charge through from 11th on
the grid once more, but he was
topped off in sixth place, behind
Redding and Lowes, in the 10-
lap sprint.
The final race of the weekend
had a dramatic start. Or, more
correctly, pre-start. The vastly
experienced Bautista fell at the
infamous Goddards Hairpin on
the sighting lap and needed his
mechanics to fix his bike on the
grid to be ready for one more
fight. He said that kind of pre-
race crash had never happened
to him in his professional career
before.
He got back into the fray, but
even after one lap, Razgatlioglu
was simply gone once again.
He would set a new lap record
yet again on lap three, with a
1'25.597, and ease away to win
this time around by over eight
seconds.
The runner-up was Bulega
again, even if he still did not feel
completely comfortable. All the
same, he proved fast and con
-
sistent and was well worth his
second place.
Third looked like it may go
to the so-far almost luckless
Redding, who could not quite
turn his obvious improvement in
pace after Misano's tech ad
-
vances into a podium finish at
his home round.
He was deposed from third by
the once-more fast—and consis-
tently so—Alex Lowes.
He has shouldered the re-
sponsibility of being the new
de facto Kawasaki lead rider
with some aplomb after shifting
across the green garage to join
Pere Riba's crew.
With Redding fourth and
Bautista fifth, Petrucci secured a
tremendous sixth place. He was
the top independent rider by a
whopping 10 places, with Sam
Lowes in 16th place as the next
"indy" rider home.
There were no home-race he
-
roics on show from Rea in race
two, as he complained of a lack
of rear traction from the off-on
corner exit and corner entry. He
WIND
IN THE
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Jonathan Rea had his best ride yet
on the Yamaha when he finished
fifth in Saturday's race one.
