ROUND 13 / NOVEMBER 19-22, 2021
PERTAMINA MANDALIKA INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / WEST NUSA TENGGARA, INDONESIA
P70
RODE RACE I FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
then be passed by him with just
three laps remaining, although
their battle had slowed both of
them up.
Rea proved to be just too far
away from Razgatlioglu to catch,
even if the Turkish rider set the
new lap record on lap 19 of the
20. He was only 0.670 seconds
back and with another lap or two,
he could have caught Rea.
Redding placed third, and in a
stroke of tough luck for Bassani
the late pace of Andrea Locatelli
(Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team)
took him to fourth, with Bassani
fifth.
Rea's determined race-one
win was not enough to keep
Razgatlioglu away from his new
All the riders were on dry tires,
despite residual dampness on
the track.
Rea led for the first two laps,
then Razgatlioglu got the bit
between his teeth to pass, and
even privateer Axel Bassani
(MotoCorsa Racing Ducati) was
messing with the big names
again, like he did in Argentina a
month before.
Redding had started his
personal charge from fourth and
took the lead on lap 12 when
Razgatlioglu ran wide. Rea would
not give up and kept with the top
two, forcing himself back in front
again and finally easing away.
Redding would come under
the influence of Razgatlioglu and
MYOWNRACE
54 TOPRAK RAZGATLIOGLU
2-4 WORLDSBK
"This tle is for my dad," Razgatlioglu
said. "It has been an incredible day, he
always said 'one day we will see you as
world champion,' so I say again this is for
him and I hope he would be happy. I want
to thank Yamaha and my great team, they
deserve this! I want more next season; I
will fight again and I will try every race to
win. But now I need to relax a li le bit. So
far, I don't feel inside that I am champion,
but when I wake in the morning, I know it
is true and I am so happy."
1 JONATHAN REA
1-1 WORLDSBK
"I tried to set a good pace directly in race
two but Toprak and Sco were also very
fast," Rea said. "I could understand where
they were fast so I just rode with nothing
to lose, to go out on a high. That was the
target this weekend; to go home sa sfied
with my effort. We can really say that
we have no regrets this year. I rode my
maximum, with all my heart every race.
Congratula ons to Toprak and his team.
They did an incredible season; they were
very fast."
A golden stoppie for the new World Champion!
