WORLDSBK | Estoril Race One 2025

Razgatlioglu Gets Back To Winning Ways

After Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) ended Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)’s winning run in Motorland Aragon recently, Razgatlioglu secured the first race win in Estoril, having been as far down as fifth on lap one.

Once Razgatlioglu took the lead he eased out to a clear, if narrow, margin of advantage. Bulega closed towards the end of the race but a dramatic rear end slide and wobble out of the final corner lost him time and possibly confidence to keep pushing as hard as he had been, and the BMW rider beat the Ducati by almost two seconds.

Behind the eventual top two, Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) had a real fight on his hands to stay ahead of pressurising force, Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) for some time, but he would break away from an eventual chasing pack to take a fully deserved podium finish.

Rea was on strong form throughout, but was eventually passed by both Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) and his own team-mate, Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha).

Locatelli would then pass Lowes, for an eventual fourth place, with Lowes fifth and then Rea sixth.

Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) was chasing Rea on the final laps, but finished seventh, with Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven Ducati) eighth. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) scored good points for ninth, while Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) moved up from 13th on the grid to tenth in the opening race.

The first race itself was finally run over only 20 laps, not the scheduled 21, after three riders crashed in turn one of lap one, and the track conditions were too compromised to continue. The almost complete restart saw all rider make it back to the ‘real race’ starting grid. Wildcard rider Bobby Fong (Attack Performance Yamaha Racing) was 17th.

Razgatlioglu moved 41 points clear of Bulega after his latest win, with two more races at Estoril and then three more at the final round to go. In the Manufacturer’s championship, Ducati leads BMW by a single point.

2025 Estoril WorldSBK Race 1