ROAD RACE
FIM WORLDSBK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / MAY 21-23, 2021
MOTORLAND ARAGON / TERUEL, SPAIN
P82
BMW's day was getting even
better, as Sykes came through to
fourth from 10th on the grid, a re-
markable recovery and he even
beat his resurgent new team-
mate, Van der Mark into fifth
place. Behind him in race two
was the combative Razgatlioglu,
who had to settle for sixth.
The top points scorers so far
are Rea at 57, Lowes at 45, Red-
ding at 40, Razgatlioglu with 30
and Sykes, 23.
Scoring over 100 race wins,
the vast bulk on Kawasakis, pro-
jected Rea to legend status even
more but his legend is alive, well
and clearly hungry for more.
and I really feel bad about that.
I was glad I was able to talk with
him and everything. I got back on
the bike as quick as I could. The
bike never turned off, which is
awesome, and I tried to clear my
head and just ride.
"Luckily everything was work-
ing good, just had a bit of a bent
bar. The bike crashed really well,
and I was able to keep going."
The battle for third place was
epic at times, but Alex Lowes
was to take three podiums in
three starts, a great turnaround
after hurting his shoulder in a
winter training accident.
Behind the podium places
"[I] just want to say I'm sorry
to the whole Kawasaki team and
Jonathan, because that defi-
nitely wasn't my intention what
happened," Gerloff said of the
incident. "My intention was not
to try to pass, I just went up to
brake with Jonathan, but he was
braking a little bit more than I was
going to brake and I tried to grab
the brake as hard as I could but I
just wasn't stopping. The options
were shrinking and shrinking on
what to do and my option was
to try to go up the inside and
release the brake before he does
and not have any contact. But
it didn't happen. It was my fault,
Scott Redding
put slicks on his
Ducati on a drying
track. It proved
to be the right
choice and he
won at a canter.
Gerloff's teammate
Kohta Nozane leads
BMW's Jonas Folger
and Tito Rabat.
Rabat would crash
in race one and
suffer an engine
failure in race two.
