ROUND 5 / MAY 16-18, 2025
AUTODROM MOST / MOST, CZECH REPUBLIC
ROAD RACE I FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
P68
BY GORDON RITCHIE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
GOLD & GOOSE
W
e were on our
way to one of
those special
Toprak Razgatlioglu
(ROKiT BMW Motorrad
WorldSBK Team)
WorldSBK triples, this
time at Autodrom Most,
until the very last corner
of the last lap of the last
race of the day, which
saw a heavily bashed
and beaten Nicolo
Bulega (Aruba.it Rac
-
ing – Ducati) taking the
final big race win after
a monster off-throttle
highside crash on Friday
left him feeling very sore
and sorry for himself. It
was a red-hot finish to a
freezing weekend.
Friday was, frankly,
horrible in all respects,
as it felt more like early
winter than early sum
-
mer, and the track itself
appeared more like a
breakdance venue than a
WorldSBK venue.
There were several
crashes on Friday, and
one notable rider, Andrea
Iannone, went home
injured as a result. The
visceral thrill of witness
-
ing Razgatlioglu shave a
significant margin off the
previous track's best lap
time was short-lived in
Superpole at Most, as he
and several others had
their fastest lap times
annulled due to a yellow-
flag situation after Tar
-
ran Mackenzie (Petro-
nas MIE Honda Racing
Team) crashed out.
At the start of the
first race, both Andrea
Locatelli (Pata Maxus
Yamaha) and Michael
van der Mark (ROKiT
BMW Motorrad WorldS
-
BK Team) clashed and
crashed. Alvaro Bautista
(Aruba.it Racing – Duca
-
ti) also made contact
but was able to continue,
albeit further down the
field.
SMASH
AND GRAB
TOPRAK RAZGATLIOGLU
AT MOST, AND HE
IN A ROW BY SUNDAY
THE AFTERNOON CAME.
