 1’34.973s (new lap record)
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