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French WorldSBK - Championship standings after Race 2

2025 French WorldSBK - Race 2 Result

It's a 12th win in a row for Toprak Razgatlioglu in Race 2 at Magny-Cours.

Bulega second, Alex Lowes third.

Bautista takes fourth ahead of van der Mark, Rea, Vierge, Petrucci, Locatelli, and Aegerter who completes the top-10.

Podium positions are all secured now, Lowes still with 2s back to Bautista, who is also now over 1s clear of van der Mark.

Rea still with a shot at a top-five, he's right there with van der Mark.

Bautista now taking some time from Lowes, down to under 2.5s between them now with three laps to go.

Lowes still with over 2.5s over Bautista, who now has a small gap to van der Mark and Rea behind now.

Razgatlioglu now over 7s clear of Bulega, another display of absolute dominance.

Lowes has 2.7s now over Bautista, could have that P3 locked down. Van der Mark still hanging on

to Bautista as well.

Montella and Vickersboth retired on that lap.

P4 now for Bautista after passing van der Mark. He has 2s up to Lowes now.

Bautista makes his move on Rea on the run to turn five. P5 now for the Spaniard, but Lowes is escaping with that P3.

Van der Mark up to 4th past Rea, who is dropping off and now under pressure from Bautista who passed Petrucci that lap. Petrucci now 8th behind Vierge as well.

Lowes now escaping slightly from Rea, who is coming under increasing pressure from vand er Mark now.

Vierge and Bautista now in this group in seventh and eighth.

Van der Mark passed Petrucci for fifth, he's in the podium battle now as well, but has a gap of just under a second up to Rea, who is sticking with Lowes.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi has retired.

Lowes again up to third at the 180 corner, but Rea passes again at the following chicane.

Rea runs in hot, though, and Lowes takes the advantage at turn 13.

Lowes turns underneath Lowes at turn three to reclaim P3, but Rea out-brakes him at turn five.

Razgatlioglu now over 3s clear of Bulega, who has 4s over the Rea-Lowes-Petrucci group.

Lowes really pressuring Rea now, and Bautista is still closing in on the battle albeit back in P8 for now.

Alex Lowes up to fourth at turn 13 that time as well. Not a great lap for the Barni rider - started it 3rd, ended it 5th.

Three-wide into turn five between Rea, Petrucci, and Lowes, and it's Rea who comes out on top. Podium position now for the Yamaha rider.

Razgatlioglu with almost 2.5s now out front.

Podium battle all still together, Petrucci ahead of Rea and Lowes.

Tito Rabat has retired.

Mistake for Lowes at the penultimate turn allowed Petrucci through. 

Now Lowes runs wide at turn five and Rea goes through.

Petrucci up to third, he'd caught Lowes that lap and looks like he made the move at the penultimate corner.

Sam Lowes has been shown the black and orange flag, his weekend is done.

Almost 2s  now for Razgatlioglu.

Petrucci still hanging on to fourth and unable to get much closer than half-a-second or so than Lowes.

Bautistsa coming through further back, he's about 4s behind the podium battle at the moment in P9.

Alex Lowes has lost the tow of Bulega and he's getting drawn back into the clutches of Petrucci, who has Rea very much still for company. Real podium opportunity for Rea here, it looks like.

1s now for Razgatlioglu over Bulega.

Locatelli coming through strong from the back again, P13 after 4 laps.

Strong lap for Razgatlioglu that time, over 0.5s for him now over Bulega and a fastest lap of the race.

Lowes has pulled away from Petrucci, as well, Rea continuing to stick with the Italian and get away from van der Mark in P6.

Rea riding really well here early on, pressuring Petrucci for P4 at the moment.