The Barcelona weekend marked a major triumph for BMW Motorrad Motorsport within the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship’s second occasion. The staff celebrated a notable victory and pole place on Saturday, and Sunday introduced extra causes to have a good time. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TUR) together with his BMW M 1000 RR secured one other win within the thrilling Superpole Race within the morning earlier than taking third within the second important race of the day. Michael van der Mark (NED) made a commendable comeback to complete fourth, whereas the Bonovo motion BMW Racing Workforce achieved a prime ten end with Garrett Gerloff (USA).

The Superpole Race was a nail-biter from the beginning. Razgatlioglu, starting from pole, discovered himself in fifth however climbed to fourth by lap 4. A lap later, he executed a shocking transfer to retake the lead. The race noticed him trade the lead with Ducati’s Andrea Iannone (ITA) and Alvaro Bautista (ESP), culminating in a panoramic last-corner maneuver to safe his second victory of the weekend.

Within the afternoon’s second important race, Razgatlioglu once more began from pole. He shortly moved into the rostrum spots after initially dropping to fourth. He carefully adopted Ducati riders Bautista and Nicolò Bulega (ITA) for a lot of the race, however a last dash to the lead eluded him, rounding off his weekend with a podium third place. He was joined in celebration by teammate van der Mark, who solidified the staff’s sturdy efficiency with a fourth-place end. Van der Mark additionally got here sixth within the Superpole Race.

Sunday additionally noticed success for the Bonovo motion BMW Racing Workforce, returning to the highest ten. Riders Gerloff and Scott Redding (GBR) battled fiercely, swapping positions a number of occasions. Gerloff ultimately clinched tenth place, with Redding a detailed eleventh, simply 0.4 seconds behind.

The WorldSBK season continues with its third spherical at Assen (NED) from April nineteenth to twenty first.