Alvaro Bautista continued his streak of winning at least one WorldSBK race at every round this season after overcoming Toprak Razgatlioglu in the best battle of the year.
Jonathan Rea claimed his first WorldSBK win of the season after conquering flag-to-flag conditions at Most, before finishing third after a brilliant tussle with Danilo Petrucci in Race 2.
Alvaro Bautista completely turned around his Czech Republic meet by the time the chequered flag waved in race two, taking a historic win to place himself back in control of the 2023 WorldSBK championship.
It was truly a day of two halves for Toprak Razgatlioglu as the Superpole race saw him lower the gap to under fifty points before the crushing blow of a DNF in race two of the CZech Republic World SBK round, leaving Alvaro Bautista with an extended title lead of 74 points.
Alvaro Bautista suffered his worst race finish since returning to Ducati, denting his title lead, after an ill-fated tyre decision and pit stop problems in race one of the Czech WorldSBK round at Most.
Toprak Razgatlioglu fought back through the field to claim second place in race one of the Czech Republic WorldSBK round at Most, cutting Alvaro Bautista title lead to 54 points.
After seeing Ducati lose 500 revs from Misano to Imola, Yamaha have officially gained another 250 revs ahead of this weekend’s Czech WorldSBK round.