WSBK Superbike Portugal Superpole Race: Toprak Razgatlioğlu is the king of braking, he also wins the sprint

The offensive of Toprak Razgatlioğlu continues in Portimão: Thanks to magical braking, he stands up to a Alvaro Bautista indomitable.

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The assault of Soil Razgatlioğlu continues in Portimão: Thanks to magical braking, he stands up to a Alvaro Bautista indomitable and also won the Superpole. The Yamaha ace thus seizes the best position on the grid for race 2 and eats three additional points on the Superbike lead. Ducati's advantage drops to 51 points. Nothing to do for Jonathan Rhea, once again surpassed by its direct rivals: Third place is for the moment the maximum to which the Kawasaki can aspire.

 

 

Different tires, same music
In the sprint race, Pirelli also made the SCX soft tire available, which was obviously the obligatory choice. The tires were therefore different from those of race 1 but the music was identical. Toprak took off like lightning, erasing Rea's pole position, and never let go of the lead again. Álvaro Bautista tried, hard. With the Ducati missile on the straight, he was able to put his head forward, but with deadly braking each time, Razgatlioglu parried the blow, sliding ahead into the first corner. Álvaro was in the mix, but a dangerous loss of front grip two laps from the finish convinced him not to get into trouble. Same podium as Saturday: This is the 21st time in 27 races that the Magnificent Three have monopolized the steps of the podium.

Rinaldi in front of Bassani
Michael Rinaldi this time managed to win the direct confrontation between the Ducatisti and Axel Bassani, thus taking fifth place. The two Italians, however, were unable to catch up Alex Lowes who is very strong this weekend with the second Kawasaki. Andrea Locatelli, Toprak's teammate, was very efficient at the start of the race, but then dropped back to seventh position. BMW and Honda are missing: Michael van der Mark, eighth, is back in the top 10 with the German bike. The CBR-RR are far behind with Virgin tenth and lecuona only twelfth.

 

 

At 15:00 p.m., the grand finale
The schedule for Round 15 of the Superbike World Championship ends at 00:2 p.m. (French time) with Race 1. There will be twenty laps to cover. As a reminder, race 14, the day before, was shortened to 300 laps due to a delayed start due to the accident that occurred during the previous XNUMX race. This weekend, it will therefore be the first race to be contested over the planned distance. This is a factor that could change the situation.

 

 

Results of the WorldSBK Superbike Superpole Race in Portimão:

Classification credit: WorldSBK.com

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Paul Gozzi