In the Superbike World Championship, the title was decided in the penultimate race. A second place was enough for the Turkish rider Toprak Razgatlioglu to win the title in Jerez on Saturday.
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Toprak Razgatlioglu secured the World Championship title in this category for the second time since 2021.
Italian Nicolo Bulega, who won in Jerez, only had a theoretical chance of catching his Turkish rival at the finish line before this weekend, as he traveled to southern Spain with a 46-point deficit. Nevertheless, it is remarkable that the 25-year-old was able to compete for the title for so long in his first season on the WSBK circuit.
With his triumph, the 28-year-old Razgatlioglu goes down in history as the first rider to win the world title on a BMW machine.
In his third outing since his comeback, Dominique Aegerter finished 9th. A week ago, the 34-year-old from Oberaargau, who recently extended his contract with Yamaha by a year, returned to the race track in Estoril with 13th and 14th place after having to take six weeks off due to broken ribs and a shoulder injury.
The season comes to an end on Sunday with the second race in Jerez.
