Bautista reaffirmed his leadership with a second place finish at Portimao.

Spanish Alvaro Bautista (Ducati) remains firmly at the top of the classification. world superbikeafter finishing second this Saturday, Portuguese Grand Prixwhich is disputed in the circuit of Portimaobehind the Turks Topak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha).

Bautista has a 54-point lead over Razgatlioglu and a 71-point lead over Britain’s Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) and had to settle for third despite starting the race from pole position.

The test was cut to just 14 laps after the start of the race had to be delayed by an hour due to a serious accident suffered in the WorldSSP300 test by Dutchman Victor Stiemann, who was taken to Faro hospital with a head injury. I was.

Bautista, who started the race from the second row of the starting grid after finishing fourth in the ‘Superpole’, came back to occupy the second step of the podium.

And the Spaniard lost positions on the first lap after being overtaken by Italian Axel Bassani (Ducati).

However, Alvaro Bautista didn’t take long to find his rhythm for the race, already in fourth place on lap three, and on lap eight took third place from Italy’s Bassani.

Three laps later, the Spaniard overtook Briton Jonathan Rea for second place, which could no longer be improved by the consistency of Turkey’s Topak Razgatrioglu, who crossed the finish line first with a lead of 0.657 seconds.

Xavi Bierge (Honda) was eighth, while fellow Spaniard Iker Lecuona (Honda) was tenth.