VOLUME ISSUE JULY , P69
Toprak Razgatlioglu
leads the way en route
to his 10th consecutive
race win in WorldSBK,
the latest taking
place in Most,
Czech Republic.
to take the track best into the
1'29s. Alex Lowes (Kawasaki
Racing Team) was the final
rider on the front row. All the
while, he was smiling about rac
-
ing and making jokes.
In the opening 22-lap race
of the weekend, Razgatlioglu's
pace allowed him to take a lead
that was never headed, giving
him his eighth straight World-
SBK race win of the year.
Alvaro Bautista was penal
-
ized three places for interfering
with another rider in Superpole,
launched from the third row, but
as is the new reality in 2024, the
race was all about Razgatlioglu.
Ever the entertainer, he put on a
false mustache for the podium
ceremony for a reason he gave
no decent explanation for.
Toprak's race-one win may
have been predictable, but
in hot conditions, at a tortu
-
ous circuit with 21 corners in
2.6 miles, the action going on
behind was nothing like most
would have imagined.
With Bautista down the order
due to his low starting spot, he
lost a winglet, clashed with Dani
-
lo Petrucci, and then had a nice
X3
