Toprak Razgatlioglu took three podium f꧑inishes on his return to World🌊SBK after a month away, but was denied victory by Alvaro Bautista in both Sunday races.

The Superpole Race came down to a last lap battle between Razgatlioglu and Bautista which the Spaniard woꦓn with a block pass at turn 15, but in Race 2 the BMW rider was simply out-paced in the last few laps of the race.

"I did my best at the sta🐭rt of the race,” Razgatlioglu said. “I followed Alvaro [Bautista🌼] and had a plan to stay with him and then maybe to start fighting with him in the last five laps.

“However, in those final laps my pace started to drop. Alvaro had more grip than the 💝other bikes in the last laps.

“I was pushing hard, but I could see that the gap was gꦍrowing. At that point, I settled for second because it wﷺasn’t possible to catch him.

“In t🎐he long corners Alvaro had a big advantage an🙈d he did an incredible job. It feels like he’s made a real comeback.

“I’m happy for him but I’m focused now on Estoril. I need to win there because ⭕finishing second is tough for me."

Razgatli♈oglu now takes a 39-point lead over Bautista’s factory Ducati teammate, Nicolo Bulega, to the next and penultimate round at Estoril, after the Italian didn’t start Race 1, and f♓inished third in both Sunday races at Aragon.

Razgatlioglu’s gap means he can win his second WorldSBK ♕crown aဣt Estoril, if he outscores Bulega by 23 points or more across the weekend’s three races.