Toprak Razgatlioglu won World Superbike Race One Saturday at Magny-Cours, in France. Riding his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, the 2024 WorldSuperbike Champion won the 21-lap race by 8.597 seconds.
Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R, and Alex Lowes was third on his Bimota by Kawasaki KB998 Rimini.
Danilo Petrucci crossed the finish line fourth on his Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R.
American Garrett Gerloff crashed his Kawasaki ZX-10RR on turn 3.
Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 432 points, 31 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 401 points. Danilo Petrucci is third with 246 points.
ChampionshipStandings WSBK
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
RAZGATLIOGU’S REDEMPTION: ‘El Turco’ ties Rea’s record Magny-Cours win tally in emphatic Race 1 triumph.
The #1 performed well once again at the French venue ahead of Bulega in P2 and Alex Lowes, who earned Bimota’s first full-length dry podium since returning to WorldSBK this season.
The French Round’s MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship race action has broken out in force at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) emerged victorious on a sunny Saturday afternoon at the quaint French hamlet for his 16th win of the season, now just two below his 2024 race win tally. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed P2 for Italy’s 500thWorldSBK podium, and in third, Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) earned his 48th career podium.
TOPRAK’S TRIO: Becomes the second-ever rider to win a race with three different manufacturers at the same track.
Toprak Razgatlioglu landed the holeshot, followed into the first corner by Alex Lowes, who slid past Nicolo Bulega from the Englishman’s P4 start. Lap after lap, Toprak slowly ran away with the race, having put more than four seconds between himself and Bulega behind him by Lap 11. From there, it was a lonely ride for ‘El Turco’ and ‘Bulegas’ alike as the #1 cruised to his ninth win at Magny-Cours, tying Jonathan Rea’s tally of nine wins at the French Circuit. Bulega led Lowes onto the rostrum in P2 as the British rider earned Bimota their 24th podium.
BROTHERS BATTLE FOR PODIUM: Alex Lowes earns first dry Bimota podium since Hockenheim Race 2 1989
Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) battled brother on brother starting on Lap 6 as the twins scrapped tooth and nail for the final podium position. Alex led the duo until his brother Sam crashed out on Turn 13 of Lap 19 for a P9 finish. Riding some distance behind the brotherly duel, Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) finished P4. After starting one spot from the back of the grid in P22, Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) worked his way all the way up to P8 in Lap 6 behind fellow Yamaha rider Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team). By Lap 14, ‘Loka’ climbed a further two positions to P6 and finally improved to P5 finish after Sam Lowes’ crash in front of him. Behind the Italian, fellow Yamaha rider Gardner landed P6.
BASSANI AND AEGERTER FINDING CONSISTENCY: Consecutive top eights for the pair
Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) finished P7 for his third consecutive top ten finish after finishing outside that mark across the prior six races. Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) finished P8 for his eighth top ten finish this season. After crashing out of his podium battle with his brother, Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) recovered to score points, finishing in P9.
SEASON HIGHS: Best 2025 results for Sofuoglu and Rinaldi
Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) did well to work his way forward after starting in P21; he finished P10 for his first top 10 and so far in his rookie WorldSBK season. Sergio Garcia (Honda HRC) finished in the points in his first race with Honda as he landed P11. In twelfth, Michael Rinaldi (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) earned his best result of the season.
VICKERS P13: The British rookie bounces back from Balaton Race 2 DNF:
Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) earned P13 ahead of Honda riders Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) and Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team who rounded out the point-scoring positions. Zaidi’s P15 effort earned him his first WorldSBK points in his rookie seasonBehind them, Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) recovered from their early crash to finish P16 and P17.
SIX RETIREMENTS: A Lap 1 crash ended the race for Rea, Iannone and Montella
Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team), Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha), Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) and Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) all saw gravel in Turn 13 of the opening lap. The crash ended the day for Rea, Montella, and Iannone, who then had to visit the medical centre. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) ran as high as P5 in Lap 5 after his P8 starting position. He held the P5 spot until an unfortunate crash in Lap 8, Turn 8, sent him back to the pits. He returned to the track but crashed again on Turn 3 from P17. Van der Mark and Iannone will be reassessed after the Warm Up session on Sunday morning. Lastly, Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) sailed ahead in the first laps of the race from his back-of-the-grid start after his crash in the WorldSBK Tissot Superpole. He slowly cut down at Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team)’s lead, until springing his move to steal P7 from the Aussie on Lap 13. However, the American crashed on Turn 3 of Lap 18, sending him back to P15 before retiring.
The top six from the WorldSBK Race 1: Full results here!
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +8.597s
3. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +10.979s
4. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +17.793s
5. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +20.648s
6. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) +26.031s
Fastest lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) – 1’35.642s new lap record
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