This weekend, in Argentina, and despite many twists and turns due to the health crisis, the WSBK will experience a high-tension round in an already electric season. Indeed, between the duellists for the title, Toprak Razgatlioglu equipped with a Yamaha and Jonathan Rea as a Kawasaki official, the gap is only 24 points while there are still 124 points to collect between now and the whistle. final. And it's so tense that from the first race on Saturday, everything could change...
You should not miss anything from this competition World Superbike whose departure will be given on Saturday October 16 at 20:00 p.m. in our latitudes. From Argentina will thus be launched Race 1 of this last meeting of a calendar which has chosen to experience its finale in Indonesia. But before that, the San Juan site in the Andes will have to give its verdict. Which can be final.
So with 24 points ahead in the championship, Toprak Razgatlioglu can mathematically clinch the title this weekend. For that, the Turk will have to lead by 62 points or more ahead of Indonesia, even taking into account a possible decided tie there, in Mandalika. Toprak has ten race victories, compared to five for Sale. So even if the latter wins the remaining four races and the championship ends in a tie, Toprak already has an advantage in his pocket.
In Argentina, the tension will be extreme from Race 1
But to get there, it will first be necessary for the protégé of Kenan Sofuoglu finishes ahead Sale in race 1, or score one point more than him at least. This means that if Sale wins Race 1, the title race is guaranteed for Indonesia… this also means that the six-time World Champion must beat Razgatlioglu in Race 1 to ensure the title race goes to Indonesia. As if to add emotion to a deadline that is already not lacking in it, everything will be decided on the day of the birthday of Razgatlioglu...
Given the general atmosphere on and off the track, including provocative skits at the end of the race, not to mention the campaign consisting of accusing the Turkish generation formed by Kenan Sofuoglu to be too aggressive to better appeal to the sanction of the officials, it will be fascinating to follow this Argentinian game. Even with a time difference putting the races at 20:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and the sprint competition at 17:00 p.m. on Sunday alone.
