Most WSBK: Redding dominates, denies Razgatlioglu clean sweep

Fresh from winning the Superpole race earlier in the day, poleman Razgatlioglu once again made the best start and led the opening two laps ahead of Yamaha teammate Andrea Locatelli and Redding.

But Redding, who opted for the supersoft compound SCX Pirelli rear tyre, was soon on the move, picking off Locatelli at the sweeping Turn 20 right-hander on the third lap of 22.

The ex-MotoGP rider was then all over the back of Razgatlioglu and made the move at his customary passing place of Turn 1 at the start of the fifth lap to grab the lead.

From there, Redding was never seriously threatened again, as he opened up a one-second lead by the end of the 10th lap.

He finally crossed the line 3.5s ahead of Razgatlioglu to score his first WSBK win since May's Estoril round and his third of the season.

Championship leader Jonathan Rea ran fourth for the first part of the race behind Locatelli and needed nine laps to clear the Italian rookie, by which time the leading pair were well ahead.

In the end the Kawasaki rider trailed home a massive 12s down on Redding, with his championship advantage over Razgatlioglu cut to just three points approaching the halfway point of the season.

Locatelli extended his streak of top-five finishes in fourth place, while Michael Ruben Rinaldi on the second factory Ducati passed Alex Lowes' Kawasaki at the start of the final lap to grab fifth.

Michael van der Mark climbed 10 spots from his grid position to lead the BMW contingent in seventh, ahead of the GRT Yamaha of Garrett Gerloff and the second BMW of Tom Sykes.

Alvaro Bautista passed Honda teammate Leon Haslam to claim the final position inside the top 10.

Chaz Davies completed a weekend to forget aboard the Go Eleven Ducati in 12th place, although a first-corner crash for Axel Bassani at least meant the Welshman was the best of the satellite Panigale V4 R riders at the finish ahead of Barni Racing's Tito Rabat.

Race results:

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Laps	Gap
1	45	Scott Redding	Ducati	22
2	54	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Yamaha	22	3.587
3	1	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	22	12.460
4	55	Andrea Locatelli	Yamaha	22	15.206
5	21	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Ducati	22	19.479
6	22	Alex Lowes	Kawasaki	22	19.901
7	60	Michael van der Mark	BMW	22	20.034
8	31	Garrett Gerloff	Yamaha	22	20.250
9	66	Tom Sykes	BMW	22	24.043
10	19	Alvaro Bautista	Honda	22	25.257
11	91	Leon Haslam	Honda	22	29.203
12	7	Chaz Davies	Ducati	22	38.396
13	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	22	41.674
14	3	Kohta Nozane	Yamaha	22	45.843
15	23	Christophe Ponsson	Yamaha	22	54.144
16	94	Jonas Folger	BMW	22	54.354
17	32	Isaac Viñales	Kawasaki	22
18	98	Karel Hanika	Yamaha	22
19	17	Marvin Fritz	Yamaha	22
20	84	Loris Cresson	Kawasaki	22
21	14	Jayson Uribe	Kawasaki	21
	47	Axel Bassani	Ducati	0
	52	Alessandro Del Bianco	Honda	0
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