The French Round was the ninth round of the 2023 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship and it delivered in style. The Saturday action was still fresh in everyone’s minds when Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) and Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) started duelling on Sunday in Race 2. The pair were inseparable during the final race of the weekend as they traded paint during an epic fight. Check out all the action from Race 1 and Race 2 HERE and watch highlights from the Tissot Superpole Race on YouTube – don’t forget to subscribe too!

With 15 laps to go, their battle began to heat up. Rea made a move for second heading into the Turn 5 hairpin, a scene of so many overtakes at the iconic venue, with the #54 trying the cutback on his adversary. The battle continued to heat up as the race progressed, and, with 12 laps to go, the six-time Champion got ahead of Razgatlioglu. A dozen laps later and the pair were at it again, Turn 5 once again the scene, as the Yamaha star moved his way back into second. The battle raged on for the final six laps as both looked to secure second, behind Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) who had escaped up the road. Watch the unmissable fight in the video at the top of this page.

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Source: WorldSBK.com