Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) approaches the fifth round of the WorldSBK at Most with the ambition of reversing the momentum against Nicolò Bulega (Ducati), the championship leader. After Bulega's hat-trick at Cremona, Most, where Razgatlioglu secured a historic hat-trick in 2024,announcement ofdecisive. The chaotic FP1, markedated by five highsides involving Bulega, Jonathan Rea, Andrea Iannone, Remy Gardner, and Andrea Locatelli, a revheand problemsths with the new Pirelli E0250 tire and thelack of service road on the site.
In Most, Toprak Razgatlioglu seems ready to replay a scenario he knows well: that of the show of force. In the Czech Republic, the pilot BMW returns to a track where he had achieved a masterful hat-trick, changing the course of the season. And once again, history seems to want to repeat itself: the Turkish ace dominates Friday's practice, while his great rival, Nicholas Bulega, takes a violent highside and struggles to stay physically in contention.
Most is an anomaly in the WSBK calendar: a track with an "undersized" profile for such powerful machines. And yet, this is where Soil turns every turn into an opportunity. From the first two sessions, he has everyone agreeing: pace, consistency, ease in traffic. Clearly, he is ready to get back in the standings after the domination of Open up in Cremona.
The championship leader returned to the pits on a stretcher. And yet, the Italian will indeed be on the grid on Saturday. It's a demonstration of courage, but also of physical limitations: his body will remind him of the fall with every braking. And faced with Soil In Most, we already know that 100% is sometimes not enough. The strategy of Ducati will be simple: save as many points as possible while waiting to find more favorable terrain.
Five violent crashes in FP1, all with the same thing in common: the new tire Pirelli E0250. Poorly tested, poorly evaluated, and perhaps poorly introduced. The official drivers – Rea, Iannone, Gardner, Locatelli, Bulega – were all trapped in cold conditions and with the track still green. Andrea Iannone, he pays the price with two broken toes and a weekend already over. A hard blow for the show.
Razgatlioglu favorite, Bulega resists in Most
But the worst part is not there: Most has no escape route! A scandal in 2025 for a championship of this level. With every fall, red flags are raised. And the risk of further accidents is very real, like this commissioner hit by the motorcycle of Gardner after Iannone's fall. The paddock is getting annoyed, and understandably so.
Brothers Lowes invite themselves into the match, Sat before Alex, whileAxel Bassani continues to show its consistency with a top 7 which could turn into a podium if the conditions get tougher. Yamaha , the light of Assen already seems far away, Locatelli being the only one to limit the damage. Honda, it remains within its recent standards: almost total invisibility.
This Friday at Most will have been at once brilliant, disturbing and dramatic. Razgatlioglu is in his element, and everything indicates that he will try to overturn the hierarchy from race 1. But the general climate calls for caution: it will take more than tricky asphalt and a controversial tire to trip up the Turk's ambition. And if Ducati wants to keep the hand, she will have to pray that Open up hold the shock. The championship has never been so open... nor so fragile.
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