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It was a short race but full of big incidents, with Redding taking out his fellow BMW rider Gerloff as he attempted a failed inside overtake early on. Lowes was forced to retire with what turned out to be a "click" from his troublesome left knee, and he finally had to pull out of riding in race two altogether. The third and last WorldSBK race had its own accidents, unfor - tunately for Dominique Aegerter, clattered by Redding (on a day of many troubles for the Englishman) after a couple of laps had been completed. With Aegerter laying on the trackside, the red flag was shown, and the race was restarted, but this time over 17 laps, not 21. Bautista got clear of the hugely tight and entertaining scrap between old rivals Rea and Razgatlioglu as Redding took his long-lap penalty for his part in the Aegerter accident. Rinaldi pulled out of the final race with a problem that had plagued him earlier, but he would not specify what, just saying it was too dangerous. The fights between Rea and eventual second-place finisher Razgatlioglu were in the classic category, but on the very last lap, Razgatlioglu turned it up to 11 and enjoyed almost a second of an advantage over Rea at the flag. Fourth was Locatelli, Gerloff fifth and Bassani sixth, despite being well-beaten up after a big Friday crash. Petrucci lost out on a final fight for sixth after his quickshifter went wrong. Gerloff said on Sunday of his weekend, "In race one, it was my first time starting from pole. I felt like we had good pace. I just needed to have a good first couple laps and settle in, I guess. Then I thought I'd have the pace to be there, fighting for a podium. But I did a longer run yesterday on race tires in FP2, and I had good pace, to be honest. Better than I did in the race today. Not 100 percent sure why we weren't able to do the same rhythm as yesterday. The track temp was similar or the same. Maybe just following other people made everything get a bit hotter than otherwise. "I felt okay, but I just had noth - ing for Jonny and Alex when they got around me. That was a bit frustrating, for sure. Especially Alex. Alex was riding well on the front of the bike. He was braking late and just using the front a lot more than I felt like I was able to. But in the end, to be the top inde - pendent rider, I'm really happy for the team to be able to get that." The points advantage of Bau- tista over Razgatlioglu remains large, but at 57, it is less than one whole round's worth of win - ning points (a maximum of 62). As it stands, Bautista has 467 points, Razgatlioglu 410, Rea 290, Locatelli 256, Bassani (still top Independent) at 219 and Petrucci with 180. Aruba.it Ducati's Nicolo Bulega won both Supersport races to pad his points advantage. In the championship fight, Bulega leads with 358 points to Stefano Manzi's 298. Marcel Schroetter is still third, now with 236 points. Next round is at Motorland Ara - gon, between September 22-24. Gordon Ritchie WorldSBK Race 1 1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yam) 2. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Duc) 3. Jonathan Rea (Kaw) 4. Garrett Gerloff (BMW) 5. Danilo Petrucci (Duc) Superpole 1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yam) 2. Alvaro Bautista (Duc) 3. Jonathan Rea (Kaw) 4. Adrea Locatelli (Yam) 5. Danilo Petrucci (Duc) Race 2 1. Alvaro Bautista (Duc) 2. Jonathan Rea (Kaw) 3. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yam) 4. Danilo Petrucci (Duc) 5. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Duc) Nicolo Bulega won both Supersport races. WIND IN THE P64