2023 Portimao World Superbike - Race (2) Results

Results from Race 2, round 11 of the 2023 World Superbike Championship at Portimao, Portugal.

01 Oct 2023

Alvaro Bautista, Ducati WorldSBK Portimao 2023

For the third time this weekend Toprak Razgatlioglu made the best start as he took the elad away from Alvaro Bautista into turn one.

Further back there was a second incident for Jonathan Rea in as many races he hit Xavi Vierge at turn three, which resulted in the Spaniard crashing.

Trying to complete the same overtake as Race 1 and the Superpole Race, Bautista began using his straight-line speed advantage to get alongside Razgatlioglu, however, the Pata Yamaha rider was having none of it.

Bautista then tried again on laps three and four but Razgatlioglu was defending valiantly. The world champion then appeared to have the move complete at the beginning of lap five, but Razgatlioglu came back through at turn five.

Rea, who was making progress back through the field, was given a Long Lap penalty for hitting Vierge.

Lap seven was when it came to the fight for victory as Bautista made his way through at turn one and managed to stop the Yamaha man from responding.

A brilliant lap nine from Razgatlioglu saw him cling onto Bautista before going through at turn 13.

Razgatlioglu had to do the same again on lap 10 at turn five after momentarily losing the lead to Bautista.

More battling took place lap after lap before contact was made with four laps to go. The pair remained upright but it was Razgatlioglu who led the way again.

Following several overtakes during the final three laps, Razgatlioglu was again pipped over the line by Bautista, which led to a devastated Razgatlioglu hitting the tank of his Yamaha in frsutration after crossing the line.

2023 World Superbike Portimao, Portugal - Race (2) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	20 Laps
2	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	+0.126s
3	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	+1.764s
4	Garrett Gerloff	USA	Bonovo Action BMW	+2.864s
5	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	+6.373s
6	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	Barni Spark Racing Team	+9.305s
7	Iker Lecuona	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+10.154s
8	Dominique Aegerter	SWI	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+10.262s
9	Philipp Oettl	GER	GoEleven Ducati	+12.253s
10	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+19.155s
11	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+20.468s
12	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+20.970s
13	Lorenzo Baldassarri	ITA	GMT94 Yamaha	+23.800s
14	Scott Redding	GBR	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+29.871s
15	Xavi Vierge	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+41.408s
16	Tito Rabat	SPA	Puccetti Kawasaki	+42.685s
17	Isaac Vinales	SPA	TPR by Vinales Racing	+42.967s
18	Bradley Ray	GBR	Motoxracing Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+51.507s
19	Gabriele Ruiu	ITA	Bmax Racing BWM	+51.529s
20	Remy Gardner	AUS	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	DNF
21	Loris Baz	FRA	Bonovo Action BMW	DNF
22	Hafizh Syahrin	MAL	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	DNF

Portimao World Superbike Records

Fastest lap - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 1:39.610s

2022 Race Winners

Race 1 - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha

Superpole Race - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha

Race 2 - Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.it Ducati

2023 Race Winners

Race 1 - Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.it Ducati

Superpole Race - Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.it Ducati

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