Superbike: Ducati world manufacturers’ champion
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Superbike: Ducati world manufacturers’ champion
Alvaro Bautista won race-1 of the Portuguese Grand Prix at the Portimao circuit, bringing Ducati the nineteenth Superbike manufacturers’ world title in its history.
The veteran Spaniard, who è was one step away from his second consecutive world title, beat his all-time rivals, Turkey’s Toprak Razgatlioglu on Yamaha and Northern Ireland’s Jonathan Rea on Kawasaki. Ninth was the first of the Italians, Andrea Locatelli, Razgatlioglu’s teammate.
In the championship standings, Bautista è at 529 points, 52 ahead of Razgatlioglu and 185 ahead of Rea, while the Borgo Panigale manufacturer has a 105-point margin over Yamaha and canò no longer be caught up.
