ROUND 12 / OCTOBER 17-19, 2025
CIRCUITO DE JEREZ – ANGEL NIETO / JEREZ, SPAIN
ROAD RACE I FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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er in Hollywood, he would have
driven you out of the movie lot
on a cold steel rail.
First, Rea (Pata Maxus Ya-
maha), on his endless enforced
valedictorian
farewell weekend,
lost the front in turn three of lap
one and hit Remy Gardner (GYTR
GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team).
Both were out, and Rea missed
his planned farewell race in the
prowess to run away with race
one, especially as Razgatlioglu
got involved with Andrea Ian
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none (for real this time, after
last weekend's
curious post-
race spat in Estoril).
The first race was a straight-
forward one for Bulega,
who
won as expected, with
Razgatlioglu second and Bau-
tista a fighting third, coming
through
some of the top names
after a couple of moments,
which made him have to pass
fourth-placed Iannone and fifth-
placed Xavi Vierge twice.
If you presented the script for
the Superpole race to a produc
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There were numerous cer-
emonies, press conferences, and
team goodbyes, even
for people
who don't ride for them anymore.
It was all a bit emotional, but
the racing was occasionally
hysterical.
In among all of this seismic
off-track activity and shifting
paddock tectonics, there was
actually lots of real and often
outstandingly combative racing
going on.
Nicolo Bulega took the Su
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perpole qualifying plaudits for a
ferocious
lap of 1:36.629.
Bulega also used all his
seemingly still underrated riding
(Above) Nicolo Bulega did what he
had to do by winning all three races,
but it wasn't enough to dethrone
Razgatlioglu. (Right) Bobby Fong's
best finish over the weekend was
14th in the first race. He felt his
pace had improved.
