Donington WSBK: Razgatlioglu wins again, Redding on podium

From third on the grid, Razgatlioglu once again grabbed the holeshot heading into the first corner ahead of Kawasaki pair Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes, and was never headed again in the 10-lap contest.

The reigning champion had pulled out a gap of eight tenths of a second over nearest pursuer Rea inside three laps, and by the time he took the chequered flag he had built a margin of 1.089 seconds for his third win of the season.

Rea finished a comfortable second, but the real interest in the closing stages was in the battle for third between Redding and Lowes, with the BMW rider having passed Lowes at the start.

Lowes was able to stick close behind his rival and finally launched an attack into the Fogarty Esses on lap eight, only for Redding to respond immediately by going up the inside into the Melbourne hairpin.

Their battle continued for two more corners, as Lowes repassed into the final Goddard left-hander only for Redding to use the superior straightline speed of his BMW to take the place back going into Redgate.

Redding was in the clear thereafter, taking his first podium of a tough season so far, while Lowes had to switch his focus to an attacking Alvaro Bautista, who had opted for the harder SCX rear tyre on his Ducati.

Bautista managed to pass Lowes into the Fogarty Esses on the last lap for fourth place, limiting the damage to his championship lead - which now stands at 13 points ahead of Sunday afternoon's final race.

Lowes had to be content with fifth in the end ahead of the second factory Ducati of Michael Ruben Rinaldi.

Iker Lecuona was seventh for Honda after passing Andrea Locatelli's Yamaha, while the final point for ninth place went to the Bonovo BMW of Loris Baz.

Honda's other factory rider Xavi Vierge was caught up in an incident at Goddards with McAMS Yamaha wildcard Tarran Mackenzie on lap five.

The other wildcard in the field, Peter Hickman, was 16th on his FHO Racing BMW.

Race results:

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Laps	Gap
1	1	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Yamaha	10
2	65	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	10	1.089
3	45	Scott Redding	BMW	10	3.889
4	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	10	4.970
5	22	Alex Lowes	Kawasaki	10	5.244
6	21	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Ducati	10	6.282
7	7	Iker Lecuona	Honda	10	8.665
8	55	Andrea Locatelli	Yamaha	10	10.445
9	76	Loris Baz	BMW	10	10.802
10	31	Garrett Gerloff	Yamaha	10	12.491
11	5	Philipp Oettli	Ducati	10	12.558
12	47	Axel Bassani	Ducati	10	18.053
13	91	Leon Haslam	Kawasaki	10	21.933
14	44	Lucas Mahias	Kawasaki	10	24.090
15	97	Xavi Vierge	Honda	10	24.540
16	10	Peter Hickman	BMW	10	26.834
17	3	Kohta Nozane	Yamaha	10	27.400
18	37	Illia Mykhalchyk	BMW	10	27.958
19	35	Hafizh Syahrin	Honda	10	29.595
20	36	Leandro Mercado	Honda	10	29.653
21	2	Roberto Tamburini	Yamaha	10	30.394
22	29	Luca Bernardi	Ducati	10	30.658
23	50	Eugene Laverty	BMW	10	30.681
24	52	Oliver Konig	Kawasaki	10	32.678
	95	Tarran Mackenzie	Yamaha	4
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