Race 1 on the Aragon WorldSBK noticed Toprak Razgatlioglu take his thirteenth successive race win in his title defence season, however this was maybe the hardest-fought of that run.
Solely 0.030 seconds separated Razgatlioglu and Nicolo Bulega over the road on the 18th lap of 18 in Race 1 at Aragon.
For Razgatlioglu, who’d by no means managed higher than second earlier than this yr at MotorLand, it was a maiden World Superbike victory in Aragon that noticed him lengthen his championship lead over Bulega to 44 factors.
Nevertheless it was not a simple win, he defined, due to the energy of Bulega, notably within the closing a part of the lap – energy that was largely accountable for the 0.030-second hole between the 2 over the road on the final lap.
“I’m very pleased as a result of lastly I’ve received at Aragon,” stated Toprak Razgatlioglu, talking to WorldSBK.com after Race 1 in Aragon.
“It was a troublesome race for me. We fought rather a lot at first.
“I used to be simply targeted on successful however this was troublesome for me as a result of Bulega was very robust within the closing nook. On the again straight and the ultimate nook, the Ducati is the very best.
“I used to be pushing so arduous within the first three sectors to make a spot. Within the final seven or eight laps, I understood he was using on the restrict.
“I’m pushing arduous each lap, in each nook. I’m making an attempt to remain calm.”
Razgatlioglu famous that the fashion of this race was in distinction to those that got here earlier than it, regardless of the same look to the outcomes sheet.
“Within the final races, I used to be using alone,” he stated.
“This weekend wasn’t like this. Everybody watched a pleasant race!
“Nicolo was very robust right here. I didn’t have a method, I simply targeted on using in entrance of him and my tempo.
“My tempo wasn’t very robust at present. Situations have been a bit hotter than yesterday.
“I attempted to not make errors and at last I received. It was shut however I wasn’t targeted on that, simply successful the race.”
