Australia WorldSBK: Toprak Razgatlioglu beats Rea to second in championship after ‘very strange race’

Razgatlioglu officially secured second thanks to finishing🐷 Race 2 in fourth place, but the 2021 WorldSBK cജhampion managed to get the better of Rea in the Superpole Race which was not expected.
Razgatlioglu was on the backfoot compared to both factory Kawasaki riders and world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista after Friday practice, however, a well timed pit stop in Saturday’s flag-to-flag Race 1 and another strong showing during the Superpole Race left Rea needing a miracle in order to claim second in the standing꧒s.
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♏While second is not the type of result Razgatlioglu is usually content with, the Superpole Race was a great recovery from the Turkish star after struggling on Friday.
In the final race Razgatlioglu looked set to challenge 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes for the podium during the final few laps before a red flag 🐼ended proceedings.
Speaking about hiꦛs race, Razgatlioglu said: "We tried in𓄧 every session to find good grip. We tried our best. In Race 2 it was very strange, after 10 laps, I felt a big drop with the rear tyre.
"I saw Ale💞x pushing a lot, and after two laps I saw him starting to spin a lot. I thought 'ok in the last two laps, I'll pass him' and I saw the red flag.
"But I'm really happy for him. He needed a bonus because he has twoꦛ babies!💜 [laughed Razgatlioglu].
"He's a very good guy and he was very strong this weekend. We fin𒀰ished the last race of the season in four✱th position. Anyway, we're second in the Championship standings."
Razgatlioglu comes within a lap of surprise victory

At the start 🍬of the Superpole Race, Bautista was one of two riders to switch fr꧑om full wets to dry tyres, while Razgatlioglu and Rea were on intermediates.
But even after the Ducati rider dropped out of the points on the first lap, a rapidly drying track allowed Bautista to move back up the order and eventually pass Razgatlioglu, who was the r🐬ace leader, with just over a lap remaining.
With nothing to lose given the championship has already been won by Bautista, Razgatlioglu ad𓆉mitted it was a good gamble from the Spaniard.
"For Alvaro it was a good gamble. He is world ch🦩ampion and for him the season is finished," added the Yamaha rider.
"He tried to gamble and also we had a little bit of stress because we were fighting for second in the championship. I saw that J🃏onny [had the] same tyre.
"I saw him really slow in some corners because of the 𝔍front ꦏtyre. Wet tyres [on a dry track] there is no grip."