Toprak Razgatlioglu won World Superbike Race Two Sunday at Misano Circuit Sic58, in Italy. Riding his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR, the 2024 World Superbike Champion won the 21-lap race by 9.685 seconds.
Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale V4R and his teammate Alvaro Bautista finished the race third.
Andrea Locatelli got fourth on his Pata Maxus Yamaha YZF R1.
Danilo Petrucci finished his race fifth on his Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4R.
American Garrett Gerloff went from 15th on the grid to 8th at the finish on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
For the championship, Razgatlioglu is 9 points behind his principal rival Bulega who has 292 points. Petrucci is third with 179 points.
More from a press release issued by Dorna:
Razgatlioglu sails to Race 2 win, as Bulega, fights from fourth row to rostrum finish. Toprak’s second Misano hat-trick in two years sees Bulega’s Championship lead cut to just 9 points.
Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) lands his 9th career win as he cruises to a Race 2 win by nearly a 10-second margin. Bulega glided up the grid from his P10 grid start for his 15thpodium of the season, limiting the damage his Riders’ Championship lead withstood. His lead now stands at a tenuous 9 points ahead of the #1. In third place, Bautista earned his 10th podium of the year; however, his race win drought continues, as he last topped the podium at Aragon Race 2 in 2024.
TOPRAK AT HOME IN MISANO: 8th WorldSBK win at Misano, tying Rea’s track record.
Toprak flew off the line to claim the holeshot, followed into the first corner by Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha), and that was the closest any other rider got to home in the race. While Locatelli, Alex Lowes and Danilo Petrucci battled in the early running for P2 until Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) shuffled them aside as they tried in vain to catch ‘El Turco’. Toprak held a strong pace all race to cruise to an uncontested Race win to complete his second Misano hat-trick in back-to-back years. Bulega and Bautista finished in a lonely P2 and P3 as they had the pace to separate themselves from the riders behind them, but lacked the speed to catch the streaking #1.
PETRUCCI TOP INDEPENDENT: Beats Lecuona for P5 by 0.129s
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) won a protracted battle with Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) (Barni Spark Racing Team) to claim P4. ‘Petrux’ and Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) gave a sequel to their Race 1 battle for P3, a struggle which Petrucci won, but not without Locatelli, Bulega and Bautista passing the pair, shuffling the #9 to P5. Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) worked hard to catch up to Petrucci ahead of him, but ultimately was unable to displace him, finishing just 0.129 seconds behind him.
GERLOFF SHOWS GRIT: Earns P8 to tie season-best
Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) held off Lecuona for the last laps of the race until a divebombing move by the Spaniard moved the Brit back to P7. Tying his best result so far in his debut season with Kawasaki, Texan rider Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) looked strong as he came out on top after a showdown for P8 with Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) and Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven). Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) will take home solid points from Misano’s Race 2, a welcome result when considering he was not expected to compete at the event after his foot injury suffered at Most. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) notches a P10, which is behind where he would like to be on the timesheet; however, it is his best result of the last two rounds.
VICKERS TOP ROOKIE: Leads Sofuoglu and Zaidi from P11
Less than a second behind van der Mark, British rookie Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing) finished in P11, more than six seconds ahead of Bassani in P12, and a further 4 seconds ahead of Turkish rookie Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) in P13. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) recovered from his crash to earn points in P14, ahead of Michael Rinaldi (GMT94-YAMAHA), Scott Redding (MGM BONOVO Racing) and Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team who all finished the race’s full length.
FOUR RIDERS CRASH OUT: Gardner, Montella, Lowes, Rea
Tarran Mackenzie (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) didn’t feature in the race due to a tech issue, joined in the garages first by Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) and then Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) crashed out on Turn 10. The incident is under review; however, Montella will leave Misano disappointed, as both of his Sunday races featured spills into the gravel. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team), despite his good recent form, crashed out in Turn 8 from his position within the top eight. Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) crashed out in Turn 2 with just a single lap to go, followed on the last lap by Scott Redding (MGM BONOVO Racing), who crashed on Turn 14 but returned for P16.
The top six from the WorldSBK Race 2 at Misano: full results here!
1.Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +9.685s
3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +14.438s
4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +16.752s
5. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +19.273s
6. Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) +19.402s
Fastest lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) – 1’33.471s
Championship standings
1. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 292 points
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) 283
3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) 179
4. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 172
5. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) 157
6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) 124
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