Portuguese World Superbike Race (2) Results: Razgatlioglu fends off Bulega for Portimao treble
Results from WorldSBK Race 2 at the 2024 Portuguese World Superbike round.
Toprak Razgatlioglu secured his fourth straight treble in Race 2 of the Portuguese World Superbike round, narrowly beating Nicolo Bulega.
The race began with a number of riders at the front, and Razgatlioglu dropping to fourth. He eventually got to the front, passing Alex Lowes, but in doing so broke his left front wing. He managed to pull away in the mid-race by around 1.5 seconds, but once Alvaro Bautista got into second place he began hunting the BMW rider down.
It seemed the race was set for a repeat of the Race 2 in 2023 between Razgatlioglu and Bautista, but the reigning champion crashed at turn five. He remounted, and finished 19th.
That was not job done for Razgatlioglu, though, as he now had to fend of Nicolo Bulega, who had replaced Bautista at the rear of the M1000 RR. Bulega wasn't as aggressive in passing as Bautista, and his best opportunity was exiting the final turn, but Razgatlioglu put together a strong final lap to put himself out of range of the Italian - just, by 0.035 seconds.
Behind, Alex Lowes took his second podium of the weekend in third place, ahead of Andrea Iannone and Danilo Petrucci.
2024 WorldSBK Championship | Portuguese Round | Autodromo Internacional do Algarve | Race 2 Result | Rd 7/13 | |||||
Pos | Rider | Nat. | WorldSBK Team | Superbike | Timing |
1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | WIN |
2 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 0.035 |
3 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 6.299 |
4 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Team Go Eleven | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 9.715 |
5 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 11.318 |
6 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 11.428 |
7 | Michael van der Mark | NED | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | 11.518 |
8 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | 16.231 |
9 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 16.909 |
10 | Dominique Aegerter | SUI | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 16.966 |
11 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 18.138 |
12 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 18.251 |
13 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 18.959 |
14 | Scott Redding | GBR | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | 20.579 |
15 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 20.934 |
16 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Motocorsa Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 21.020 |
17 | Tito Rabat | ESP | Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 23.318 |
18 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Motoxracing Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 23.418 |
19 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 24.551 |
20 | Ivo Lopes | POR | Petronas MIE Racing Team | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 58.505 |
21 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GMT94 Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:02.896 |
22 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAS | JDT Racing Team | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 3L |
Alex joined the Crash.net team in August of 2024 having covered consumer and racing motorcycle news at Visordown for two years.
