World Superbike Magny-Cours, France - Race Results (2)

An untoucha🍸ble Toprak Razgatliolgu complet🍸ed his first ever WorldSBK clean-sweep weekend at Magny-Cours.
WorldSBK Magny-Cours, France - Race Results (2) | ||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha | 21 Laps |
2 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +2.908s |
3 | Scott Redding | GBR | Aruba.It Ducati | +8.406s |
4 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha | +10.329s |
5 | Chaz Davies | GBR | GoEleven Ducati | +10.734s |
6 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Team HRC | +11.467s |
7 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Ducati | +13.901s |
8 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +15.640s |
9 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha | +16.254s |
10 | Tom Sykes | GBR | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +20.911s |
11 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +39.410s |
12 | Christophe Ponsson | FRA | Gil Yamaha | +42.808s |
13 | Lucas Mahias | FRA | Kawasaki Puccetti | +43.057s |
14 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | GRT Yamaha | +44.106s |
15 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Barni Ducati | +48.202s |
16 | Jonas Folger | GER | Benovo BMW | +49.557s |
17 | Leandro Mercado | ARG | MIE Honda Racing | +51.981s |
18 | Loris Cresson | BEL | Pedercini Kawasaki | +1:07.692s |
19 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Team HRC | DNF |
20 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | DNF |
After making a brilliant start and challenging both Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea during the opening few corners, Alex L🔯owes crashed on lap two - his second fall of the weekend.
Razgatlioglu and Rea then began a consisten♏t run of laps where fierce ov💝ertakes were being made. Each time Razgatlioglu got past, Rea was able to snap straight back and take over the lead.
But with 11 laps to go, Razgatlioglu finally made a move stick for more thওan a few corners at turn five.
There was a sca🐟ry moment on lap six as Andrea Locatelli and Michael Van Der Mark made contact on the start-finish straight. Van Der Mark’s rear tyre created a huge puff of smoke after veering towards the pit wall.
After holding onto the front𒐪 two for several laps, Scott Redding began to lose ground in third place - a position he kept unti💎l the end.
Things then began to settle down between Razgatlioglu and Rea, however, the gap r🅰emained 𒀰small - less than three tenths as they approached the final five laps.
But just as Rea looked to build up for another move, the six-time world💙 champion made mistakes at turn five and eight.
With three laps to go, Razgatlioglu extended the gap to over a second. It was a lead that qu♎ickly grew to over three seconds by the race’s end, a꧟s Razgatlioglu claimed win #9 of the year.
Superpole Race
Toprak Razgatlioglu won a stunning WorldSBK Superpole race at Magny-Cours aftꩲer getting the bet💛ter of Jonathan Rea on the final lap.
After attempting to💛 take the lead from Rea at turn five on th🎀e opening lap, Razgatlioglu made the same move stick on lap two - Yamaha rider set a new race lap record on the same lap.
Even though Razgatlioglu remained on lap record pace after that, Re🔥a was able to stay with the Turkish ride💃r, while Alex Lowes regained third from Andrea Locatelli.
As was the case in race one, Leon Haslam led a big group behind the Kawasaki and Yamah🎶a riders.&nဣbsp;
However, Haslam slowly went backwards as Michael Van Der Mark, Scott Redding and Alvaro Bautista all got t🔯hrough.
Redding then got ahead of his future BMW team-mate for fifth at the start of lap six.🅺 At the front, Razgatlioglu began to edge away from Rea with three laps to go.
Haslam got back past team-mate Bautista for seventh, while Chaz Dav🐟ies closed in on both Honda riders.
What looked like a certain win for Razgatlioglu soon became anything but that on the final lap, as Rea made a stunning move in turn 12 after recovering the gap, however, Razgatlioglu re🦄sponded into turn 15 and eventually took win #2 of the weekend.