Scott Redding (Ducati) crashed in the first race in turn 1 right after the start on Saturday – the Englishman wanted to do better on Sunday after finishing ninth despite the crash in the first race.

Toprak won again – ahead of Redding and Rea

After Razgatlioglu had run away from the start, the Englishman, lying in front of Jonathan Rea, was able to close the gap to the Turk before the last 3 laps. But the Ducati rider was unable to catch the winner of the first race on Saturday. As a result, the World Cup leader won and Rea completed the symbolic podium with third place. His team-mate Alex Lowes dropped from fourth place to ninth, so the Kawasaki works team could not be satisfied with the outcome of the Superpole Race. Michael van der Mark came in a good fifth, but the Dutchman was again beaten by Axel Bassani as the best private rider on the works BMW. The remaining points went to Locatelli in front of Gerloff and Rinaldi.

The starting grid before the sprint race on Sunday, with Jonathan Rea only in the middle of row 2 in fifth place on the grid. As on Saturday afternoon, the reigning world champion made up two places at the start.

The Sprintrace of Argentina in numbers

Scott Redding (Aruba.it Ducati) during the interview after the Superpole Race – after his crash on Saturday, the Englishman had no reason to complain after finishing second.

Interviews after the Superpole Race
Jonathan Rea was happy with his very good start, but he had problems with the rear tire in the sprint race. So he wouldn’t have had a chance to follow the two in front of him, and now he and his team still have some work to do to be stronger in the last race. Scott Redding was more satisfied with second place than the day before. The track was dirty in some places, and he had made a few mistakes, but in the end he was still happy, even though it wasn’t quite enough to win. Razgatlioglu was absolutely grateful that his team had given him such a good bike. Before the last race, he said goodbye to the microphone with his usual “we will see how it goes in run 2”.

The symbolic podium with, from left, Scott Redding (Ducati, P2), winner Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha) and third-placed Kawasaki ace Jonathan Rea.

Stand in the WorldSBK world championships

P, Rider, Points, Bike
1. TOPRAK RAZGATLIOGLU 515 YAMAHA
2. JONATHAN REA 481 KAWASAKI
3. SCOTT REDDING 440 DUCATI
4. MICHAEL RUBEN RINALDI 267 DUCATI
5. ANDREA LOCATELLI 261 YAMAHA
6. MICHAEL VAN DER MARK 226 BMW
7. ALEX LOWES 213 KAWASAKI
8. GARRETT GERLOFF 205 YAMAHA
9. AXEL BASSANI 186 DUCATI
10. ALVARO BAUTISTA 174 HONDA
11. TOM SYKES 167 BMW
12. LEON HASLAM 129 HONDA
13. CHAZ DAVIES 124 DUCATI
14. LORIS BAZ 53 DUCATI
15. KOHTA NOZANE 52 YAMAHA
16. TITO RABAT 46 KAWASAKI
17. LUCAS MAHIAS 44 KAWASAKI
18. EUGENE LAVERTY 40 BMW
19. ISAAC VINALES 32 KAWASAKI
20. CHRISTOPHE PONSSON 31 YAMAHA
21. LEANDRO MERCADO 25 HONDA
22. JONAS FOLGER 21 BMW
23. SAMUELE CAVALIERI 12 DUCATI
24. MARVIN FRITZ 6 YAMAHA
25. LORIS CRESSON 3 KAWASAKI
26. ANDREA MANTOVANI 2 KAWASAKI
27. LUKE MOSSEY 2 KAWASAKI

In contrast to previous years, only a few spectators found their way to the track – not only was the main grandstand almost empty, but also all other seats at the Circuito de San Juan were sparsely occupied.

WorldSBK San Juan schedule

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