Misano, 2nd round: Bautista (Ducati) from the other star / Superbike World Championship

Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha) and Álvaro Bautista (Ducati) were the protagonists in the second round of the 2022 Superbike World Championship at Misano. From the fourth lap onwards, the two exceptional talents took off, even Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) and Michael Rinaldi (Ducati) couldn’t keep up.

In the second half of the race, the current world champion had to realize that the Ducati star could not be defeated in this race. Per lap, Bautista was 0.6s faster than the rest and crossed the finish line 7.2s ahead of Razgatlioglu as the winner. Third-placed Michael Rinaldi (Ducati) lost 11.1 seconds.

With an incredible 14.9 seconds behind, record world champion Rea suffered a severe slap in fourth place!

The second run was overshadowed by a serious fall by Xavi Vierge. The Honda rider was in fifth position when he slipped at a fast spot and ended up in the gravel trap. The Spaniard was later transported to the medical center for examination. His position was taken over by teammate Iker Lecuona, who achieved another fine result in fifth place.

Best BMW driver was Scott Redding in ninth position, but 29 seconds behind the winner.

Superbike rookie Philipp Öttl (Go Eleven Ducati) drove a flawless race to the finish in eleventh position.

This is how the race went:

Start: Razgatlioglu in front of Bautista and Rea. Oettl on 15.

Lap 1: Razgatlioglu Vierge fourth, Baz best BMW in 11th place, Öttl 14th.

Lap 2: Bautista attacks Razgatlioglu but the Turk counters. Vierge falls back to 6th place behind Rinaldi and Bassani. Rinaldi fastest race lap in 1:34.856 min.

Lap 3: Razgatlioglu 0.4s ahead of Bautista. Rinaldi past Rea in 3rd place. Baz 11th, Öttl in 14th. Bassani fastest lap in 1:34.670 min.

Lap 4: Razgatlioglu under pressure from Bautista. Gerloff fell. The top 4 within 0.5 sec fall Ruiu.

Lap 5: Razgatlioglu in 1:34.531 by 0.4s ahead of Bautista, 0.8s ahead of Rinaldi and 1s ahead of Rea. Öttl (14th) followed up to 10th place.

Lap 6: Bautista counters in 1:34.518. Redding past Baz in 10th place.

Lap 7: Bautista past Razgatlioglu! Rinaldi and Rea 0.8 seconds back, Bassani (5th) 2.8 seconds. Öttl overtakes Tamburini and is 13th.

Lap 8: Bautista revs up: 1:34.255 min. Bassani (5th) under pressure from Vierge and Lecuona.

Lap 9: Razgatlioglu keeps up with Bautista, Rinaldi (+1.5sec) and Rea (2.8sec) fall behind.

Lap 10: Vierge takes fifth place from Bassani. Redding, Baz, Öttl and Laverty fight for 10th place.

Lap 11: Bautista 0.5s ahead of Razgatlioglu. Rinaldi 2.9 seconds back, Rea 4.4 seconds. Öttl twelfth.

Lap 12: Razgatlioglu doesn’t seem to be able to keep up – 0.7 seconds behind. Heavy fall from Vierge.

Lap 13: Bautista 1.3s ahead of Razgatlioglu. Lecuona, Bassani, Lowes and Locatelli are fighting for 5th place. Öttl is now 11th.

Lap 14: Bautista drives at least 0.6 seconds faster than the rest per lap.

Lap 15: Lecuona (5th) faster than Rea (4th), but the Kawasaki rider is 5 seconds ahead.

Lap 16: Redding (9th) has distanced Baz (10th) by 5 seconds. Öttl continues eleventh.

Lap 17: Bautista 3.5s ahead of Razgatlioglu. Rea (4th) is 3.8 seconds ahead of Lecuona (5th).

Lap 18: Redding lonely in place. Öttl (11th) has Tamburini breathing down his neck.

Lap 19: Lowes, Bassani and Locatelli fight for 6th place.

Round 20: Lowes receives a long lap penalty. Locatelli past Bassani in 7th place.

Final lap: Bautista comfortably wins ahead of Razgatlioglu and Rinaldi. Lowes only eighth after the penalty. Redding ninth, Öttl eleventh.

Superbike World Championship result: Misano, race 2
Pos	driver	Motorrad	time
1.	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati
2.	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Yamaha	+ 7,194 sec
3.	Michael Rinaldi	Ducati	+ 11,119
4.	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	+ 14,901
5.	Iker Lecuona	Honda	+ 18,774
6.	Andrea Locatelli	Yamaha	+ 20,217
7.	Axel Bassani	Ducati	+ 21,149
8.	Alex Lowes	Kawasaki	+ 23,533
9.	Scott Redding	BMW	+ 29,638
10.	Loris Baz	BMW	+ 38,831
11.	Philipp Oettl	Ducati	+ 40,881
12.	Roberto Tamburini	Yamaha	+ 41,588
13.	Luca Bernardi	Ducati	+ 43,353
14.	Eugene Laverty	BMW	+ 43,833
15.	Ilya Mikhalchik	BMW	+ 43,889
16.	About Nozane	Yamaha	+ 44,697
17.	Tito Rabat	Kawasaki	+ 49,375
18.	Leandro Mercado	Honda	> 1 min
19.	Oliver King	Kawasaki	> 1 min
RT	Xavi Vierge	Honda
RT	Hafiz Syahrin	Honda
RT	Alessandro Delbianco	Kawasaki
RT	Gabriele Ruiu	BMW
RT	Garrett Gerloff	Yamaha

Status Superbike World Championship 2022 after 12 of 36 races
Pos	driver	Motorrad	Points
1.	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	220
2.	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	184
3.	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Yamaha	141
4.	Andrea Locatelli	Yamaha	108
5.	Iker Lecuona	Honda	99
6.	Michael Rinaldi	Ducati	92
7.	Alex Lowes	Kawasaki	75
8.	Axel Bassani	Ducati	68
9.	Xavi Vierge	Honda	63
10.	Scott Redding	BMW	48
11.	Loris Baz	BMW	45
12.	Garrett Gerloff	Yamaha	34
13.	Philipp Oettl	Ducati	20
14.	Eugene Laverty	BMW	18
15.	Roberto Tamburini	Yamaha	18
16.	Luca Bernardi	Ducati	15
17.	luke mahias	Kawasaki	14
18.	Xavi Fores	Ducati	12
19.	Michael van der Mark	BMW	11
20.	Ilya Mikhalchik	BMW	10
21.	About Nozane	Yamaha	9
22.	Christophe Ponsson	Yamaha	8
23.	Leon Haslam	Kawasaki	3
24.	Leandro Mercado	Honda	1