facturer—until this point. No, not
Ducati. Even they have not quite
started every single race there
has ever been.
It is (sorry, was) Kawasaki.
When Gerloff's Ninja was wiped
out in the infamous race-one
turn-two mess, he got back on
to take Kawasaki to 999 race
starts in 999 races.
In being ruled out of both
Sunday races and being the only
Kawasaki rider on the grid this
season, his manufacturer missed
being the only one that had been
with WorldSBK literally every step
of its way to 1000 races.
It seemed cruel, especially as
Gerloff had shown such grit and
guts to get back on and race on
Saturday, before he flopped into
the arms of his team and went
to the hospital for checks in
great back pain but with no truly
Petrucci, starting from pit
lane after emergency bike
repairs due to the turn-two
incident, came through from last
to fifth, passing a fading Alex
Lowes and his official bimota.
It was an absolute inversion of
the weather conditions for Sun
-
day morning, with heavy rains ar-
riving overnight and more being
(erroneously) predicted, and thus
this all-new circuit provided yet
another new set of challenges
for even the best riders.
Before Sunday's Superpole
race, there was a special cere
-
mony to mark a real landmark in
the "other" World Championship
(that being WorldSBK, as op-
posed to MotoGP), which made
its 1000th communal race start.
It was a real landmark, but
one that was missed by World-
SBK's only ever-present manu
-
Nicolo Bulega (11) has seen a 31-point lead turn into a 26-point deficit in the three rounds
run since the Czech Republic round. He had no answer for the flying Turk in Hungary.
If
needed
photo
former
race
Michael
Rinaldi's
season,
have
Yamaha
in
ROUND 8 / JULY 25-27, 2025
BALATON CIRCUIT / BALATONFOKAJAR, HUNGARY
ROAD RACE I FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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