After the loud mockery signed by Nicolô Bulega in the Superpole Race, Toprak Razgatlioğlu He silenced everyone by winning, or rather dominating, the second race at Estoril, bringing him even closer to the WSBK drivers' title in 2024.
The Turkish driver did not have a good start and fell from second to fifth position. From that moment on, the BMW driver had no rivals and rode at a pace unmatched by all the others.
The key moment of the raceBesides overtaking the official Ducati, this was the big risk Bulega took on lap nine. The Italian came out of turn 6, lost the rear of his Ducati Panigale V4 and, although he managed to avoid the fall, from that moment it was clear that he could only catch Toprak by a miracle .
Razgatlioglu maintains his pace and reaches the finish line 3.8 seconds ahead. With today's result, the Turkish BMW driver increased his advantage over Bulega to 46 points. That means he could win the title in Race 1 at Jerez – the final event of the season – even if he loses nine points to rival Ducati.
He completes the podium one Alvaro Bautista who was Bulega's trusted squire. In the second half of the race it became clear that The Spaniard was the fastest Ducatista, but he preferred to leave points to Nicoló to arrive in Jerez with still hopes of the title.. Álvaro, for his part, was mathematically out of action in this same race.
Jonathan Réa He achieved a solitary fourth place. Multiple world champion Yamaha didn't have the pace to fight with the top three and almost certainly would have had to contend with Andrea Locatelliif the Italian had not fallen on the sixth lap while trying to follow Toprak, Bulega and Bautista.
Michael van der Mark And Andrea Iannone They had a good duel which ended with a mistake from the Italian which dropped him to eighth place. The Dutchman, however, won a top 5 which was important for his morale after the recent loss of his mother. The only official Honda at the finish finished outside the top 5, that of Xavi Virgo. Iker Lecuonafor his part, fell in the ninth round.
Seventh place went to Danilo Petrucciwho ended up disappointed after the weekend's excellent predictions didn't come true. While won the title of 'best independent of the season' for the happiness of his team.
Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Ducati) and Axel Bassanithe only one Kawasaki Official Ninja ZX-10RR in the points after the mistake made by Alex Lowes From the start of the race, they completed the top 10.