Victory for Toprak Razgatlioglu in WorldSBK Race 2 at the Estoril World Superbike round saw 🅺the Turkish rider move closer to clinching his second World Superbike title, but that didn’t erase the feeling of losin🅠g the Superpole Race on the run to the line.

Razgatlioglu said that he w💛as “🎐happy” after Race 2, but that the Superpole Race was a “disaster”.

“I’m really hap🐈py today, especially Race 2,” Razgatlioglu told WorldSBK.com.

“But the Superpole Race for me is a disaster because I did an incredible pace with the race tyre, but at the end of the race when I see the chequered flag… 🌟I lost.

“I focused on Race 2 because I need to 🌠win again, especially Race 2 is a long race and we take more points, and finally we take good points fo🌊r the championship.”

Despite the victory in Race 2, Razgatliogl🅘u admiꦓtted he was still angry about losing the Superpole Race to Nicolo Bulega.

“Still I’m ꦛvery angry for the Superpole Race, because I use the race tyre,” Razgatlioglu said.

“I didn’t take the SCQ tyre because I thought at the end of 📖the race the SCQ tyre would start to drop, but I’m surprised the SCQ tyre didn’t drop.

“My tyre started to spin a lot, but he [ꦫNicolo Bulega] had a big advantage especial🍸ly in the final corner.

“I just kept fighting, but it was very c🗹lose and I lost.

“But, anyway, I did tw♕o wins, especially in the long races because the long races are always difficult — you need to manage the tyre and you need to do a good pace in the race.

“I did a very good job, and now everyone is waiting, it’s very stressful the Jerez race, but I’m very relaxed be🐓cause I have a big gap in the points.”

Raz🐬gatlioglu’s Superpole Race was essentially undone by the final corner, and itᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ also seemed to be a difficult part of the Estoril layout for him in the beginning of Race 2.

Razgatlioglu explained that this is more about he strengths of the Ducati versus the BMW, and the way he was conserving the tyre at the beginning of the 𝓰race, than a weakness on the part of either him or the BMW M1000 RR.

“The Ducati is a very different bike and ꦆit’s g♐rip is very high,” Razgatioglu said.

“The bike character is a little bit different [to the BMW], but when I’m riding alone a🙈t the front, I did much better the line [to have] better acceleration in the last corner.

“But🥀 when I’m following the Ducati it’s very difficult.

“At the beginning of [Race 2] I understand that it’s a little bit difficult for me, the last corner, but als♊o I’m not pushing the rear tyre, in the first laps especially.

“When I st🗹arted pushing, I just tried to do a goo🌠d pace.

“I’m riding much better alone, especially braking for the first corner I’m feeling much better alo๊ne.

“But, the race is finished, I’m really happy, we won again — this is really good f�♕�or me after the big injury [at Magny-Cours].”