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The first day of the SBK weekend at Magny Cours was undoubtedly marked by the very ugly accident involving championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu. The Turk had recently entered the track and just as he was launching himself for his first fast lap he lost control of his BMW while braking at high speed. The impact with the protection of the wall outside the escape route was very violent and at first many feared they had witnessed a very serious accident.
However, Toprak got up on his legs and after going to the track's medical center he was transported to the hospital for further checks. Certainly the scare was huge, not least because with the dynamics of that fall there could have been far more serious consequences. Thinking about the action on the track, there is to report that BMW, although orphaned of the Turk, still came out on top with Van der Mark showing how much the M1000RR is now the reference in SBK.
Our Riccardo Guglielmetti and Denis Sacchetti of Go Eleven tell us all about it.
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