Australia WorldSBK: Alvaro Bautista wins from Jonathan Rea as red flag denies last-lap showdown
A double crash took place on the opening lap as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Garrett Gerloff and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Xavi Vierge suffered identical falls at turn two.
Both ride🔯rs got caught up in the middle of the pack before run🐷ning onto the grass and crashing before reaching the gravel.
At the front, Rea took the lead away from Bautista at turn four which also allowed a fast-charging 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Scott Redding to move into second.
Bautista was then pushed down to fourth after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes made yet more progress following early moves on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Locatelli and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu.
As Redding began to find Rea’s pace too hot to handle, Bautista, Razgatlioglu an🍸d Lowes all made quick overtakes on the BMW rider.
Rea was then reeled in immediately by Bautista as the 🔜Ducati rider set the fastest lap of the race on lap seven, whilst overtaking the Kawasaki rid🎃er for the lead.
As the pace increased, Rea and Razg♚atlioglu had the answers when it came to staying in touch, although passing the Spaniard was proving difficult.
Mistakes at the end of lap 10 and again on lap 11 allowed Rea to close in on Bau༒tista, with Razgatlioglu and Lowes also bringing themselves in contention.
A wheelie on the exit of turn five saw Rea get close again bဣefore the six-time world champion had a moment of hi🀅s own on corner exit.
As riders went over ඣmid-race distance, Lowes was the♓ rider on the charge as Razgatlioglu was slowest of the leading quartet.
The lead group was down to just two on༺ lap 13 as Razgatlioglu was dropped by oꦿver a second by Bautista and Rea.
Vital for his attempts of closing back in on the leading duo, Lowes finally made the mov🐭e stick with eight laps to go, although a big gap was now created.
Over six tenths was the margin between Bautista and Rea with six laps to go which was the most for many laps, however, Rea regrouped on the following lap in order to reduce th💫e deficit to two tenths. ♔;
Just as the battle for the win was heating up, ꦇa red flag was brought out due to a crash for Eugene Laverty.
With only five laps remainin🅺g it meant victory f🦋or the second time today for WorldSBK champion Bautista, with Rea and Lowes finishing on the podium.
