2023-07-30 13:06:09
The second race of the 2023 Superbike World Championship in Most was won by Álvaro Bautista after an epic duel with Toprak Razgatlioglu. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) and Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) on the podium.
After a rain shower in the morning and in the second race of the Supersport World Championship, the weather in Most again developed into a pleasant mixture of clouds and sun. When the race started at 2 p.m., the thermometer showed 26 degrees and the track was completely dry.
Due to the Superpole race, the grid had changed in the front positions. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha), Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) and Álvaro Bautista (Ducati) lined up on the front row. Lurking on row 2 were Axel Bassani (Ducati), Michael Rinaldi (Ducati) and Remy Gardner (Yamaha). Garrett Gerloff with the best BMW followed in 9th place on the grid, Dominique Aegerter started the second race from 12th place. Philipp Öttl (Ducati) stayed last.
After the start, an epic and duel between Bautista and Razgatlioglu developed according to the same scheme. The two drove several laps almost simultaneously across the line, but the late brakeman from Turkey was always ahead in the chicane. Just when it was thought Bautista would settle for second place, Razgatlioglu fell and the Spaniard inherited victory without a fight.
Jonathan Rea was able to follow the duo at the front for a long time, but was never within striking distance. In the last third of the race, the Kawasaki pilot had problems with declining tires and was relegated to third place by Danilo Petrucci (2nd, Ducati) on the last lap.
Ducati privateer Axel Bassani again impressed with a furious ride, after the 24-year-old dropped back to 12th place after a ride through the gravel, he fought his way forward with fast lap times and still edged out his intimate enemy on the last lap Michael Rinaldi from fourth place.
Best BMW driver was Scott Redding in 8th place, just 0.7 seconds behind Andrea Locatelli’s second works Yamaha. The best Honda brought Xavi Vierge home in ninth position.
Dominique Aegerter (Yamaha) and Philipp Öttl (Ducati) drove an unremarkable race in 11th and 13th place.
Here’s how the race went:
Start: Bautista ahead of Bassani, Rea and Razgatlioglu into the first corner. Gerloff falls.
Lap 1: Bautista 0.5s ahead of Bassani. Oettl on 17.
Lap 2: Bassani misses the chicane and rejoins in 12th. Bautista ahead of Rea, Razgatlioglu and Rinaldi. Crash Eric Granado.
Lap 3: Bautista ahead of Rea and Razgatlioglu. Baz in 9th place with the best BMW, followed by Vierge as the best Honda driver. Baldassarri overthrown.
Lap 4: Bautista 0.8s ahead of Razgatlioglu. Lowes misses the chicane and loses eight positions. Oettl on 16.
Lap 5: Razgatlioglu in 1:31.951 min with the fastest lap. Rinaldi (4th) and Gardner (5th) only 1.4 seconds back. Aegerter in 12th place, Öttl in 15th place.
Lap 6: Razgatlioglu on Bautista’s rear wheel. Rea (3rd) loses 1.2 sec.
Lap 7: Petrucci overtakes Locatelli and is sixth. Öttl within striking distance of Lowes (14th).
Lap 8: Bautista and Razgatlioglu overtake each other several times, in the end the Turk stays ahead.
Lap 9: Rea is one second behind, Rinaldi (4th) can no longer get closer to the Kawasaki pilot. King gives up the race.
Lap 10: Redding, Vierge, Lecuona, Aegerter, Lowes and Öttl fight for 10th place.
Lap 11: Bautista and Razgatlioglu have been crossing the line at the same time for several laps, but the Yamaha rider brakes later and later in the first corner. Redding past Baz for 9th place.
Lap 12: Rea (3rd) is still only 1.1 seconds behind, but he cannot benefit from the battle for position among the top 2. Rinaldi (4th) 2.8 seconds back. Petrucci (6th) catches up to Gardner.
Lap 13: Öttl finally past Lowes in 14th place.
Lap 14: The match between Bautista and Razgatlioglu on the straight and the chicane is repeated lap after lap. Rea has problems and is 1.8 seconds behind.
Lap 15: Bassani has moved up from 12th to 6th place.
Lap 16: Razgatlioglu 0.6s ahead of Bautista and 2.9s ahead of Rea.
Lap 17: Razgatlioglu down! Bautista leads in front of Rea and Rinaldi.
Lap 18: Rinaldi is only 0.9 seconds behind Rea – but Petrucci is also lurking behind Rinaldi.
Lap 19: Bassani (5th) fastest man on the track and catches up with Rea, Rinaldi and Petrucci.
Lap 20: Bautista 4.4s ahead of Rea. Petrucci catches Rinaldi by surprise and is third. Redding (8th) on the back wheel of Locatelli (7th).
Round 21: Bassani sniffs his intimate enemy Rinaldi.
Last lap: Bautista wins, Petrucci secures 2nd place ahead of Rea. Redding (8th), Aegerter (11th), Öttl (13th).
Result Superbike World Championship Most, Race 2: Pos Rider Motorcycle Diff 1. Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati 2. Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati + 4.652 sec 3. Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki + 4.725 4. Axel Bassani (I) Ducati +4.786 5th Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati +7.538 6th Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha +10.717 7th Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha +12.455 8th Scott Redding (GB) BMW +13.273 9th Xavier Vierge (E) Honda + 17.925 10. Loris Baz (F) BMW + 18.091 11. Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha + 18.501 12. Iker Lecuona (E) Honda + 18.586 13. Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati + 23.138 14. Alex Lowes (GB) Kawasaki +25.547 15th Michael vd Mark (NL) BMW +41.166 16th Roberto Tamburini (I) Yamaha +50.118 17th Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki +53.767 18th Tito Rabat (E) Kawasaki +54.616 19th Hannes Soomer (EST) Honda + > 1 min 20. Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW + > 1 min – Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha – Oliver König (CZ) Kawasaki – Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha – Eric Granado (BR) Honda Result Superbike World Championship Most , Superpole-Race: Pos Rider Motorcycle Diff 1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha 2. Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki + 1.203 sec 3. Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati + 2.968 4. Axel Bassani (I) Ducati + 3.180 5. Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati +5.310 6 Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha +8.205 7 Alex Lowes (GB) Kawasaki +8.375 8 Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati +9.021 9 Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW +10.165 10 Iker Lecuona (E) Honda +13.017 11 Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha +14.448 12 Loris Baz (F) BMW +14.749 13 Scott Redding (GB) BMW +17.880 14 Michael vd Mark (NL) BMW +20.022 15 .Tito Rabat (E) Kawasaki +27.182 16 Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki +28.010 17 Eric Granado (BR) Honda +28.264 18 Roberto Tamburini (I) Yamaha +31.741 19 Hannes Soomer (EST) Honda +38.884 20 .Oliver König (CZ) Kawasaki + 55.685 21. Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati + > 1 min – Xavier Vierge (E) Honda – Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha – Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha Result Superbike World Championship Most, Race 1 : Pos Rider Motorcycle Diff 1. Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha + 4.007 sec 3. Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati + 7.939 4. Scott Redding (GB) BMW + 14.736 5. Iker Lecuona (E ) Honda + 14.903 6 Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha + 15.690 7 Axel Bassani (I) Ducati + 23.273 8 Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha + 23.777 9 Alex Lowes (GB) Kawasaki + 25.653 10 Loris Baz (F ) BMW + 26.455 11. Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha + 38.338 12. Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati + 42.088 13. Michael vd Mark (NL) BMW + > 1 min 14. Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati + > 1 min 15 .Tito Rabat (E) Kawasaki + 1 lap 16. Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha + 1 lap 17. Xavier Vierge (E) Honda + 1 lap 18. Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki + 1 lap 19. Roberto Tamburini (I) Yamaha + 1 lap 20. Oliver König (CZ) Kawasaki + 1 lap – Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati – Hannes Soomer (EST) Honda – Eric Granado (BR) Honda – Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW Superbike World Championship 2023: Status after 24 of 36 races Pos Rider Motorcycle Points 1st Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati 427 2nd Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha 353 3rd Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki 251 4th Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha 227 5. Axel Bassani (I) Ducati 207 6. Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati 155 7. Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati 147 8. Alex Lowes (GB) Kawasaki 121 9. Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha 114 10. Xavier Vierge ( E) Honda 105 11 Scott Redding (GB) BMW 99 12 Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha 98 13 Iker Lecuona (E) Honda 87 14 Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW 68 15 Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati 56 16 .Loris Baz (F) BMW 42 17 Michael vd Mark (NL) BMW 23 18 Bradley Ray (GB) Yamaha 19 19 Tom Sykes (GB) Kawa/BMW 11 20 Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha 9 21 Hafizh Syahrin (MAL) Honda 8 22 Leon Haslam(GB) BMW 2 23 Ivo Lopes (PT) BMW 1 24 Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki 1 25 Tito Rabat (E) Kawasaki 1
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