Toprak Razgatlioglu leads Sam Lowes, 2025 Hungarian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Toprak Razgatlioglu leads Sam Lowes, 2025 Hungarian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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2025 Hungarian WorldSBK: Race 2 LIVE UPDATES

Live coverage of Race 2 from the Hungarian WorldSBK at Balaton Park.

Balaton Park's inaugural WorldSBK weekend draws to a close with Race 2 today, starting at 14:00 local time.

Toprak Razgatlioglu starts on pole position, alongside Sam Lowes and Alvaro Bautista on the front row after this morning's Superpole Race.

The Turkish rider is defending a 21-point advantage over Nicolo Bulega this afternoon after the Italian's intermediate gamble this morning backfired and resulted in a 13th-place finish.

We are without Andrea Iannone, Garrett Gerloff, Remy Gardner, and Iker Lecuona today after they all suffered injuries in the turn two crash in Race 1.

27 Jul 2025
14:32

2025 Hungarian WorldSBK: Championship Standings after Race 2

Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Hungarian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Hungarian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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13:36
Toprak Razgatlioglu wins Race 2

It's victory again for Toprak Razgatlioglu in Race 2 in Hungary.

Bulega second, ahead of Sam Lowes.

Petrucci and Locatelli complete the top-five, then Alex Lowes, Vierge, Bassani, Aegerter, and Montella complete the top-10.

13:34
Lap 20/21

Razgatlioglu leads by over 10s now onto the final lap. Bulega still second ahead of Sam Lowes, who now has 4s over Petrucci.

13:26
Lap 15/21

Over 8s now for Razgatlioglu.

Vickers took his LLP that lap, but he ran off into the gravel. He's rejoined in 14th and will have to take the penalty again for not taking the penalty correctly.

13:24
Vickers

Long lap penalty for Vickers for cutting turn nine without losing enough time.

13:23
Lap 13/21

Almost 8s now for Razgtalioglu. He's about 0.5s per lap faster than Bulega.

Vickers under investigation for cutting one of the chicanes and not losing enough time.

13:21
Lap 12/21

7s now for Razgatlioglu over Bulega, and a fastest lap of the race for good measure - 1:39.384.

Vickers got himself up to sixth that lap with a move on Vierge at turn one. Really solid ride from the rookie.

Further back a crash for Michael van der Mark. He got back on.

13:17
Lap 10/21

6s now for Razgatlioglu over Bulega.

Lowes still with Petrucci just far enough behind that he can't launch an attack.

13:16
Bautista

Bautista now back in the box and looking fine enough. Good to see because that was a fast one.

13:15
Lap 8/21

Petrucci a tenth faster than Lowes that time but their pace is basically identical.

Further back, Tarran Mackenzie currently running in the top-10, which is pretty solid on his debut Ducati weekend.

Vickers also having a good ride in P7.

Rea having a struggle - P14 at the moment from ninth on the grid.

13:12
Lap 7/21

Razgatlioglu now 5.5s clear of Bulega, who now has a second over Lowes. Petrucci now fourth and within a few tenths of the British rider.

13:11

Looks like Sam Lowes' fairing has come unclipped at the front on the right side. Tough to tell exactly.

13:10

Bulega with better drive out of turn four and he makes the move on Lowes at turn five.

Bautista is down at turn eight. A big crash there for the Spanish rider but he's up on his feet.

13:09
Lap 5/21

Razgatlioglu now over 4s clear after Lowes' mistake on the previous lap.

Bulega pressuring Lowes for second on that lap,  but no way through just yet.

13:08

Lowes runs wide at turn 15. Keeps it on-track and holds P2.

13:07

Bulega now past Bautista to lap four at turn seven.

All this happening 3s behind Razgatlioglu.

13:06
Podium battle

Bautista was passed by Lowes at turn 15 that time, but responded at turn one.

Bulega up to fourth past Locatelli, who also lost out to Lowes on lap three. Struggling against the Ducatis.

13:03

Bulega now up to fifth at turn five on lap two. Really strong start for the Italian.

13:03
Lap 1/21

Razgatlioglu breaking away at the end of the first lap, 0.3s his gap.

Bulega made a decent start, he's P7 and just behind Jonathan Rea, who he passes at turn one.

Bassani made a mistake at the first of the three chicanes and dropped to 10th as a result of that.

13:01

Razgatlioglu to the lead at his first opportunity at turn five.

13:01
Race 2 start

Lights out in Hungary and we're underway for Race 2 in Balaton.

Holeshot for Bautista as Razgatlioglu runs wide. Locatelli third, Sam Lowes fourth.

12:58
Warm-up lap

Riders are off on their warm-up lap ahead of the 21-lap Race 2.

12:55
Sam Lowes

P2 this morning marked Sam Lowes' third podium of the season in the short-distance races and his second in a row.

He threw away a potential podium yesterday when he fell from second, as he did in Donington Race 2, but the Marc VDS rider clearly has the pace this weekend and should be in the mix for the rostrum this afternoon.

12:53
Bulega

While Razgatlioglu has dominated this weekend, Nicolo Bulega has comparatively struggled.

His Race 1 performance was excellent to salvage second from fourth on the grid, but this morning's race was his worst of the year. In fact, it was the first time Bulega has finished a race outside the top-two this season and the first time he's finished as not the first Ducati rider.

Of course, that was tyre-induced, so we'll see if Bulega can put in the kind of comeback ride he displayed in Misano when he last had to come from outside the first three rows. 

This afternoon, for clarity, he'll start 10th, alongside Danilo Petrucci and Alex Lowes on the fourth row.