Double Podium for BMW at WorldSBK Aragón

BMW Motorrad factory rider, Toprak Razgatlioglu made an impressive return after missing two race weekends due to his severe crash earlier in the season at Magny-Cours.

Razgatlioglu made his comeback in the tenth round of the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) at MotorLand Aragón – both on track and on the podium. After not still being able to compete the previous week at Cremona due to a mild pneumothorax, Razgatlioglu was back to his usual strength on his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M 1000 RR, finishing second in all three races. That extended his lead in the championship standings, now giving him a 39-point advantage. Saturday saw a double podium for the BMW Motorrad Motorsport family as Garrett Gerloff from the Bonovo action BMW Racing Team, who had another strong weekend in Spain, finished third behind Razgatlioglu.

Race one on Saturday afternoon turned into a real thriller, ending with BMW Motorrad Motorsport’s first WorldSBK double podium in three years. The race was red-flagged on the first lap due to track conditions. After the restart, the nearly 28,000 fans witnessed 17 laps of action-packed racing. At the front, a group battled fiercely for the lead and podium spots. Razgatlioglu, starting from fifth, and van der Mark, coming from eleventh, were right in the mix. Van der Mark fell back mid-race, but Gerloff was now in the thick of things. Starting from tenth, Gerloff climbed to third by lap nine and was hunting down the leaders. In the following laps, Razgatlioglu and Gerloff swapped second place several times, putting pressure on the race leader, Andrea Iannone (ITA / Ducati). After a nail-biting finish, Razgatlioglu finished second, and Gerloff took third, both stepping onto the podium together. Van der Mark finished ninth. Redding, was pushed off track at the start and rejoined the race in 17th, fought his way back to 11th.

The WorldSBK now takes a one-week break before heading to the penultimate round of the season at Estoril, Portugal, from 11th to 13th. The season finale will be held just one week later at Jerez de la Frontera.

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