ROAD RACE
MOTUL FIM WORLDSBK CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4 / JULY 2-4, 2021
DONINGTON PARK CIRCUIT / DONINGTON PARK, ENGL AND
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the resurgent Gerloff.
It was a dreadful weekend
compared to Misano for all
Ducati riders, with Scott Red-
ding's fourth in race two the one
highlight.
Van der Mark was third in the
Superpole race, helping prove
that the new BMW has respond-
ed well to some recent tests at
Navarra, and not just because
Sykes used to be the unbeatable
one at Donington.
There was no WorldSSP ac-
tion at Donington Park.
In the championship points,
after three Donington thrill-
ers and 12 races in all so far,
Razgatlioglu is the new leader
a struggle. It just feels really nice
to kind of finally have something
turn around and kind of go my
way a little bit. Yeah, for sure the
long race is where it counts."
Alex Lowes scoring third on
his KRT bike was almost ex-
pected in race one, but his fall in
the Superpole race was a shock
as he was lying in a comfortable
second.
Both factory BMWs on the
Superpole race podium was a
real surprise and a happy one for
the often-beleaguered Bavarian
manufacturer. Sykes, second in
the Superpole race behind Rea,
was also third in the final long
race, behind Razgatlioglu and
I feel the front sliding," said
Razgatlioglu. "I released the
brake, and Johnny went ahead.
I said, 'Okay, better to follow
Johnny.' But it was his big mis-
take, his crash. After every lap,
I came in T8, and I tried braking
early because I saw that Johnny
had crashed. I finished the race
and took the win I needed."
Behind Razgatlioglu, Gerloff
made up for his race-one crash
with second in the final race of
the weekend.
"To be on the podium again
feels so nice," Gerloff said. "It's
been a long time. It just hasn't
been the start of the season that
I was hoping for. It's been a bit of
The weekend was an
absolute disaster for the
factory Ducati riders of
Scott Redding (45) and
Michael Ruben Rinaldi.
