Toprak Razgatlioglu won World Superbike Race Two Sunday at Balaton Park Circuit, in Hungary. Riding his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, the 2024 WorldSuperbike Champion won the 21-lap race by more than 10 seconds.
Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R, and Sam Lowes was third on his ELF Marc VDS Ducati Panigale V4R.
Danilo Petrucci crossed the finish line fourth on his Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R.
American Garrett Gerloff was declared unfit with a lower back injury after his crash in race 1 yesterday.
Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the championship with 407 points, 26 ahead of Nicolo Bulega who has 381 points. Danilo Petrucci is third with 233 points.
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Three consecutive hat tricks for Razgatlioglu as the defending Champion dominates at Balaton. ‘El Turco’ grows his lead to 26 points with his 162nd podium.
The final curtain has been pulled on a historic return to Hungary for the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship. Riders took to Balaton Park Circuit for the country’s first race in 35 years. Razgatlioglu came out on top in Balaton, winning his ninth straight race. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) took P2, landing Italy’s 499th WorldSBK podium. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) took home the last rostrum spot for his fourth podium in the Championship.
Building a cushion: With his win, the defending Champion increased his points lead to more than a full race
Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) took the holeshot, leading the race momentarily before Razgatlioglu wrestled the position from him by cutting down the inside of the Spaniard. By the start of the race’s fifth lap, ‘El Turco’ had already accrued a gap of 4.127s, cruising with tranquillity for his second-consecutive hat trick. Behind him, Lowes and Bautista battled for P2 in the early running, until Bulega, who had worked his way up the grid from his P10 start, slipped past the pair to claim P2 for his own. Lowes and Bautista continued their duel – now fighting for P3 – until Bautista suffered a costly Turn 9 lowside to end his race early.
Petrucci best of the rest: Best result of his weekend so far
Finishing in P4, Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) pushed hard to try to close the gap with the podium fight in front of him, having to make up time all by his lonesome as with nine laps to go, he had a three-second gap ahead of Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) in P5. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) spent much of the race farther back in the field; however, a strong second half of the race saw him climb up to P6.
Tough luck for rookie Vickers: two separate Long Lap Penalties, then crashes out of race
Xavi Vierge started the race from P5, but after the #97 lost a position, he and Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) gave spectators one of the highlights of the race with their battle for P6. After tailing one another closely, Vickers passed the Honda factory rider to take the position and created a gap of more than a second, but it was Vierge who had the last lap as the Spaniard finished in P7. After having passed Vierge, Vickers was applied a Long Lap Penalty by WorldSBK Stewards for exceeding track limits, and when he was serving his penalty, he ran onto the gravel, obligating him to serve the penalty again, before crashing in Turn 15 to end his race with a DNF.
Bassani penalized: Lands P9
Bassani ran wide in the first lap, having to cut the chicane and losing a litany of positions in doing so, however he recovered well to battle with his bimota teammate for a top eight position, and while his teammate climbed farther forward, Bassani finished in P8 He however dropped one position to P9 after being applied a three second penalty for exceeding track limits. Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) came out on top in a battle with Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) to place P8 after Bassani’s penalty was applied. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) landed in the top ten to close the trip to Balaton. Tarran Mackenzie (MGM BONOVO Racing) continues to show good form with his new team, landing his career best result in a full-length race.
Rabat’s first points in sky blue: The Spaniard lands P15
Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) finished in P12, closing out a lukewarm Hungarian Round for the WorldSBK legend who had come into the round in great form. Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) finished in P13, tying the rookie’s best result so far in the Championship. Despite having to serve a Long Lap Penalty for being applied a Track Limits violation by FIM WorldSBK Stewards, Michael Rinaldi (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) finished in P14. Tito Rabat (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) scored the first points with his new team, and his first points personally since Assen earlier this season. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) finished P16, recovering from a Turn 9 crash. Rounding out the finishing riders, Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team finished in P17.
The top six from the WorldSBK Race 2: Full results here!
1 Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +10.317s
3. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +13.154s
4. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +18.297s
5. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) 18.752s
6. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) 20.052s
Fastest Lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu – 1’39.384s
Championship standings
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 407 points
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 386
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) 2334. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) 218
5. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 217
6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 156
7. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) 112
8. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) 105
9. Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) 90
10. Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) 87
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