Bautista 356 and Petrucci 291.
WorldSSP
The penultimate Superpole
Qualifying session of the season
was wet, although it started in
nearly dry conditions. Yari Mon-
tella (Barni Spark Racing Team
Ducati) took pole position for
race one, which was itself start-
ed in dry conditions. He would
romp away from the chasing
pack, despite Adrian Huertas
(Aruba Racing Ducati) qualifying
second and Stefano Manzi (Ten
Kate Racing Yamaha) starting in
third place. Eventually, Huertas
would come through in race one,
but he had to fight himself free
in the early laps.
as Razgatlioglu crossed the line
for win number 17 of the season.
Bulega took second as his
teammate Bautista was first
passed—not easily—then kept
behind to help keep the rookie's
slim championship hopes a little
bit more alive.
Bulega almost fell after a big
back-end slide fishtail under
power, but he held it together to
the end.
Rea had a great ride to fourth,
albeit 12 seconds down on To
-
prak over a 21-lap race, but this
was his best combined week-
end so far, even after taking a
podium at Donington in July.
In the championship points,
with one weekend to go at Jerez,
Razgatlioglu has 473, Bulega 427,
glu on the run to the flag after
the long final right-hand corner.
Even with Razgatlioglu
squeezing him to the pit wall,
Bulega just nosed in front for
a winning margin of just three-
thousandths of a second.
With the top four fixed, Pe
-
trucci was fifth (and top Indy
rider), with Lowes in sixth.
Race two looked like it may be
more of a struggle for Razgatlio-
glu, but he finally got clear of
Bulega and then-leader Bautista
to make a break and take a win
with a gap from the rest that
was finally recorded as 3.866
seconds. In reality, it should have
been more like 5.5 seconds, were
it not for the longest stand-up
wheelie we've seen in some time
ROUND 11 / OCTOBER 11-13, 2024
CIRCUIT ESTORIL / ESTORIL, PORTUGAL
ROAD RACE I FIM WORLDSBK CHAMPIONSHIP
P76
With the two
wins in Portugal,
Razgatlioglu is
sitting pretty to
win his second
WorldSBK title and
first for BMW.
