How Toprak Razgatlioglu can be 2025 WorldSBK Champion after Nicolo Bulega clash

The 2025 WorldSBK points battle has arrived at the final race, and will be decided between Toprak Razgatlioglu and Nicolo Bulega.

Razgatlioglu led by 39 points coming into this weekend and by 34 points after he was beaten by Bulega in Race 1 on Saturday.

Now the gap stands at 22 points with one race to go, meaning Bulega needs to outscore Razgatlioglu by three points to be 2025 World Superbike Champion; while Razgatlioglu simply needs to avoid that happening.

For Razgatlioglu, finishing 13th or better in Race 2 will guarantee him the title wherever Bulega finishes. 

On Bulega’s side, he must win the race to have a chance at the title, and would then need Razgatlioglu to finish 13th or lower.

Having comfortably won both races so far this weekend, Bulega is a strong favourite to hold up his end of the bargain, starting from pole position.

Razgatlioglu, however, will start from the middle of the pack in 10th place as a result of his non-finish in the Superpole Race and his second-placed qualifying in Superpole yesterday.

They will start as far apart as they have done all season, then, but Razgatlioglu is in the far more precarious position with bikes all around him heading into the first corners.

Razgatlioglu’s average finishing position this year, in races he’s finished, is 1.9, so his likelihood to finish in the top-13 is high if he makes it to the finish. He has finished precisely 13th once already this season, in the Australia Superpole Race when he ran straight on at turn four on the opening lap. 

Razgatlioglu’s lowest finish in a full-distance race this year came in Race 2 at Assen when he was eighth.