Toprak Razgatlioglu explains the key to race two Most victory: ‘I didn’t kill the rear tyre’
After reducing the , Razgatlioglu then got the better of Baut🦄ista in race two, marking the second consecutive round where the Pata Yamaha rider finished as the highest points scorer.
A constant theme throughout the titanic 2022 title fight, all three riders spent time leading the race, however, it was Razgatlioglu who saved more rear tyre in order to attack late ꦗon.
During the middl🅠e part of the race it was Bautista who appeared to be fastest, and although overtaking the Ducati rider was proving difficult due to the Spaniard's unrelenting top speed, Razgatliog💜lu was able to achieve just that at turn 20, the same corner as last year’s race one when he overtook Scott Redding on the final lap.
Giving his secrets away, Razgatlioglu said this about his second victory of the weekend: “In race two I had a good pace and I didn’t kill the rear tyre because I needed the rear tyre. I followed Jonny [Rea] and Alvaro [B🌸autista], and I started to feel like Alvaro was a little bit fast.
“I passed Jonny and after that I'm fighting with Alvaro because he’s very fast in the straight. Some cor🔥ners he was very fast, some he was very slow.
“I passed him and after I ride much better, more rela💞xed and I did a very good lap time. I am always trying different corners [to overtake] because in some sectors Alvaro is very fast and in ౠothers he is very slow.
“I pass him at Turn 20 and a🐼fter that he passed me again in the straight but the straight is important for me because I need the start. If he’s in front of me, he’s faster. If I’m in front of him, and he just passes me, it’s easier to pass him because hard braking is easier for me.”
Once Razgatlioglu cl🦄eared Bautist💮a, the Pata Yamaha rider set a stunning pace which included three consecutive fastest laps.
Usually something that happens early on in races, Razgatlioglu’s trio of fast laps started with just fi🌊veꦜ remaining.
It inevitably broke the leading group up as Rea was the rider struggling most to keep touch.&n💞ওbsp;
‘I could not do more’, says six-time WorldSBK champion Rea
Having missed out on victory in the Superpole race, a sprint race Rea arguably should have won, expectation was that the Kawasaki ridಌer could challenge 🌠again for a first victory since Estoril.
And while that was the case early on, Rea🦩 suffered towards the latter stages which has become a running theme of late. &n🌠bsp;
Discussing the battle, Rea added: "In general I felt quite good until maybe six or seven laps from the end. I was getting everything out of the bag and I was having some front slides, some chatter at lean angle, and the biඣke was moving quite a lot.
"It was very physica🅺l to ride so their pace at the end was just better than mine, I could not do much more.&♚nbsp;
"But no regrets because the bike set-up was better than yesterday, we definitely made an improvement - espec🌠ially compared to last year at Most.
"I felt much more in control and I enjoyed the bike and circuit this year, just not enoug🍸h. Congratulations to both Toprak and Alvaro; it was a very solid race."
