Razgatlioglu wins Aragon WSBK opener, extends 13-win streak

Toprak Razgatlioglu won the opening race at MotorLand Aragon on Saturday, claiming his first World Superbike victory at the Spanish circuit and extending an extraordinary run of form to 13 consecutive wins. The ROKiT BMW rider edged Aruba.it Racing Ducati's Nicolo Bulega by just 0.030 seconds after an 18‑lap duel, a result that pushed Razgatlioglu's championship lead to 44 points with eight races remaining this season.

The race unfolded as a prolonged duel, with neither rider able to break clear. Bulega set the fastest lap of the race on the final tour and pushed hard into the closing corners, but Razgatlioglu held on to the advantage he had built through the opening sectors. "It was a difficult race for me. We fought a lot in the beginning," Razgatlioglu said after the race. "On the back straight and the final corner, the Ducati is the best. I was pushing so hard in the first three sectors to make a gap. In the last seven or eight laps, I understood he was riding on the limit. I'm trying to stay calm."

Bulega said he had left everything on the track. "I tried everything," he told WorldSBK.com. "I did the fastest lap of the race on the last lap, tried to catch and beat him on...