On course for three podiums from three at h꧟is home round, Rinaldi instead suffered a dramatic crash in Race 1 after clipping the rear of the 2021 WorldSBK champion. 

Rinaldi held a comfortable margin over the Yamaha rider for much of the race, but as Raz♒gatlio♋glu grew stronger and Rinaldi’s pace slowed slightly, an overtake from the Turkish star was made.

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Ri𒁃naldi was keen to fight back though, and after getting a good exit coming out of the final corner, the factory Ducati rid🐷er gave himself the opportunity to attack Razgatlioglu in turn one.

But after seeing Razgatlioglu brake very late, Rinaldi got caught carrying too much speed in his s๊lipstream, as he instead hit the rear of Razgatlioglu’s M1 before crashing out. 

Rinaldi said: "Toprak o🌼vertook me and I saw on the board that I have eight seconds to Bassan𒀰i so I said, ‘OK, if it goes wrong, I’ll arrive in third, no problem’. Then we arrived at Turn 1 and for me, it was the first time behind a rider. 

"I broke at the same point as the l🐼ap before where I had no slipstream. But Toprak’s slipstream sucked me in; I was fast and Toprak brakes late, but⛄ when he brakes late, the bike stops a lot. 

"I didn’t expect either of these things, so my speed was too high and if I went to the inside, maybe I’ll take him out, so I tri🐈ed to g꧒o long, but unfortunately the front tyre touched his rear tyre. 

"It was really unlucky, I didn’t want to oveꦕrtake Toprak or make a mistake, just do the same thing as the laps before, but with the s𝔍lipstream, everything changed. 

"After a strong weekend, it’s the worst way to end; itཧ sucks. Every weekend, there’🦩s something. 

"At Phillip Island for example, two podiums on Sunday but rain on Saturday. I’m sad, because Race 2 wa🌸s a podium 100%. 

"It’s racing; it’s easy to gi🐓ve up but I won’t, and at Donington Park, I will have more hunger than here and we’ll prove that we can stay there.♓ For sure, my potential is higher than my position in the Championship, but I’ve made mistakes."

Razgatlioglu “lucky” not to crash out

While Rinaldi suffered the unfortunate fate of crashing out of the race, Razgatl♓ioglu was unaffected by📖 the contact as he came home with his second P2 finish of the day.

And although it was another strong weeken🌸d for the Yamaha rider, it𓆏 was equally as frustrating as he again played second best to Alvaro Bautista.

"I finished in second but I am sorry🐬 for Michael, as he crashed at Turn 1," added Razgatlioglu. "I am lucky as I felt him, but I didn’t crash. I tried hard braking into Turn 1 as I know the Ducati is very strong on the straight and I tried to stop more before leaning more. 

"Maybe he didn’t undersꦛtand and tried to enter faster and made a mistake. I d🎶on’t know. 

"I am happy becaus🐎e I managed to get three podiums, one third place 🎉and two second places. It was bad luck in the Superpole Race, because I felt I could win as the level is similar. 

"T𝕴o finish the weekend, we didn’t crash and took points but not important points as the gap is very bag."