Turkish star extends winning streak to nine with dominant clean sweep at Balaton Park
Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) put in yet another front-running special at Balaton to extend his run of consecutive wins to nine. He has now won 15 races across the whole season.
In second place was the hard charging Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), who had to fight with his own team-mate, among others, to get into second place long before half race distance.
Early race leader and potential podium rider Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) crashed out lap seven, at T8, in a very fast fashion.
With the top two finally running their own private races out front, Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Ducati) eased out a small gap on his rival for the final podium place Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Ducati). This was Lowes’ first long race podium.
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) had a clear gap to both the front and the rear in Race Two, and placed fifth.
Ryan Vickers lost his chance of a strong top six finish on his Motocorsa Ducati when he took a long lap penalty for course cutting without losing a second, and then almost losing the front as he entered the long lap penalty lane. He ran into the gravel and dropped down the order to 14th. He finally crashed out of contention on the final tour.
Sixth was eventually taken by the bimota of Alex Lowes, albeit 28 seconds behind Razgatlioglu’s total race time.
Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) was seventh, just over a second ahead of the second bimota of Axel Bassani.
Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) was ninth and finally Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati) tenth, having passed Tarran Mackenzie (MGM Bonovo Racing Ducati) near the end of the 21-lap race.
Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team), Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven Ducati) and Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) all missed the final race due to injuries picked up on Saturday.
In the championship points, Razgatlioglu extended his lead, with a new total of 407. Bulega is second with 381 and Petrucci is ranked third, with 233.
2025 Hungary WorldSBK Race 2
| POS | RIDER | BIKE | GAP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. Razgat. | BMW | — |
| 2 | N. Bulega | DUC | 10.317 |
| 3 | S. Lowes | DUC | 13.154 |
| 4 | D. Petrucci | DUC | 18.297 |
| 5 | A. Locat. | YAM | 18.752 |
| 6 | A. Lowes | BIM | 28.052 |
| 7 | X. Vierge | HON | 29.22 |
| 8 | A. Bassani | BIM | 30.337 |
| 9 | D. Aegerter | YAM | 30.692 |
| 10 | Y. Montella | DUC | 33.714 |
| 11 | T. Mackenzie | DUC | 35.239 |
| 12 | J. Rea | YAM | 38.979 |
| 13 | B. Sofuoğlu | YAM | 39.289 |
| 14 | M. Rinaldi | YAM | 55.514 |
| 15 | T. Rabat | HON | 55.659 |
| 16 | M. V. D. Mark | BMW | 1'17.954 |
| 17 | Z. Zaidi | HON | 1'26.535 |
| RET | R. Vickers | DUC | 2 Laps |
| RET | A. Bautista | DUC | 16 Laps |
2025 WorldSBK Championship Standings
| POS | RIDER | NAT | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. Razgatlıoğlu | TUR | 407 |
| 2 | N. Bulega | ITA | 381 |
| 3 | D. Petrucci | ITA | 233 |
| 4 | A. Locatelli | ITA | 218 |
| 5 | A. Bautista | ESP | 217 |
| 6 | S. Lowes | GBR | 156 |
| 7 | X. Vierge | ESP | 112 |
| 8 | A. Lowes | GBR | 105 |
| 9 | I. Lecuona | ESP | 90 |
| 10 | A. Iannone | ITA | 87 |
