make use of the dry track time.
Razgatlioglu fell later that same
lap, his rear tire skipping and
shooting him sideways after his
usual hard braking appointment
at turn 11. He ran on, and almost
never fell, until he toppled over.
He got going again to finish a
remarkable 11th.
Loris Baz (Bonovo Action
BMW) was another faller from a
podium place, as he lost third
position, also at turn 13, and fin-
ished up 14th after he recovered.
The full quartet of podium-
sitters throwing their place away
was completed by Michael
Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing –
Ducati) who ran off track but did
not quite crash. He had to fight
back hard to finish sixth.
Axel Bassani (MotoCorsa
Ducati) was the only true third-
placed race-one podium rider,
and again top independent rider.
In Sunday morning's 10-lap
Superpole race, Redding was
dropped out of the early com-
petition for the podium places,
so it was Bautista, Razgatlioglu
and Rea fighting again for the
race win. Razgatlioglu would
pass Bautista for the win, making
another landmark for himself with
his 25th career victory.
Rea looked like he would be
second after he passed Bautista,
but a small mistake brought the
Ducati close enough to pass
again on the back straight. Rea
had a one final lunge at Bautista
into the always dramatic Lycée
complex, but the Ducati rider cut
under him to go second.
Alex Lowes was fourth, having
overtaken a fading Redding.
Race two started in orderly
chaos as Redding had to take to
one of the escape roads to rejoin
the top group early on.
Bautista led but was soon
overtaken by Razgatlioglu.
On lap two Rea tried to pass
Bautista, but they had a hard
contact and Bautista fell. Rea
was over ambitious—and in the
eyes of Bautista and Ducati in
general, Rea had tried to knock
him off. Rea denied this strongly,
saying it was a racing incident.
VOLUME 59 ISSUE 37 SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 P25
Jonathan Rea's (65) over-
ambitious move on Alvaro
Bautista (19) sent the latter flying,
costing the Spaniard a possible
25 points and reducing his title
advantage to 30.
