Assen, Race2: Rea wins the Loca game and takes the lead!

Rea Assen 2

Race 2 has only one emotion. The countdown featuring Rea in his hunt for Locatelli, positive hero of the day. That Johnny has to win, it is known, but everyone watches the Italian rookie's race greedily., hoping for someone to turn the tables even though they know it will not happen
Negative hero, on the other hand, Garret Gerloff, who pays dearly in the media for a normal race mistake by mistakenly pulling down the very colleague at the moment most beloved as Rea's only antagonist, that Razgatlioglu who sees a summit that until Saturday was his receding.
Crucified the American, who instead makes a normal mistake, however heavy, and should instead be evaluated for what he does right, every time.
Useless the rest, because Redding does not close any gap and all the others do nothing much. He saves himself, at least this time, Alvaro Bautista, who finishes a race and finishes it well., while Davies becomes aware that the podiums and victories he promised himself at the beginning of the championship are in danger of being a mirage.
With Rea the default ruler and Locatelli the revelation, we have to be content.

Race mini-report.
At the start of Race2 in the lead goes Locatelli after Gerloff touches Razgatlioglu and knocks him out.
He is followed by Rinaldi, then Lowes, Redding, Van Der Mark and Rea favanti to Sykes, Davies, Bautista and Mercado who rounds out the ten.

The race slides on the comeback of Rea who comes in behind Locatelli while behind him theAruba Ducati cancel out and allow Davies to arrive.
At minus 10 Locatelli is caught and later also passed by Redding. The Bergamasque, however, does not give up and still tries to get in on Redding.
As Sykes cancels out and Rinaldi plummets to eighth, race two at Assen ends in which Rea easily wins his third race in two days.
Rea, Redding, Locatelli, Davies, Bautista, Van Der Mark, Lowes, Rinaldi, Bassani and Haslam round out the ten.

 

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Rea
Total and absolute dominator. He also seems to be taking his time.
Rated 10

Redding
He does second but doesn't close any gap. Today it is clear that he cannot win any championship. Not without external upsets.
Rated 9

Locatelli
He goes for broke and throws away a Superpole Race podium, but makes up for it with interest. What happens to him, he deserves it all.
Rated 10

Davies
He makes up for it in a big way-or almost. But the truth is that he cannot be happy. At the beginning of the season there was talk of wins and podiums. Where are they?
Rated 7.5

Bautista
He brings home a fifth place for which, we are sure, he would sign every time. In race 2 he stays calm and doesn't throw away. He grows in experience in the finale.
Rated 7.5

Van der Mark
Not very lucky home race. But it got even worse for him over theend. I'd drop the winning resolutions.
grade 6

Lowes
The distance between Rea and Lowes. This bisgna quantify.
Rated 6

Rinaldi
Struggle, struggle, then plunge into the sea of problems.
Rated 5

Bassani
Slightly better than tenth ... however, the freshman can't make that step. Let's be clear, that's good enough as it is.
Rated 6.5

Haslam
Lazy and sleepy, he goes about his business. By now the feeling is that he is punching the clock.
Rated 5

Assen: still Rea ahead of Redding and Razgatlioglu. The rest is boredom!

Gara1 di Assen, accorciata dalla red flag per l’incidente di Jonas Folger, offre un risultato comunque intero e corrispondente alla realtà perché a giocarsi il podio sono gli unici a sembrare piloti professionisti. Rea, Redding e Razgatlioglu.
Il resto della griglia è formata da promesse e rider in declino che ormai sono il ricordo sportivo di quello che furono.
A stupire c’è Gerloff, che parte ultimo e arriva sesto con una rimonta interrotta dalla bandiera, e i due italiani Locatelli e Bassani. Il resto è delusione. Da Sykes a Davies, passando per Haslam e Bautista.

Minicommentary of the race.
On super pole the result is this: Rea, Razgatlioglu, Redding, Rinaldi, Lowes, Folger, Locatelli, Haslam, Van Der Mark, Bautista.
NQ Sykes and Gerloff...

At the start the strong ones in the first corners are Razgatlioglu and Rinaldi.
Very bad Davies, who finds himself 20th until Bautista makes a hell of a flight. He also goes out immediately Lowes and then Rinaldi in the same corner as Bautista.
Astonishing, clearly also thanks to the many outs, is Locatelli who is fourth in a fight with Van der Mark...while scary Gerloff who started last finds himself in eighth position.
In the middle of the race the real duel is between Redding and Razgatlioglu, which favors Rea's stretching, by now ahead by almost a second.
Folger goes out and there is concern. Red flag and race over.
Some comeback is interrupted but, this much is certain, it all goes as it shouldRea, Redding, Razgatlioglu, Van Der Mark, Locatelli, Gerloff, Sykes, Haslam, Davies, Bassani.

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Rea
Here he does what he wants and goes as he wants.
Nothing else to add.
Rated 10

Redding
Fearlessly fights and risks something but brings home a second place. He appears dissatisfied but more than complaining about not catching Rea due to red flag, he should be relieved that he didn't have to handle Razgatlioglu.
Rated 9

Razgatlioglu
Third place may be okay, but no one takes away from my mind that it could have been comfortably second.
Rated 9

Van Der Mark
The leaderboard says podium, the timesheet says Locatelli perhaps could have caught up and fought with him.
Rated 8

Locatelli
Beautiful race. Favored by a few retirements, but still faultless. Locatelli is one of the most beautiful things in this championship.
Rated 8.5

Gerloff
From last to...sixth. And who knows what else he might have been up to without a flag. But that's really okay too. The American is an ace.
Rated 9.5

Sykes
The Briton is having a hard time. Today is just not his day.
Rated 6

Haslam
At least he ends up on his feet, but it's easier if you don't really push.
Honda Horror.
Rated 6

Davies
Clearly, plans for victory, podium finishes, and major placings are to be abandoned.
Rated 5

Bassani
Today the Italian is missing an opportunity. The one to do something more.
Still, the race is good and he remains one of the best prospects on the grid.
Rated 6.5

Donington, Gara2: Razgatlioglu domina, Gerloff e Sykes sul podio. Rea si annulla, Ducati lontane!

Razgatlioglu2

Race 2 at Donington is boring from a technical standpoint but marks a turning point in the standings.
Jonathan Rea is no longer the fittest man in the circus. There is one confirmed star and his name is Razgatlioglu. Regardless of how it will end, right now the Turk is the iron man. And he doesn't even need to weigh it because it is the others who are stepping aside.
Also entering the elite is Gerloff and BMW , which, albeit momentarily and thanks to Sykes, sees some light.
Total darkness, however, for Ducati. So dark that the Bolognese should run in black livery. It's not so much the losing, which is scandalous, when the surrender effect that is in the air. There are too many races left to live it down so badly to the end. And while Rea is starting to suffer from the greed of not wanting to understand that he cannot always be first, others with the suffering have never stopped. Honda continues to gasp and the rest of the grid is virtually nonexistent. It's a world championship made up of six bikes, only a couple of which are capable of winning.

Mini Chronicle
At the start in the lead remains Rea but it is Razgatlioglu who starts as only he knows how to do, sgomitanto immediately with Sykes and Haslam, now former hosts. Redding is also incisive, in the 10 hoping he doesn't overdo it like in recent outings.
On the third lap Razgatlioglu is ready to thread Rea through. He does it comfortably and already takes a few meters.
After seven laps, it's still all the same up front while Haslam has collapsed, now a top ten risk.
On lap 12, hanging Rea goes out and restarts 20th.
With Razgatlioglu on the run and Gerloff firmly second, a duel for third place begins between Sykes and Redding that ends after two corners. The Ducati man catches up but makes a mistake and has to give up.

Razgatlioglu, Gerloff, Sykes, Redding, Van der Mark, Lowes, Davies, Rinaldi, Haslam Bautista.
It ends like this.

Report cards

Razgatlioglu
He is the one who has the most, strong with the renewal and the confidence everyone has in him. That in himself, however, never lacked. A champion on and off the track. At the moment, no one is like him.
Rated 10

Gerloff
He has patience and reaps the rewards. If someone would explain to him well that there is a future as a star for him, maybe he would waste less.
Or maybe not-but that's okay.
Rated 9.5

Sykes
He deserves the podium and more. He is the one who puts a patch on BMW 's shortcomings that seem to lie more in management than in the technical means. Sykes is always positive and reaps deserved rewards.
Rated 9.5

Redding
Positive race but not as a title contender. It is clear, however, that it is really Ducati that is lost here.
Rated 8

Van der Mark
He is one of those guys who can win at Donington. Yet he is not even a shadow of his teammate.
Rated 6

Lowes
You have to knock out Rea, greedy, to see Lowes first Kawasaki to the finish line.
Rated 6.5

Davies
I think it's clear by now that he doesn't have the package to win, partly because Ducati is lacking here in general.
Rated 6.5

Rinaldi
Undergoes and disappears--on the fringes of the top ten. The lights of Misano are now out.
Rated 5.5

Haslam
Strong at the start then wanes. Honda wanes and he also wanes who physically doesn't seem to be at his best.
Rating 5.5

Bautista
As above. Technical and physical suffering. Maybe Honda is really asking too much of his people.

Superbike, Donington: Razgatlioglu rides like he stole it. Rea beaten, Ducati buried!

Razgatlioglu

Pista leopardata, gara incidentata.
Va più o meno così fra cadute, lunghi, larghi e svarioni.
Eppure, a meno di stendersi come fa ormai regolarmente Redding, gli sbagli non cambiano le classifiche.
I valori rimangono quelli: Razgatlioglu e Rea sono gli unici a giocare davvero la partita, le BMW si sgretolano come giganti d’argilla e Ducati saluta definitivamente il mondiale con lo zero di Redding e le gare orribili di Rinaldi e Davies, che le prendono anche dal privatissimo Bassani.
Il resto, o non c’è, o non cambia. Gerloff spreca, gli altri annaspano. E in più ci sono anche i doppiati.
Ormai in Superbike nemmeno la pista a chiazze garantisce più lo spettacolo minimo. Tolti i due funamboli davanti, è una miseria.

MIni cronaca della gara.
Al via Razgatlioglu passa da 13° al 2° posto, subito alla ricerca di Gerloff ma il gap da colmare è di un secondo.
Mentre Rea sbanda e rischia di perdere il controllo, Redding vola davvero e chiude la gara.
Un giro è quello che serve al turco per passare il campione del mondo che poi sbaglia e terrorizza il pubblicoc con un taglio nell’erba.

Al quarto giro il turco è in fuga ma Rea non molla. Nonostante gli errori Van Der Mark non riesce ad afferrarlo ma le BKW stupiscono comunque anche grazie alla pista umida.
A seguire Sykes, Haslam, Lowes, Gerloff, Mahias, Bassanini e Locatelli a chiudere i dieci.
Bruttissima, invece, la situazione di Davies e Rinaldi.

A metà gara il vantaggio di Razgatlioglu è oltre i tre secondi mentre alle spalle di Rea, ben lontani, lottano Sykes, Lowes e Gerloff, con Van der Mark, fuori dai giochi per il podio.

A sette giri dalla fine, con un piede sul podio, Gerloff butta via tutto scivolando nell’erba. Riprende comnunque abbondantemente in top ten.
Finisce così: Razgatlioglu, Rea, Lowes, Sykes, Van Der Mark, Haslam, Gerloff,Bautista, Mahias, Bassani a chiudere i 10

Razgatlioglu
He drives like he stole it and makes it clear that in Yamaha they have to do what he says. And thank him.
He will close the race on lap 1.5. You may as well go to the beach.
Rated 10

Rea
He runs the best race he can for someone who is defeated and cannot defend himself.
In the end, he knows that on days like this, the smartest solution is to capitalize.
Rated 9

Lowes
By the law we know, he ends up behind his team leader. Nothing to say. Those are the values.
Rated 8.5

Sykes
Poor Tom finds himself squeezing blood from the turnips.
And he almost succeeds.
Rated 8.5

Van Der Mark
For Van Der Mark, same again, with the addition of a couple of mistakes without which he could perhaps have picked up a little more.
Rated 7.5

Haslam
This is really his home. He teaches us young and old.
Yet his race is a child of bad qualifying.
Rated 6.5

Gerloff
Rookie del giorno ma anche ingenuo della settimana.
Butta via un podio che è saldamente nelle sue mani.
Talento da sgrossare.
Voto 7,5

Bautista
Good thing he was the one throwing the world championships. His Honda is unmanageable, wheelies even in the pit box and dangling like a drunk.
The real race of the Honda men, is getting to the end.
Rated 6

Mahias
The Frenchman is growing steadily and is getting closer to the top. Again today, a small step.
Rated 7

Bassani
Un’altra ottima gara di Bassani, miglior Ducati all’arrivo.
Basterebbe già questo, eppure non è tutto.
Voto 8

Sofuoglu e Razgatlioglu: altrimenti ci arrabbiamo! Ad un passo da Ducati, rinnova con Yamaha!

Razgatluoglu

Kenan Sofuoglu è una persona chiara e limpida.
Lo era da pilota, e ha dimostrato di esserlo da manager.
Bastone e carota, con poche carote. Così lo ha definito il suo amico ed ex team manager Manuel Puccetti.
Sofuoglu sa cosa vuole per lui e per i suoi. In questo modo ha piazzato una mezza dozzina di demoni nei campionati più importanti.

This introduction to point out a couple of details.
1) Sofuoglu 's riders talk little and he talks little himself.
2) Sofuoglu has clear ideas and does not waste time in tiresome negotiations.

E’ vero che i turchi sono un popolo di commercianti e negoziatori instancabili, ma Sofuoglu non è un commerciante. Al suo paese è un eroe nazionale e un’autorità politica. Negozia molto poco e ha il vantaggio di aver vissuto sportivamente gli alti e bassi delle decisioni premature.

For Razgatlioglu, following Kawasaki's snub of the 8h of Suzuka, there was packing in the direction of Yamaha.
It was already clear to the Turk and his manager that the Provec team would never allow the youngster to express himself so as not to damage the balance with Rea. Decision made in 2 days, zero journalistic wittering and deal done.
Off to the fly to the house of tuning forks where things don't work out, however.

The bike doesn't work, the team doesn't work, and the plans don't coincide with what the good Kenan has in mind: to win the Superbike world championship and go to MotoGP through the front door.

Paul Denning's Superbike team is not up to the task, the bike is not good enough to win, and even in MotoGP Petronas is not the right place for Toprak Razgatlioglu.It is really Yamaha that is undecided. It is not good.

Sofuoglu ha detto che Razgatlioglu farà altri due anni in Superbike ma si è guardato bene dal dire con chi perché l’idea era quella di parlare con Ducati.
A Bologna sono delusi da Redding e hanno deciso piuttosto di investire su Rinaldi. Forse avrebbero preferito Gerloff, altrettanto talentuoso e giovane, ma Razgatlioglu non ha grilli per la testa, non si lamenta mai pubblicamente ed uno che si comporta sempre bene… altrimenti guai a lui.
Se i patti sono chiari il turco è uno di quelli che apre il gas senza fiatare e senza fare cinema quando non serve.
Basta non far arrabbiare il suo manager. E invece niente. Sofuoglu si è mosso chiaro, pulito e veloce.
Mentre Ducati tentennava, è arrivata la contro offerta di Yamaha. Il contratto è con Yamaha Europe e prevede anche un piano di sviluppo sensato in MotoGP.
Per una volta Yamaha impara dagli errori di Kawasaki e tiene a sé uno dei suoi talenti migliori. Ducati, invece, perde l’ennesimo treno.

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Misano, Gara1: Rinaldi davanti a Razgagtlioglu e Rea. Assaggiate un po’ ‘sto crescione Romagnolo!

Rinaldi Misano

Misano race 1 is boring. We don't make fun of ourselves.
Unless, as fans we enjoy the success of an Italian on an Italian bike on an "Italian" track, branded San Marino.
From this point of view it is a huge success and above all it interrupts an all-green bulimic period.
Yet Superbike still offers too many shadows. They are those of second guides that practically do not exist, BMW in black crisis, and Honda doing, at least one, but only one, what they can.
The positive notes? The Italian rookies-those are there.
But in the home race they don't count. Only we enjoy them all the same.

Micro chronicle.
At the start Rinaldi immediately insists on Rea and forces his hand.
He takes a risk but it suits him and he stays in the lead.
Behind him, precisely Rea, Redding and Razgatlioglu who does less than it seems.
The race flows smoothly. Rinaldi holds a couple of tenths of a second lead but very little happens behind him.
Rea, Razgatlioglu, Redding, Lowes, Davies, Bautista, Bassani and Locatelli rounding out the ten. The rest are really all very far away, especially the BMW, Honda and Yamaha second leaders.
With 12 to go Rea makes a mistake and loses the race while still standing. It doesn't go as well for Davies a couple of laps later, out while seventh behind Sykes.
With five to go Rinaldi is firmly in the lead ahead of the "usual" chasers while the exemplary race of Bassani and Locatelli, comfortably in the top ten, is noted.
After dominating in the qualifying sessions, superpole excluded, the Ducati Dolphin brings home the first victory in the race where most is expected of him.
Rinaldi, Razgatlioglu, Rea, Redding, Lowes, Bautista, Bassani, Sykes, Locatelli and Van Der Mark round out the ten!

 

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Rinaldi
Taste sto crescione-it's Romagnolo.
This must have been what Rinaldi said on the occasion of his much premature as well as guessed entry on Rea at Turn 1 of Lap 1.
Yet the race was decided there. Then it was almost like filling out a form. Rea gives him a gift he may not need.
Rated 9.5

Razgatlioglu
Went on pilgrimage to Tavullia but evidently did not drink the water. Never of the match, he takes, he does, a gift from Rea.
Otherwise he would "simply" be third.
Rated 8.5

Rea
He can't even fall when he "doesn't have any." World championships are won by predestined riders. And cutting your losses when you can't do any better is the best way to bring home titles.
Rated 8

Redding
He is not the first Ducati rider in Misano. That seems obvious.
But every time for a different reason, Redding finds a way not to win the championship.
Rated 6

Lowes
There is clearly a magnet keeping him behind Rea no matter what happens to him. Lowes, however, comes next.
Rated 6

Bautista
Honda is as good as Haslam. Bautista puts a lot of his own into it. And today he doesn't even lay down.
Rated 7.5

Bassani
Nice round grade to a driver/team package that amazes every time. OK, we're playing at home here, but it's race is truly one to remember.
Rated 8

Sykes
Every race is a session at the psychologist for Sykes. Despite running out of tires, no one does better than him on the German.
But wasn't it supposed to be the bike to beat?
Rated 6.5

Locatelli
Also good. Better than many others from whom one would expect more. Yet there is room for growth.
Rated 7

Van der Mark
The assumptions were other. And the statements, intentions, and friendly press also had other expectations. Dry Piadina
Rated 5

Superbike, Estoril: all for Rea. Ducati self-defeating, Yamaha asleep!

Rea Estoril Win

The second day of the Estoril race sees staged replica
of the Ducati humiliation that occurred in MotoGp, with the aggravating factor that it starts earlier, it's double and it affects a bit of everyone other than Rea.

Indeed, at a track favorable to the Reds, the gifts to the opponents began as early as the superpole race, won by Rea, ahead of Razgatlioglu, Redding, Gerloff, Rinaldi, Lowes, Sykes, Laverty and Davies. And when you're working hard to get your opponent on the podium step every time, it's hard to play something big then.

Ma tutto questo è niente rispetto a quanto capitato in gara2, iniziata con l’aggressività incerta di Rinaldi, che a momenti mette out Gerloff, e proseguita con l’incertezza dell’Italiano di non andarsene, terminata con un errore dello stesso americano che ha messo poi fuori il romagnolo su Ducati.
Il resto sono stati solo errori, sprechi e colpi a vuoto che hanno consentito al nord irlandese, negativo l’anno scorso su questa pista, di portare a casa un’altra doppietta

Rea, Davies, Razgatlioglu, Lowes, Locatelli, Van Der Mark, Bautista, Sykes, Laverty, and Rabat round out the ten.

The chronicle of the race is also useless here, because what speaks for itself is the top ten at the finish.
The Ducati begin to trash another world championship and bring home a positive result only with Davies, who, however, one must be honest, has the only virtue in always believing in it. It is not enough to make up for the leftovers of those who fall in front of him or the predestined who do not materialize.
Yamaha themselves are black belts of waste. Razgatlioglu never brings home what he should while Gerloff always appears too aggressive.
But for that matter, there is no laughing matter at BMW either, where Van Der Mark is not playing anything serious and where Sykes has to scramble for the very private Laverty.
And Honda? As in MotoGP it lives a drama, as Bautista struggles against the windmills of bad qualifying and gearbox problems, and 75% of the time he lays down to make those comebacks that, as a professional, he demands of himself. Haslam is there punching the clock. Have you seen him in the race, you?

It really is a bad Superbike, which only intellectual dishonesty or partisan interests can get away with calling spectacular.
The screw-ups are the stuff of Paperissima and clip shows, not something to enjoy.
Professionals, on the track and at the wall, there are few, and only one is a full package.

Report cards

Rea
Already he is strong, consistent, and always a step above.
Give him gifts, too, when he's not at the top, and it goes the way of the last six years.
Rated 10

Davies
He always believes, and always tries.
Who knows if he still believes he has a package that is in any way comparable to the official one, and that he can really play something apart from doing better than Redding, the only striking achievement apparently within his reach.
Rated 8.5

Razgatlioglu
Wasteful Turk. Spectacular, impetuous, aggressive, yet so frothy in the reckoning. He places, he contends, but today he should have won. Instead he throws it all away with a jump start.
Rated 7.5

Lowes
Every time his job is to make everyone understand that the Kawasaki doesn't ride itself and is worth as much as he is, not as much as his partner is worth.
Rated 6.5

Locatelli
I was ready to criticize that, okay, get the bike to the top ten finish line, but you need a progression.
Here I am being served. To Locatelli only applause.
Rated 8.5

Van Der Mark
The world proclamations attributed to BMW at the beginning of the season usually make people laugh after four to five races. This year they started making people laugh as early as Aragon.
Rated 6

Bautista
This thing of starting almost last and finishing well is exciting but it risks wearing the rider down.
When you see what he tries to squeeze out of the turnip that is Honda, you realize how much he could have squeezed out of a Ducati had he been given another chance. Much to the chagrin of the rosy desmo and the loudmouth Redding, who eleven wins in a row will never see it.
Rated 7.5

Sykes
He should be doing better than his teammate, but instead the BMW paucity is engulfing him as well.
Rating 5.5

Laverty
With the most private BMW of the lot, the Irishman is waking up and starting to show some talent.
Rated 6.5

Rabat
Pretty sad to see him like this. But it's not like the Ducati trend is that much better. Let's wait.
Rated 6

Estoril, gara1 SBK: vince Redding davanti a Razgatlioglu e Rea!

Scott Redding Estoril

Estoril goes without fanfare after qualifying divided in half between Rea and Redding, who share the sessions and the spotlight.
The race, on the other hand, is a bit different, as the Ducati man, while never saying goodbye to the company for good, is still uncatchable.
It's dull, race1, because there are only minor skirmishes behind, while up front only Rea, who makes a mistake early in the race and pays dearly for it, works to catch Redding and Razgatlioglu, but only manages to bother the Turk.
After the trio, only Gerloff who humiliates Rinaldi while still pushing back in the standings, notable is only the comeback of Bautista, who is still not competitive but can be seen to be putting in his best. And the others? Badly the BMW, bad the other greens, bad a little bit everyone, with really embarrassing detachments.
In short, the SBK world championship is divided into three. Three-four protagonists, four-five nice guys, and a dozen staggering zombies to follow.

Minicommentary of the race.
Rea starts badly and handles the start of the race even worse, making mistakes and giving in to Razgatlioglu and Rinaldi.
Redding and the Turk, they go on the run, but it is an escape on sight because, in fact, they will remain within reach of the defending champion.

In one lap Rea makes up for it on Rinaldi and goes for the two in front.
The race is boring and played out on the elastic of tenths between the top three while behind them Rinaldi, Lowes, Gerloff and Laverty but well spaced out... just as Sykes collapses and when shortly afterwards we also break Laverty's dreams in the gravel.
With ten to go Rea is getting closer to the leading duo, actually closer to Razgatlioglu than the latter is to Redding.
The race ends in a sprint for second place at least while Redding has more to be comfortable. Something that looks a lot like a close second.
Redding,Razgagtliolu, Rea, Gerloff, Rinaldi, Davies, VDMark, Bautista, Rabat, Locatelli, these are the 10.

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Redding
He doesn't do anything wrong today. He doesn't win by force, but comnunque he wins. He needs these serene confirmations.
Rated 10

Razgagtliolu
He is always consistent but always lacks something.
He is consistent, though, and the Yamaha haven't played something in a long time since Iwata .
Rated 9.5

Rea
It sounds like a defeat-and it is. But Rea at Estoril had never been on the podium. Today, on the other hand, he's even playing for something more at times. He is a Rea who can be content.
Rated 8.5

Gerloff
He plays strong when he can but unfortunately pays dearly for his departure.
The way he gets rid of Rinaldi is a real bully. Pure talent.
Rated 8.5

Rinaldi
Finally the awakening. He must not forget, though, that he rides an official Ducati . To do what he did at Go Eleven, he could have stayed there.
Rated 7

Davies
Beginning to realize that he is not riding an official bike and that good performances are the exception and not the rule.
Rated 6.5

VDMark
It's the best BMW but only after getting slapped by Laverty for 2/3 of the race. Not all that much to celebrate.
Rated 6

Bautista
The comeback is the only glimmer of light in an overall problematic situation. Bautista gives what he can; after all, Haslam was 15 seconds later.
Rated 6.5

Rabat
Almost good, finally Rabat. Let's hope it's the beginning of a redemption. He deserves it.
Rated 6

Locatelli
Subscriber to the top ten, do we realize?
He's a rookie and he's behind a lot of people more emblazoned than him.
Rated7

Aragon, Gara2: Redding di coraggio e di fortuna, davanti a Rea. Pirelli? Oro nero!

Redding

Ad Aragon per gara2, Redding vince di palle e di fondoschiena, grazie ad una scelta di gomme contraria alle direttive del team (i gesti al traguardo sono eloquenti) e ad una spallata di Gerloff che cambia la giornata di Jonathan Rea.
L’irlandese è tanto predestinato che non cade nemmeno così, e poi va a prendersi un secondo posto che vale una vittoria.
Lo stesso discorso si può fare per Gerloff, unico a mostrare talento e uno dei pochi da promuovere nonostante l’erroraccio che ha cambiato la faccia di gara2. Tolti lui, Rea e il fortunato e palluto Redding, si può salvare ben poco di questa gioranata.

Improved BMW, which insist but do not "consist," and vanished Yamaha (except Gerloff), there is not much else.

But the real havoc is at Ducati.
Redding gestures to the engineers for the second time in two races, and that means there is no trust between rider and team.
The bad part is that he is right. Because Rinaldi is taken out with rain and made to re-enter after one lap, and Davies before doing the same also manages to go on the ground.
If you say that in Bologna they can only win by luck, you are being mean but you are not going so far from reality. Impossible to deny the flashes of amateurism.

Perhaps on second thought there is a total winner: it's called Pirelli.
The tires are all good, even the ignored intermediates. And no one on the track can be said to be belittled except in cases of wicked choice.
Such a tire maker is black gold and should be carried in triumph.

Minicronaca della gara
Partono in gara2 e ci sono ancora una vota rider che montano gomme che segnalano già di voler cambiare. Follia.
Davies subito out con una rain… inspiegabile la scelta.
Con poco meno 16 giri da fare Gerloff fa un errore che lo manda in terra e punisce anche Rea che rimane in piedi ma perde la leadership.
A meno 13 VDMark è in testa seguito da Redding e Razgatlioglu, poi Lowes, Rea, Sykes e Bautista…
E a meno 10 le cose si mettono ancora meglio per Redding perché dopo aver preso la testa della corsa, inizia a mettere anche metri.
Nel marasma Rea con gomma intermedia  è meglio di tutti, per lo meno di quelli alla sua portata, e la sua gara ha spazio anche per del cinema di traiettorie e ragazzate.
Le BMW rimangono nella media con il solo Sykes a sognare un podio che però non vedranno. Honda conclude il week end lasciando Bautista, a mezzo giro dalla fine, senza benzina e senza top ten. Anche questo simboleggia la debacle della casa dell’ala.
Redding, Rea, Lowes, Sykes, VdMark, Razgatlioglu, Gerloff, Folger, Locatelli, Mahias.

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Redding
Courage, chutzpah, and luck. He puts it all in and is rightly proud of it. Right the outburst, but with the team two talks must do it.
Rated 10

Rea
The fact that he is the predestined is seen when he does not go to the ground even after Gerloff enters. He does all the rest.
Of the rest, he is always there, while the luck of others, almost never.
Rated 9.5

Lowes
The truth is that he would not get ahead of Rea even if Rea did not race. Yet he is strong. He almost seems to be in the world to make everyone understand Rea's value.
Rated 8.5

Sykes
BMW needs to light him a giant candle. Or a frankfurter, his choice. It's a shame to see him suffer on a bike not up to his standards.
Rated 8

VdMark
E’ un altro talento che però non ha la sensibilità che servirebbe per capire che certe cose, alla moto che ha, ancora non le può chiedere.
Voto 7,5

Razgatlioglu
To many, he is the anti Rea. Yet he looks like a shadow of the fury he was in last season's outings. He needs to shake it off.
Rated 6

Gerloff
For the race he deserves an 8.5, but the very costly vaccination combined at the start must be reversed. Rea, who is smart and recognizes his talent, forgives him. He understands, and apologizes.
Rated 6.5

Folger
Result remedied by final confusion. But not much more so far.
Rating 5

Locatelli
Another top ten. Applause for him. Soft applause, because he is still on probation....
Rated 7.5

Mahias
He is a tradesman and brings out the best in a situation that is new to him. There is a good chance he can show something good.
Rated 7

Supebike, Aragon race1: Stellar Rea against cosmic nothingness!

rea 100

Other than the laps removed by regulation. The Kawasaki should be taken out of gear.
With the aggravation that it's not even Rea alone anymore who's doing the heavy lifting but also Lowes, who when he's not messing around is strong for real. Although we all know that he is not consistent.

Behind them, cosmic nothingness with flashes of blue. That's what we're likely to see all season if the Ducati, inadequate today even with Davies, don't give themselves an absolute wake-up call. So many bikes on the track, and some even with the illusion of being official, are not needed.
It is not the greens that need to be downsized but it is the pack that needs to be shaken up.
Of the bad things in race1 we see a lot more.
There are the BMW that are only holding on (gasping) with Sykes, because the others are just starring in a horror movie. As soon as the Briton loses his patience, we will see some good things.
Japanese horror, on the other hand, for Honda. Qualifying is no use if you are inconsistent and inconclusive in the race.

Much applause at the triple-digit victory for the nord Irishman,who double Bayliss and Fogarty who, however, were battling on other scenarios, with other opponents and other packages.

Rea is yes a space pilot, but he is confronted with cosmic nothingness. Between satellites with very slow orbits and debris like the kind we now have littering space around the earth with, winning so much is a decidedly more possible feat.
Give them opponents, not accomplices to quota 100 from a pension perspective.
And thank you for castrating Superbike with the shears of regulatory and format choices that are as stupid as they come.

Microchronicle of the race
Those who had a good time mean that they help themselves to products, and it is time for them to explain which ones.
The race does not exist. Kawasakis fly and only Razgaglioglu offers the feeling that there is some war.
Never protagonists are the Ducati and everyone else, but at least the reds exist. The rest are unaccounted for.
You want the record, then: Rea leaves and on the last lap Lowes and Razgatlioglu battle a little bit. That's really all there is to it.
Rea makes 100 ahead of Lowes, Razgatlioglu, Redding, Davies, Sykes, Rinaldi, Haslam, Gerloff, Locatelli to close out the 10

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Rea
Ungovernable. Strong with the weak and ends up here with victory n100.
Rated 10

Lowes
Concrete one-off. With the best bike. Other story over, pe today.
Rated 9

Razgatlioglu
The Turk is there and he is strong. Yamaha is also the n2 power.
Rated 8.5

Redding
The bombshell of the lineup with what should be the title contender. And he doesn't appear to be.
Rated 7

Davies
All those predicted soffisfactions for him do not come even on the track where he should be strongest of all.
Hard to think, while hoping for it, that the rest of the season will be one of leading ones.His is a negatively unattractive result.
Rated 6

Sykes
One man on an inadequate bike run by a team that seems even more inadequate. Can only hope in sprint races.
Rated 6.5.

Rinaldi
He replaced Davies. Make that we are still on our first outing and cannot be judged negatively.
Rated 6

Haslam
I'm in the three, he had said. It didn't go. But at least he finished on his feet.
Rated 6

Locatelli
Here's the good thing. Top ten debut on a bike that is not the very latest. A note of blue dressed in blue.
Rated 8