WSBK Superbike Estoril Superpole: Phenomenal pole, is Toprak Razgatlioglu unbeatable?

Toprak Razgatlioglu Unbeatable: BMW ace will start from Superpole at the Superbike round in Estoril, Portugal

The first match point is served: in Estoril (Portugal), Toprak Razgatlioglu can become Superbike world champion for the third time if he wins 26 more points on his pursuer Nicholas Bulega at the end of the three Estoril races.
Meanwhile, BMW's phenomenal Turk has secured his 24th career Superpole. It's his sixth this year, so nothing new. But it's a blow for Ducati. Toprak once again smashed the circuit record on the first flying lap! In the end, he went even lower: 1'34.203. Nicolo Bulega conceded three tenths: how to turn the situation around? We will see if the Italian will find an opening in race 1 which will start at 15 p.m.

The old dragons roar
In the meantime, we record the third time ofÁlvaro Bautista, in the penultimate race as an official Ducati rider: next year he will be a privateer with Team Barni instead of Danilo Petrucci. In this qualification, as in the previous rounds, Jonathan Rhea was also very successful, again better than the Yamaha team, which is here orphaned from Dominique Aegerter, injured in training. The Northern Irishman is starting to go strong now that he has announced his retirement from the world championship. Who knows if Yamaha will miss him: in his place comes a supporting role like Xavi Verge. Well…

Sam Lowes also withdraws
On Friday, after FP1, we recorded the withdrawal of Danilo Petrucci, stopped by a fracture of the fourth metacarpal of his right hand. The former MotoGP rider injured himself while training in a gym. He will have to undergo surgery on Monday and will most likely miss the final round in Jerez next weekend. After the third practice session, Sam Lowes also threw in the towel, also due to a chest problem that arose during his physical preparation before this event in Portugal. Lucky were the drivers of yesteryear who almost never trained. Michael Rinaldi, suffering from gastroenteritis, is also out of the running for the first race.