Turkish triple
SPOILER ALERT. TOPRAK Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha) set his heart on winning all three Donington Park WorldSBK races, and not just for the obvious reasons. He had never taken three wins at one track on one weekend before. So where better than his genuinely favourite circuit layout to finally achieve that goal at, especially as he had sunshine and, occasionally, some relatively Turkish temperatures to do it in?
The riders and teams were fighting heat and thirst at Donington, not the cold and rain it has delivered in the past. But the spectacle was sometimes spectacular and the record books got another good kicking.
First of all, six-times champion Jonathan Rea smashed the Superpole record, setting a new all-time best of 1m26.080s. He was delighted to
