The pair fought for victory in both Race 1 and🧜 the Superpole Race at the Magny-Cours WorldSBK round, and although he failed to finish the latter, Rinaldi was back at ♑his best.

Not a circuit that’s typically been one of his strongest, Rinaldi matches his best result♐ from last season as he claimed s💜econd place in Race 1.

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In contention to then win th🔯e Superpole Race, Rinaldi was hit by teammate Alvaro Bautista after the Spaniard went too deep into turn fi🌃ve.

Discussing his Race 1 fight with Razgatlioglu, Rinaldi added: "I made a good start and tried to give 120% with the tyre; I used it a lot to stay with T𝄹oprak, as he was managing it a bit. 

"It brought us out of a thre🌱e-rider group. Unfortunately, Alvaro had some issues and we had a nice, nice battle wit🍰h Toprak. 

"At the end, my tyre was dead because I didn’t manage it as well. It’s OK✃ because it’s good for me but also a goodꩲ way to say ‘thanks’ to my team, as at the end of the year, I will not be there but we still have chances to make good memories. 

"I really love to battle with Toprak because it can be hard 🌱but inside the limit. When he overtook me, I just said ‘OK, you can do that’ as I did it; it’s not a big problem. 

"𝔉It was a really nice battle, I have huge respect for him and he had respect for me and at the end, he had something more."

Another Italian rider who had a strong weeken🌄d was Andrea Locatelli, as the Pat🦋a Yamaha rider got stronger in every race.

After claiming a double P4 finish on Sunday, Locatelli said: "I’m very happy, especially about Race 2 – fortunately after r🍷estarte♚d the race, I was feeling much better on the bike and could push right until the end and I finished in P4. 

"For me, we had rea൩lly good results here in Magny-Cours and made 𒁏a really big improvement – also compared to Most. 

"So let’s see what happens in the next rounds! But for sure, it is a 🃏good end to this weekend with a good feeling and a good step forward, so I am really excited to go to Aragon now. 

"In the Superpole Race, we were close to the podium but lo♉st a little bit in the first four or five laps – I recovered a lot under braking co꧅mpared to Jonathan, but I lost a little bit on the exit of the corner so it was difficult for me to overtake! 

"We need to be happy, we brought home really good results – also for the championship and we w🧜ill see what happens in the next races."