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fell and broke his foot.
Alex Lowes was pushed wide,
losing his (however tenuous)
chance to secure a first bimota
podium, but he recovered to
earn a single point. Rea was
penalized with a double long lap
and finished 13th, while Bautista
quietly fumed in the pit box.
The leading duo of Bulega
and Razgatlioglu, who were both
making a mockery of the latest
In the final WorldSBK race
of a weekend that was both
occasionally miserable and oc
-
casionally frantic, the dramas
unfolded right
at the start and
right at the finish.
Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus
Yamaha) dove up inside into the
tight first turn and connected
with Bautista at a full lean angle.
Bautista fell and took out Xavi
Vierge's HRC Honda, who then
Bulega tried to outbrake Toprak,
with predictable results: He only
outbraked himself into turn one.
He finished two seconds adrift
of Razgatlioglu, so the result was
not affected by his "shortcut."
Petrucci finished third again,
while Sam Lowes secured a
very close fourth, just nine-hun
-
dredths of a second behind in a
thrilling privateer
Ducati battle
to the line.
