FP2 got off to a dreadful start for Bonovo Acti🐼on BMW as Garrett Gerloff lost control under braking at turn 18, which resulted in him taking down teammate Loris Baz. Gerloff went over to the French rider and apologised immediately for his mistake. 

At the front of the field, Jonathan Rea was the early pacesetter before Axel Bassani stuck in a time that was⭕ six tenths quicker. 

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The only rider un✨der the 1m 48s barrier, Bassani then went even faster on his next lap around as he set a 1:47.675s.&nb📖sp;

More drama unfolded a few minutes later as Gabriele Ruiu crashed at the final c🌟hicane. The Italian avoided co🌞ntact with any of the oncoming riders, but with debris lying on the circuit it meant red flags were deployed.

After a brief delay, on-track action was back underway as Bautista made a quick restart. Down in P12, Bautista 🔯jumped up to sixth spot behind Bradley Ray who made a very strong start to FP2.

As was the case with ꦦRuiu, Rea was the next rider to bring out the red flags after going down at the final corner. Gravel was dragged onto the track which is why the session was stopped. 

At the beginning ofꦉ the second ꦕrestart, Bassani consolidated his lead by setting a time of 1:47.523s.

Bassani then p🀅umped in another f𝓰astest lap as Bautista and Rinaldi made it an all-Ducati top four.

With his teammate having already completed several laps following their collision, Gerloff eventuꦚally got out of pit lane with 17 minutes remaining. 

Threatening to take overꩵ top spot, Petrucci ended a lap that saw hꦺis post three red sectors in second. That was moments after Alex Lowes also made big gains by jumping up to P3. 

Bassani’s timꦏe was very nearly beaten with five💎 minutes to go as Razgatlioglu got within half a tenth of the Italian. 

With lap times getting faster and faster, the leaderboard finally saw a new name appear at tꦐhe top as Lowes went quickest by🐠 close to three tenths. 

A third red flag was deployed when Tito Rabat became the latest to crash at ꦅthe final corner.

The𝓀 session got underway with just over two minutes remaining which was enough time for riders to find improvements. 

One of thos🍸e was Rinaldi as the Italian ♊went quickest by over a tenth. Gerloff also found significant gains as he finished third.

Imola WorldSBK Records 

Fastest Lap -  Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Ducati 2019 1:45.727s

2019 Race Winners

Race 1 - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 

Superpole Race - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 

Race 2 - Cancelled 

Managing to avoid crashes, E💖ric Granado and Leon Haslam suffered off-track excursions that impacted their running. 

Weekend Schedule (UK time)

Friday 

Free Practice 1: 09:30-10:15

Free Practice 2: 14:00-14:45

Saturday 

Free Practice 3: 08:00-08:30

Superpole: 10:10-10:25

Race 1: 13:00

Sunday 

Warm-up: 08:00-08:15

Superpole Race: 10:00

Race 2: 13:00