Razgatlioglu misses Bulega’s hat-trick and Bautista falls
Nicolo Bulega should will postpone the celebration of our first WSBK triple title until next year after Toprak Razgatlioglu won the second race at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit. The Italian won in the first round and in the Superpole, but was forced to concede to the current world champion.
Philipp Ettl’s engine said goodbye on the exit of the final corner, causing a huge cloud of smoke and forcing the stewards to show a red flag. On second launch The Ducati driver was in the lead, but on the third lap the BMW driver managed to overtake. and began to open up a small lead until he managed to finish at the top.
Again, The Turk showed why he is a championfor until the morning it seemed unlikely that he would be able to meet his opponent due to the differences in the first two races. However, the beautiful duel continued until the very end, where Toprak Razgatlioglu completed a dream season.
The German manufacturer was able to celebrate twice as another M 1000 RR of Michael van der Mark finished on the podium in honor of his mother, who died just a few days ago. This was the second time he managed to drink champagne, which secured him sixth position in the championship, and Andrea Iannone finished weekend on the rise, finishing third on Spanish soil.
The Italian tried to overtake his rival at the final corner halfway through the race, but his attack came to nothing and he dropped to sixth place. Undeterred, he made his comeback and was able to finish the year with a strong performance, while Alex Lowes outclassed Danilo Petrucci for both fifth place in the Andalusian competition and fourth place in the championship, a good achievement. final for the British.
Seventh was Garrett Gerloff ahead of Andrea Locatelli, who was unable to take advantage of his good start, which sent him into third place in the early stages, but he dropped back to finish alone ahead of Jonathan Rea, ninth. It was also a memorable weekend for Alvaro Bautista, who crashed off the track twice in the final race, first with a gearshift error and then with an accident.
Results of the second race of the Jerez de la Frontera stage of the 2024 WSBK season
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