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The 2024 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship was drawing ever closer to the end and Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was edging ever closer to his second title. The Turk closed the weekend with two full-race wins but Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) managed to snatch victory in the Superpole Race from him by just three thousandths of a second – the closest finish in WorldSBK history. Enjoy the best moments from Race 1 and Race 2 HERE.

RACE 1: Razgatlioglu takes 16th win of 2024, the first since injury

Toprak arrived at Estoril with a slim chance of being crowned Champion that weekend, but to do so he needed to score 23 points more than Bulega and he could only do so on Sunday. The round started well for the Turk, as he took a crushing victory in Race 1, with a nine-second margin over Bulega in second. The podium was completed by Iker Lecuona (Team HRC), who took the best result of the year and his first podium since April 2022, the second in his WorldSBK career. This podium capped Honda’s progress during the year and marked the first for new team manager, Jose Escamez.

SUPERPOLE RACE: WorldSBK’s closest ever finish between 1st and 2nd 

Sunday morning saw perhaps the best race of the year, a start-to-finish battle for victory that was decided on the final lap. Bulega set the fastest lap on the previous lap to close in on Razgatlioglu and overtake him on the line to take the win by just three thousandths of a second. In the afternoon, ‘El Turco’ got his revenge by taking another win ahead of ‘Bulegas’, although the results of the weekend meant he couldn’t celebrate the title just yet. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) completed the podium and claimed his 16th of the year, whilst Jonathan Rea (Pata Prometeon Yamaha) finished fourth, his best result since third place at Donington Park in mid-July. 

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