Flashpoint!
A REAL OPPORTUNITY to carry the WorldSBK Championship trophy across the Bosphorus for the first time in history came – and went – at the first flyaway round for nearly two seasons, in the dusty high country of Western Argentina.
The Circuito San Juan Villicum has had a chequered past as a two-year WorldSBK venue in 2018 and 2019 but in its third year, it provided a stunning and largely consistent backdrop for some action that can be put up against any that WorldSBK has enjoyed in its 30-plus years of life.
Race Two was a particularly hectic three- and sometimes four-way battle, but from the start this hard-won flyaway round was full of drama, uncertainty and even a confirmation that this championship
