World Superbike San Juan, Argentina - Race Results (1)

Toprak R🙈azgatlioglu has claimed a dominant opening WorldSBK race victory at San Juan after leading every lap.
Drama to race one began immediately as Scott Reddඣing crashed on the exit of turn one. The Ducati rider came under pressure from Jonathan Rea after already losing first to Razgatlioglu𓆏.
The crash for Reddin🎃g was as a result of losing the rear, while Alvaro Bautista and Isaac Vinales also fell at the conclusion of lap two.
At the front▨, Razgatlioglu was setting a stunning pace, a pace 🌼that Rea had no answer for as the gap increased to nearly two seconds by the end of lap three.
Behind the꧅ championship contenders was Axel Bassani wh⭕o got ahead of Alex Lowes on lap four.
Razgatlioglu’s lead stabilised around the two second margin, a gap tha♚t was similar from Rea to Bassani in third.
The man on the move was Redding who was picking off r🤡iders at the back with ease. The Ducati rider was up to 14th with 11 laps to go following hꦛis early crash.
Rinaldi, who was running fif🍨th, managed to get ahead of Lowes for fourth, before making that third just a few corners later.
While Redding made his way past Davies and into 12th, the gap be🐼tween Razgatlไioglu and Rea was up to 4.5 seconds with six laps to go.
Redding 🌃then picked off Samuele🉐 Cavalieri and Eugene Laverty in a matter of corners to move into tenth.
Final positionꦏ changes saw Redding claim ninth off of Leon Haslam, while Lowes managed to secure fourth after a late move on Bassani.
World Superbike San Juan, Argentina - Race Results (1) | ||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha | 21 Laps |
2 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +5.295s |
3 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Ducati | +9.417s |
4 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +12.808s |
5 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +13.980s |
6 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +15.007s |
7 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha | +16.867s |
8 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha | +19.265s |
9 | Scott Redding | GBR | Aruba.It Ducati | +27.176s |
10 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Team HRC | +31.571s |
11 | Tito Rabat | ITA | Kawasaki Puccetti | +34.474s |
12 | Eugene Laverty | IRL | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +36.241s |
13 | Chaz Davies | GBR | GoEleven Ducati | +37.072s |
14 | Samuele Cavalieri | SPA | Barni Ducati | +41.103s |
15 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | GRT Yamaha | +43.220s |
16 | Leandro Mercado | ARG | MIE Honda Racing | +48.516s |
17 | Christophe Ponsson | FRA | Gil Yamaha | +53.695s |
18 | Marco Solorza | ARG | Pedercini Kawasaki | +1'39.426s |
19 | Luciano Ribodino | ARG | Pedercini Kawasaki | +1 Lap |
20 | Isaac Vinales | SPA | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | DNF |
21 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Team HRC | DNF |