FORM GUIDE: Can Razgatlioglu catch Bautista for second-most WorldSBK wins of all time?
The reigning Champion trails Bautista by two wins and has his first chance to overtake the #19 at Cremona – although it’s his first time racing at the Italian venue
The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship heads to the Cremona Circuit for Round 4 of the 2025 season, with plenty of milestones possible at the Acerbis Italian Round. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) could move into second place in the all-time winners’ list, while Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing - Ducati) will become the Spanish rider with the most starts if he starts all three races. Check out all the stats ahead of the round below…
213-215 – Bautista has 213 race starts, two short of the record by a Spanish rider: Ruben Xaus (215).
164 – With 3 races run at Cremona, the total number of races on Italian soil will go up to 164.
61-63 – Razgatlioglu, with his Superpole Race win at Assen, is now just two wins shy of second in the all-time list, held by Bautista at 63.
61-62 – Turkey – with Razgatlioglu alone – is one win short of reaching Japan in sixth in the all-time list for wins, 62. The last Japanese win was recorded by Noriyuki Haga at the Nurburgring in 2010.
56-82 – With a win percentage of 56.4% (22 out of 39) and a podium percentage of 82.0% (32 out of 39), Toprak Razgatlioglu has the best ratios ever for a manufacturer among riders with at least 10 starts with any given make. His best rival for wins is Ben Spies, with a 50%-win rate for Yamaha (14 out of 28) and Jonathan Rea for podiums: 80.9% for Kawasaki (221 out of 273).
8/9 – Ducati last year recorded 8 podium finishes out of 9: they missed only the 2nd place in the Superpole Race, which went to Kawasaki (Alex Lowes).
7 – Cremona last year became the 7th Italian track in history. It followed: Pergusa (2 races in 1989); Monza (43 races from 1990 to 2013); Misano (67 races from 1991 to 2024); Mugello (6 races from 1991 to 1994); Imola (36 races from 2001 to 2023); Vallelunga (4 races in 2007 and 2008). Italy reached Spain for the highest number of tracks used in the history of the Championship. The Spanish tracks are Jerez, Jarama, Albacete, Valencia, Aragon, Barcelona, Navarra.
4 – 9 races into the season, and Bautista is not leading the Championship, sitting in 4th behind Bulega, Razgatlioglu and Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha): it’s the first time since 2021, when he was 11th. In the three following seasons he was always the leader after the first 3 race weekends.
4-4 – Two riders with 4 wins each after 9 rounds: it hasn’t happened since 2009, when the pair was composed by Ben Spies and Noriyuki Haga, who went on to fight for the Championship up to the last round. Another similarity with 2009 is that the missing win from the pair was scored by an Italian for his maiden win, with Michel Fabrizio in 2009 and Locatelli this year, and that was also scored after a 4-4 from the first 8 races by the leading duo.
3 – Petrucci is the only winner here as he won all 3 races last year, the first hat-trick of his career and his only wins so far.
1 – Only one manufacturer led laps at Cremona: Ducati.
1 – Only one manufacturer put bikes on the front row at Cremona: Ducati.
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