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 champion managed to get the better of Rea in the Superpole Race which was n�🌜�ot 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 lef▨t Rea needing a miracle in order to claim second in the standings.
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While second is not the type of result Ra🍰zgatlioglu 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 ജbefore a red flag ended proceedings.
Speaking about his race, Ra🉐zgatlioglu said: "We tried in 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 tyr☂e.
"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 two babies! [laughed Razgatliogl🙈u].
"He's a very good guy and he was very strong this weekend. We finished the last ra🃏ce of the season in fourth 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 from full wets to dry tyres, while Razgatlioglu and Rea💟 were on intermediates.
But even after the Ducati rider dropped out of the points on t𝔉he first lap, a rapidly drying track allowed Bautista to move back up the order and eventually pass Razgatlioglu, who was the race leader, with just over a lap remaining.
With nothing to lose given the championship has already been won by Bautista, Razgatlioglu admi๊tted it was a good gamble from the Spaniard.
"For Alvaro it was a good gamble. He is world chamꦚpion and for💜 him the season is finished," added the Yamaha rider.
"He t𓃲ried to gamble and also we had a little bit of stress because we were fighting for second in the champio🔴nship. I saw that Jonny [had the] same tyre.
"I s🍸aw him really slow in some corners because of the front tyre. Wet tyres [on a dry track] there is no grip."