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september 28, 2019 - Kawasaki Racing
Turkish Puccetti Racing – Razgatlioglu wins WorldSBK Race 1 at Magny-Cours!
While the rain characterised both of yesterday's practice sessions making up this eleventh round of the championship playing out at the Nevers Magny-Cours track in France, today the weather made the final practice and Superpole even more complication, while the first race of the weekend ran in dry conditions.
Turkish Puccetti #racing rider #toprakrazgatlioglu closed yesterday's practices in eighth place. This morning, the track was dry for the third and final practice and the young Turk put in a strong performance, closing the session at the head of the pack with a time of 1'38"777.
Rain returned prior to the Superpole though, making for a fully wet track for the all-important qualifying sessions. Unfortunately, Toprak didn't find good feeling with his bike and despite giving it his all, he couldn't do better than sixteenth (1'57"091).
This result saw him line up on row six of the grid, which took place in the early afternoon over a distance of 21 laps.
The Turkish Puccetti #racing rider ran a memorable race. Having got away like a rocket from row six, Toprak was already up into seventh place by the end of lap one, and third by lap three, in the mix for the win. With couragious and determined riding, but without making mistakes, Razgatlioglu battled like a lion all the way to the end, closing the gap to Rea and overtaking up just before the line, to win the race!
Today #toprakrazgatlioglu goes down in motorcycle history as the first Turkish rider to ever win a Superbike world championship race. This also marks a first win in the category for Manuel Puccetti's team, after a string of successes in the Supersport class.
In the championship standings, Toprak now lies fourth with 248 points, just 11 points from third place. He retains his lead in the special "Independent Riders" standings, with an 87-point lead over his closest rival.
Tomorrow morning the 10-lap Tissot Superpole Race will be followed by race 2.
Nevers Magny-Cours circuit – France – Superbike world championship
Combined free practice results: 1) Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki) – 2) Rea (Kawasaki) – 3) Baz (Yamaha) – 4) Van der Mark (Yamaha) – 5) Sykes (BMW)
Superpole: 1) Rea (Kawasaki) – 2) Van der Mark (Yamaha) – 3) Haslam (Kawasaki) – 4) Rinaldi (Ducati) – 5) Baz (Yamaha) ......... 16) Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki)
Race1 – 1) Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki) – 2) Rea (Kawasaki) – 3) Sykes (BMW) – 4) Baz (Yamaha) – 5) Bautista (Ducati) – 6) Lowes (Yamaha) – 7) Camier (Honda)
Toprak Razgatlioglu: "I didn't have the right feeling with my bike in the wet and results were bad, meaning I had to start from the back row. In the day, I was going well but up until four laps from the end I was only thinking about reaching the podium, not winning. Then I saw that Van der Mark had crashed and that I was able to make up ground to Rea and so I started to push and gave it my all, managing to cross the line first. For tomorrow, I don't know what to expect, but if it's dry, I'll try to win again. I have achieved a goal that the team and I had been chasing all season. I want to thank everyone who has believed in me and my whole team as they have all done an exceptional job today".
Manuel Puccetti: "Toprak ran an incredible race. He made a fantastic start and that allowed him to move straight up into the leading group. We were only worried when he was hit by Davies, who came to our garage to apologise because he had an electronics issue, but luckily everything was ok. At the start of the final lap, we didn't think he could do it, yet Toprak believed in us and scored a victory that repays all the work we've done this season. It's the culmination of a dream, of more than 20 years of #racing activity, the perfect prize for a great work group that integrates so well with the young Turkish rider."
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