THE POWERS-that-be in WorldSBK declared a three-day weekend attendance of 75,688 at a broiling and passion-filled Misano, but the only people who left dissatisfied were the diehard Ducatisti. Neither their hero Alvaro Bautista or their new race winner Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) could dent the truly transcendental pace of Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team).
After local residents had assured race teams that 2024’s had been the most grey and rainy summer in this part of the usually sunny Italian Adriatic coast, Misano turned on a blisteringly hot weekend.
Saturday Superpole qualifying ended up being a record-smashing festival, with Toprak setting a 1m32.320s new track best to lead a front row of
