2021 World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Race Results (2)

Results from race two, round ten of the 2021 World Superbike Championship at Jerez, Spain.
Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea, Jerez WorldSBK race1, 26 September 2021
Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea, Jerez WorldSBK race1, 26 September 2021
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Toprak Razgatlioglu made it back-to-back WorldSBK win💞s at Jerez after beating Scott Redding in an intense battle. 

World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Race Results (2)
PosRiderNatTeamTime
1Toprak RazgatliogluTURPATA Yamaha20 Laps
2Scott ReddingGBRAruba.It Ducati+0.113s
3Alvaro BautistaSPATeam HRC+4.257s
4Andrea LocatelliITAPATA Yamaha+5.172s
5Jonathan ReaGBRKawasaki Racing Team+6.339s
6Axel BassaniITAMotocorsa Ducati+7.780s
7Michael RinaldiITAAruba.It Ducati+11.035s
8Michael Van Der MarkNEDMotorrad BMW WorldSBK Team+11.993s
9Loris BazFRAGoEleven Ducati+12.311s
10Garrett GerloffUSAGRT Yamaha+16.651s
11Eugene LavertyIRLMotorrad BMW WorldSBK Team+27.224s
12Leon HaslamGBRTeam HRC+27.266s
13Jonas FolgerGERBenovo BMW+27.713s
14Samuele CavalieriSPABarni Ducati+33.438s
15Leandro MercadoARGMIE Honda Racing+46.941s
16Marvin FritzGERIXS-YART Yamaha+47.308s
17Andrea MantovaniITAVince64 Racing Kawasaki+54.670s
18Lachlan EpisAUSPedercini Kawasaki+3 Laps
19Loris CressonBELPedercini KawasakiDNF
20Kohta NozaneJPNGRT YamahaDNF
21Christophe PonssonFRAGil YamahaDNF

After exchanging the lead in turns five and six, Toprak Razgatlioglu managed to get the bett♑er of Jonathan Rea,🦄 before Michael Rinaldi also got ahead of the Kawasaki rider.

Rea had no answer for Razgatliꦕoglu and Rinaldi, and was instead overtaken by Scott Re♍dding on lap three for third.

Razgatlioꦐglu, who was already pulling clear of the two Ducati’s, was aided when Re🍸dding went past Rinaldi at turn 14.

Thing💝s got even better for Razgatlioglu with 13 laps remaining as Rea was p꧟assed by Andrea Locatelli and Alvaro Bautista. 

With just under ten laps to go there🐻 was a change for third as Locatelli got ahead of Rinaldi, while Redding closed in behind Razgatlioglu. 

The gap between Razgatl𒆙ioglu and Redding was around four tenths for several laps, before Redding made a move for thಞe lead on lap 17.

Rinaldi began struggling in the final laps 🎃and was passed by Bautista and Rea. 

Razgatli𒅌oglu regained the lead a lap later, while Bautista 😼also started to pressure Locatelli for the final rostrum place. 

Just like race one, Locatelli lost third place on the final lap, this time to Bautista, while Razgatlioglu brilliantly he𒀰ld off Redding for𒆙 the victory. 

Race One

Toprak Razgatlioglu produced a brilliant WorldSBK Jerez race one to better Jonathan Rea𒆙 en route to victory. 

After keeping the lead off the start, Razgatlioglu was relegated to second by Rea following a small mistake in sector𝓀 three. 

Michael Rinaldi moved from fifth to third heading into turn one, however, the Ducati rider allowed Andrea Locatelli tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhrough after running wide at turn six. 

It was a dreadful opening few laps for Alex Lowes as he went from second to P11. Rinaldi suffered a bizarre fall on lap five - turn three and was unable to continue, before Samuele Cavalieri became the second Ducatiꦺ rider to crash out just moments later.

On lap eig𒐪ht, there was big contact at the front as Razgatlioglu attempted a late move on Rea. 

The Yamaha rider was unable to get fully alongside Rea and🙈 ran into the back of the six-time world champion 🐟- pushing both riders wide. 

Leandro Mercado became the third rider to retire after his han🧔dlebar was completely broken on the throttle side. 

The gap between Rea and Razgatlioglu then staꦯbilised at around six tenths of a second, while Redding began losing ground on Locatelli for third.

With just seven laps remaining, Razgatlioglu completed a hard bu🐠t brilliant move on Rea into turn one to c𒈔laim the lead. 

It must be said, Rea was very c♍ompliant and did well to see the Yamaha rider coming, as contact looked inevitable.&ꦛnbsp;

Razgatlioglu t🐼hen edged away from Rea by a couple of tenths pe🔜r lap to claim victory and extend his points lead from one to six. Redding gained third place off Locatelli on the final lap. 

After missing Saturday’s Superpole qualifying and FP3 sessions, it has been confirmed that Lucas♔ Mahias w♛ill miss the remainder of 2021 due to injury.

Isaac Vinales has chosen not to race today gi🤡ven the tragedy of his cousin, Dean Berta Vinales, who s🍸adly lost his life yesterday following an accident in the WorldSSP300 race.

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