Razgatlioglu wins Imola race as Bautista crashes
Alvaro Bautista’s World Superbike Championship winning streak over the full race distance was broken by Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu after the Ducati rider fell out of the Imola finale.
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Alvaro Bautista’s World Superbike Championship winning streak over the full race distance was broken by Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu after the Ducati rider fell out of the Imola finale.
Toprak Razgatlioglu overcame Alvaro Bautista to claim his third victory of the 2023 season after securing Imola superpole marking one of his greatest victories in the WorldSBK Championship.
Alvaro Bautista’s dominance has led to a second reduction in engine revs for Ducati ahead of this weekend’s Imola World Superbike round.
Injured Michael van der Mark and Tom Sykes from ROKiT BMW Motorrad will be replaced by Leon Haslam on the WorldSBK Championship grid for Round 7 of the 2023 season at Imola this weekend.
Former MotoGP racer Danilo Petrucci admits he underrated the World Superbike championship after taking his maiden podium last weekend at Donington Park.
Tom Sykes is making a full recovery after suffering ten rib fractures, a thoracic injury, and ankle injuries as a result of a massive crash during the final WorldSBK race at Donington Park.
Alvaro Bautista got back to his winning form as Danilo Petrucci claimed his maiden podium finish after edging Jonathan Rea in Race 2 of the British WorldSBK championship at Donington Park.
Following a severe lap one crash involving Tom Sykes, Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Loris Baz the last race of this weekend’s WorldSBK event at Donington Park has been red flagged.
Toprak Razgatlioglu edged Jonathan Rea late in the Donington Park Superpole Race to claim an undisputed second victory of the 2023 WorldSBK Championship season.
Toprak Razgatlioglu’s shocking announcement that he would quit Yamaha and join BMW for 2024 stunned the motorcycle racing community and the Turkish rider has eventually shared more details about his choice.