Gordon Ritchie | August 22, 2021
Sunday
WorldSBK Race Two
Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team) pulled an important race win out of the bag as he held off the final charge of second placed rider Scott Redding (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) thanks to a strong display of pure pace and concentration.
Redding tried to get a win that would have given him his first ‘triple’ but he ended up 1.105 seconds behind after taking an ‘only’ almost perfect points haul over the weekend.
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) had to fight through in the early laps after a difficult launch and a delayed start. He gave it all he had and almost fell more than once as he chased Razgatlioglu to try and stay in contention. One final mistake into T13, with his foot of the outside peg and black stripes left on the track surface and Redding swept past and set about an almost successful chase to Razgatlioglu.
Toprak Razgatlioglu tied on points with Jonathan Rea with the race two win.
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team) pushed on again for fourth, celebrating with a giant wheelie across the line, some ten seconds behind his winning teammate.
Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) put in another strong ride to keep his pace high enough over 22-laps to score fifth place. He was five seconds closer to the race winner today than in Race One on Saturday. One lap was cut from the planned total after the delayed start due to confusion over the grid positions and potentially overheating engines.
Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team) was sixth and Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) made forward progress for seventh.
Michael van der Mark (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) went eighth after tussling with Lowes for a time, with Alvaro Bautista (HRC Honda) closing in on him in the final laps.
Axel Bassani (MotoCorsa Racing Ducati) was tenth and Leon Haslam (HRC Honda) fell while in a top ten place.
In the championship, Razgatlioglu and Rea are tied on 311 points, with Rea not having won a race in six attempts now.
Redding is on 273 points, a much closer 38 points from the lead than he started with at Navarra. Lowes is still fourth, on 169, and Locatelli is closing in from fifth with 151.
2021 Navarra WorldSBK Results—Race Two
| 1 |
Toprak Razgatlioglu |
(Yam) |
|
| 2 |
Scott Redding |
(Duc) |
+ 1.105s |
| 3 |
Jonathan Rea |
(Kaw) |
+ 3.715s |
| 4 |
Andrea Locatelli |
(Yam) |
+ 10.758s |
| 5 |
Tom Sykes |
(BMW) |
+ 14.437s |
WorldSBK Superpole Race
Scott Redding (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) came out on top of an often aggressive and tactile WorldSBK Superpole race at Navarra, with Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) putting in some big moves early on, allowing Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team) to join the fight for the win for a while.
Redding eventually came out on top and out front and like Race One he finally had just too much pace to allow Rea to get any closer than 0.631 seconds from him at the flag.
Scott Redding went three in a row with the Superpole win.
Razgatlioglu was third, just over three seconds back despite his much better start to this race than Saturday’s.
Fourth was Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team), who passed Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team) at a key time and held the advantage to the end.
Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was one place behind Lowes, making the Superpole top six a replica of race one, although the race action itself up front was much more frantic today.
Chaz Davies (Team GoEleven Ducati) was seventh, Michael van der Mark (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) eighth, Garrett Gerloff (GRT Yamaha) ninth and Alvaro Bautista (HRC Honda) finished the race today, in tenth.
2021 Navarra WorldSBK Results—Superpole Race
| 1 |
Scott Redding |
(Duc) |
|
| 2 |
Jonathan Rea |
(Kaw) |
+ 0.631s |
| 3 |
Toprak Razgatlioglu |
(Yam) |
+ 3.040s |
| 4 |
Andrea Locatelli |
(Yam) |
+ 3.845s |
| 5 |
Alex Lowes |
(Kaw) |
+ 4.501s |
WorldSSP Race Two
The second WorldSSP Race at Navarra proved to be an eventual fight between the slower starting Dominique Aegerter (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) and long time leader Steven Odendaal (BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha).
After Aegerter caught up to Odendaal he passed and looked like he may run away but immediately the South African rider fought back hard and they lapped close together.
Aegerter moved forward decisively at what proved to be an opportune moment and would be classified as the winner when a fast T1 crash for local rider Gomez brought out the red flags after 15 laps.
Aegerter held off Odendaal to take the race two win.
Behind the big two of the 2021 WorldSSP season, eventual podium rider Luca Bernardi (CM Racing Yamaha) got himself up to third place after passing fast starter Marcel Brenner (VFT Yamaha), who would himself end up tenth.
Federico Caricasulo (Biblion Iberica Yamaha Motoxracing) was fourth, 3.3 seconds from the win, with Jules Cluzel (GMT94 Yamaha) just behind.
Philipp Öttl (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) was top Kawasaki rider in sixth today; the only MV rider was Niki Tuuli (MV Agusta Corse Clienti) in seventh. Local wildcard Simon Jespersen (Kallio Racing) finished eighth while Raffaele De Rosa, on a privateer Kawasaki, placed ninth.
In the overall points rankings Aegerter has 257, Odendaal 210 and Öttl 156 – with Bernardi now just six points behind.
2021 Navarra WorldSSP Results—Race Two
| 1 |
Dominique Aegerter |
(Yam) |
|
| 2 |
Steven Odendaal |
(Yam) |
+ 0.294s |
| 3 |
Luca Bernardi |
(Yam) |
+ 2.264s |
| 4 |
Federico Caricasulo |
(Yam) |
+ 3.700s |
| 5 |
Jules Cluzel |
(Yam) |
+ 3.965s |
Saturday
WorldSBK
Despite leaving the factory Ducati team for BMW in 2022, Scott Redding (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) rode to an assured and clear Race One win on his V4R in the first ever Navarra WorldSBK Race.
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) tried to compete from pole position but Redding was simply faster over all 23-laps today. Rea had two major moments trying to keep up the leading pace before appearing to settle for second.
Two wins on the trot for Redding in WorldSBK.
Eventual third place rider Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team) took some time to get past his team-mate Andrea Locatelli but he was an eventual clear third, almost six seconds from the race win.
Locatelli, impressive one again and fastest of all in FP3 in the morning, was fourth, seven seconds up on fifth placed rider Alex Lowes (KRT).
Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was sixth but 20 seconds behind Redding, at this tight and technical circuit, laden with bumps in several key corners.
Michael van der Mark (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) placed seventh.
Axel Bassani (MotoCorsa Racing Ducati) held off the slow starting Garrett Gerloff (GRT Yamaha) for eighth, after coming under late pressure from the American rider. The second factory Ducati, of Michael Ruben Rinaldi was 10th, but almost 30 seconds from Redding.
2021 Navarra WorldSBK Results—Race One
| 1 |
Scott Redding |
(Duc) |
|
| 2 |
Jonathan Rea |
(Kaw) |
+ 2.519s |
| 3 |
Toprak Razgatlioglu |
(Yam) |
+ 5.894s |
| 4 |
Andrea Locatelli |
(Yam) |
+ 9.405s |
| 5 |
Alex Lowes |
(Kaw) |
+ 16.219s |
WorldSSP Race One
Dominique Aegerter (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) capitalised on a crash from front row starter and early leader Manuel Gonzalez (Yamaha ParkinGo Team) to win the first ever WorldSSP race at Navarra, from his constant 2021 championship rival Steven Odendaal (BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha).
In third place Luca Bernardi (CM Racing Yamaha) continued his upward progress in WorldSSP.
Aegerter walked clear in race one.
Highly experienced Frenchman Jules Cluzel (GMT94 Yamaha) was a second from the podium in fourth place with his recent – but now former – team-mate Federico Caricasulo (Biblion Iberica Yamaha Motoxracing) fifth and former world champion Randy Krummenacher (EAB Racing Team) sixth.
The top Kawasaki rider at a track that was a tough one for all in green was Philipp Öttl (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing), still third in the overall championship.
His charging teenage team-mate Can Öncü (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) came from 24th on the grid to eighth, with Friday’ fast Dane Simon Jespersen (Kallio Racing) ninth as a wildcard runner.
Niki Tuuli (MV Agusta Corse Clienti) was tenth. One more race to go on Sunday for the WorldSSP riders, over 20 laps again.
2021 Navarra WorldSSP Results—Race One
| 1 |
Dominique Aegerter |
(Yam) |
|
| 2 |
Steven Odendaal |
(Yam) |
+ 4.425s |
| 3 |
Luca Bernardi |
(Yam) |
+ 5.074s |
| 4 |
Jules Cluzel |
(Yam) |
+ 6.124s |
| 5 |
Federico Caricasulo |
(Yam) |
+ 6.674s |
Superpole
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) took a new track best time of 1:36.122 in Superpole qualifying at Navarra to become only the second rider after Ben Spies to record seven poles in succession.
Rea was only 0.093 seconds ahead of second place rider Scott Redding (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), and all-time best ever Superpole winner Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was third.
Rea equalled Spies’ record for the most consecutive pole positions
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team) continued his strong run of rookie form to go fourth and head up row two for this afternoon’s first race. A rider at the opposite end of the WorldSBK experience spectrum, Chaz Davies (Team GoEleven Ducati), was fifth fastest.
Just back from a wrist injury and surgery that saw him miss the Most round two weeks ago Lucas Mahias (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) was sixth fastest – and another 2021 season rookie.
Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team) was seventh, Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team) eighth and Garrett Gerloff (GRT Yamaha) ninth.
Michael van der Mark (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was tenth.
2021 Navarra WorldSBK Results—Superpole
| 1 |
Jonathan Rea |
(Kaw) |
1:36.122 |
| 2 |
Scott Redding |
(Duc) |
+ 0.093s |
| 3 |
Tom Sykes |
(BMW) |
+ 0.424s |
| 4 |
Andrea Locatelli |
(Yam) |
+ 0.458s |
| 5 |
Chaz Davies |
(Duc) |
+ 0.571s |
Friday
WorldSBK
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) headed up the first-ever practice session at Navarra, and as temperatures climbed in the afternoon his FP1 time of 1:37.629 was the best of the day on the cooler track surface.
The second fastest was second-ranked rider in the championship, Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team), again thanks to his morning time. He was 0.123 seconds behind Rea.
Rea topped the Friday timesheets.
Scott Redding (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) was third quickest before his bike quit on him late in the FP2 session and he had to be pushed back the final few meters of the pitlane. The top three today mirrored the top three in the championship.
The fastest Independent rider was Garrett Gerloff (GRT Yamaha), who fell in FP2 without injury.
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team) continued his strong form in fifth place overall, with Chaz Davies (Team GoEleven Ducati) a resurgent sixth.
Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) was seventh and the first rider to set his fastest time in the hotter afternoon.
Alvaro Bautista (HRC Honda) and Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) were eighth and ninth while Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team) completed the top ten.
WorldSSP
Manuel Gonzalez (Yamaha ParkinGo Team) secured an early best opening day lap time at Navarra to lead the field of 30 riders, setting a 1:41.181 in the less overheated morning FP1 session.
Championship leader Dominique Aegerter (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) was second fastest and he did improve his best time in the afternoon, going just 0.016 seconds slower than Gonzalez despite the ride in track temperature.
Manuel Gonzalez topped WorldSSP on Friday.
Federico Caricasulo (Biblion Iberica Yamaha Motoxracing) was a strong third and replacement rider for Hannes Soomer, Simon Jespersen (Kallio Racing) was fourth. He is a regular Spanish championship rider, although Danish in nationality.
The next four riders set their best lap times in the afternoon session. Jules Cluzel (GMT94 Yamaha) was overall fifth on combined times and Randy Krummenacher (EAB Racing Team) sixth.
Championship challenger Steven Odendaal (BARDAHL Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha) was seventh and fast Italian runner Luca Bernardi (CM Racing Yamaha) eighth.
The top ten was completed by Niki Tuuli (MV Agusta Corse Clienti) and the second Kallio Racing Yamaha of Vertti Takala.
Regular podium rider Philipp Öttl (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) was 11th today, and top Kawasaki
