Toprak Razgatlioglu was victorious for the third time this weekend in Race 2. He ran wide on the way into the first turn, which allowed Alvaro Bautista into the lead but for only four corners as Razgatlioglu re-passed the Spanish rider into turn five on the opening lap.
Bautista went on to crash out of third place at turn eight, one of the few fast corners at Balaton Park, which at the time of the crash allowed Nicolo Bulega onto the podium.
Bulega was chasing Sam Lowes for second, which he was soon able to take, but he had nothing for Razgatlioglu.
Bulega pulled three seconds on Lowes by the end, Lowes himself finishing five seconds ahead of Danilo Petrucci. Andrea Locatelli was a further half-second back in fifth.
Alex Lowes took sixth place ahead of Xavi Vierge, while Axel Bassani’s eighth place made it a double-top-10 for Bimota. Dominique Aegerter and Yari Montella completed the top-10.
Toprak also took a commanding win in the red-flagged Race 1 at Balaton Park over Nicolo Bulega and Alvaro Bautista.
The red flag was thrown on lap one when several riders crashed at turn one. The stewards handed Andrea Iannone a double long lap penalty for the restart for irresponsible riding after the incident.
Razgatlioglu made the holeshot on the restart and was never headed. Bulega, on the other hand, dropped from fourth to sixth early on but quickly worked his way through Jonathan Rea, Alvaro Bautista, and Andrea Locatelli to be third before Sam Lowes crashed at turn two from second place.
That crash promoted Alvaro Bautista up to fourth, and he soon took third from Locatelli, who had no answer to the late pace of the front three who never dropped consistently lower than the low-1:40s.
Locatelli was able to hold on to fourth, though, ahead of Danilo Petrucci who capitalised on a late mistake from Alex Lowes to take fifth, while Lowes ended up sixth
