World Superbike Magny-Cours, France - Superpole Race Results

Results from the Superpole race, round eight of the World Superbike Championship at Magny-Cours, France.

05 Sep 2021

Toprak Razgatlioglu, French WorldSBK, 5 September 2021
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Toprak Razgatlioglu has won a stunning WorldSBK Superpole race at Magny-Cours after getting the better of Jonathan Rea on the final lap.

WorldSBK Magny-Cours, France - Superpole Race Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	PATA Yamaha	10 Laps
2	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	+0.352s
3	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	+5.634s
4	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	PATA Yamaha	+6.995s
5	Scott Redding	GBR	Aruba.It Ducati	+7.736s
6	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+8.471s
7	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Team HRC	+9.867s
8	Chaz Davies	GBR	GoEleven Ducati	+10.240s
9	Leon Haslam	GBR	Team HRC	+11.677s
10	Michael Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Ducati	+12.035s
11	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+12.331s
12	Tom Sykes	GBR	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+12.583s
13	Garrett Gerloff	USA	GRT Yamaha	+12.854s
14	Lucas Mahias	FRA	Kawasaki Puccetti	+21.494s
15	Tito Rabat	SPA	Barni Ducati	+22.670s
16	Kohta Nozane	JPN	GRT Yamaha	+25.892s
17	Christophe Ponsson	FRA	Gil Yamaha	+26.442s
18	Jonas Folger	GER	Benovo BMW	+27.556s
19	Leandro Mercado	ARG	MIE Honda Racing	+30.374s
20	Loris Cresson	BEL	Pedercini Kawasaki	+33.876s
21	Isaac Vinales	SPA	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	DNF

After attempting to take the lead from Rea at turn five on the opening lap, Razgatlioglu made the same move stick on lap two - Yamaha rider set a new race lap record on the same lap.

Even though Razgatlioglu remained on lap record pace after that, Rea was able to stay with the Turkish rider, while Alex Lowes regained third from Andrea Locatelli.

As was the case in race one, Leon Haslam led a big group behind the Kawasaki and Yamaha riders.

However, Haslam slowly went backwards as Michael Van Der Mark, Scott Redding and Alvaro Bautista all got through.

Redding then got ahead of his future BMW team-mate for fifth at the start of lap six. At the front, Razgatlioglu began to edge away from Rea with three laps to go.

Haslam got back past team-mate Bautista for seventh, while Chaz Davies closed in on both Honda riders.

What looked like a certain win for Razgatlioglu soon became anything but that on the final lap, as Rea made a stunning move in turn 12 after recovering the gap, however, Razgatlioglu responded into turn 15 and eventually took win #2 of the weekend.