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Tony Goldsmith Shoots Donington Park: A Snapshot Of Superbikes

By David Emmett |

 
Meet the new boss. Toprak Razgatlioglu has seized WorldSBK by the scruff of the neck in the last few races, and has taken control

 
The racing tends to get spread out at Donington Park, but there are very few better places to watch the racing that the grass overlooking Craner Curves

 
We all thought Nicolo Bulega would be good in World Superbikes. We didn't expect him to be beating his double world champion teammate.

 
Alex Lowes had a very solid home round at Donington, leaving with a couple of podiums to his name.

 
Why is Toprak Razgatlioglu such a big star, you ask? Because this is what corner entry looks like for him.

 
Not so much motorcycle as pommel horse

 
Donington was the first time this season that Jonathan Rea looked vaguely at home on the Pata Yamaha. Even managed a podium in the Superpole race

 
Sam Lowes, brooding on Donington Park

 
You want skies? Donington Park has them

 
Honda continue to look vaguely lost in WorldSBK. Something big needs to change to find success again

 
Toprak Razgatlioglu, and the man who gives him the tools with which to weave his magic, Phil Marron

 
It has been a tough couple of years for Scott Redding at BMW. Donington brought a little relief

 
From hero to, well, not exactly zero. But not the kind of form you expect from a double WorldSBK champion. Tough times for Alvaro Bautista

 
Like his Bonovo teammate Garrett Gerloff hasn't been able to make the impact he hoped.

 
It ain't easy getting the bikes wrangled through the chicane

 
Ready to go. Nicolo Bulega answers the call to action

 
Hail to the king

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Tony Goldsmith
World Superbikes
Donington, Great Britain
BMW
Ducati
Honda
Kawasaki
Yamaha
Sam Lowes
Alex Lowes
Alvaro Bautista
Garrett Gerloff
Jonathan Rea
Scott Redding
Toprak Razgatlioglu

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