Catalunya WorldSBK FP1 Results: Iker Lecuona fastest as Jonathan Rea and Alvaro Bautista renew battle

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Iker Lecuona claimed a surprising top spot finish ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Ruben Rinaldi duri🦩ng FP1 at the Catalunya WorldSBK round.&n💦bsp;
Following their dramatic incident at Magny-Cours, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea found themselves together on-track ﷽with the six-time champion following Bautista.
In order to position himself behind the Ducati rider, Rea made an ambitious move on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Scott Redding heading into turn five, with the BMW rider also keen to f🐈ollow Bautista.
After agreeing to a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:new deal with Aruba.it Ducati, 💙🍬Rinaldi was the early 🔴pacesetter as he led the w🐽ay from Rea and Bautista.
Then began an exchange between Rea and Bautista a♋s the Kawasaki rider attempted a move at turn ten, before running wide on corner exit which allowed Bautista to get the switchback.
While the m💖ajority of the riders headed back into pit lane following their opening stint, Bautista was one of the only riders to keep going as moved ahead of Rea for second spot.
Home favourite Lecuona also showed impressive pace as he jumped ahead of reigning world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu for P4.
2022 World Superbike Barcelona, Spain - Free Practice Results (1) | ||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
1 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | Team HRC WorldSBK | 1:41.396s |
2 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | +0.535s |
3 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK | +0.595s |
4 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | +0.646s |
5 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | +0.717s |
6 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK | +0.747s |
7 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | +0.962s |
8 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team | +1.287s |
9 | Eugene Laverty | IRL | Bonovo Action BMW | +1.292s |
10 | Xavi Vierge | SPA | Team HRC WorldSBK | +1.348s |
11 | Scott Redding | GBR | BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | +1.487s |
12 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GoEleven Ducati | +1.622s |
13 | Loris Baz | FRA | Bonovo Action BMW | +1.647s |
14 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | GRT Yamaha | +2.077s |
15 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +2.079s |
16 | Oliver Konig | CZE | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | +2.198s |
17 | Lucas Mahias | FRA | Puccetti Kawasaki | +2.235s |
18 | Christophe Ponsson | FRA | Gil Motor Sport Yamaha | +2.474s |
19 | Oscar Gutierrez | SPA | Pedercini Kawasaki | +2.496s |
20 | Roberto Tamburini | ITA | Motoxracing Yamaha WorldSBK Team | +3.008s |
21 | Leandro Mercado | ARG | MIE Honda Racing | +3.034s |
22 | Luca Bernardi | SM | Barni Spark Ducati Team | +3.262s |
23 | Michael Van Der Mark | SPA | BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | +3.529s |
24 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAL | MIE Honda Racing | No Time Set |
Lecuona’s FP1 session then got even better after moving to the top of the leaderboa🎃rd by over half a second from Rinaldi.
Clearly in qualifying trim, Lecuona was also 1.6 seconds quicker than team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Xavi Vierge.
With the three title contenders and Rinaldi opting 💧out of a time attack run, Lec💞uona held strong at the top of the timinigsheets, his first time topping a Superbike session.
Superbike Catalunya Records
Lap Record - Tom Sykes GBR BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team 1:40.408s
2021 Race Winners
Race 1 - Scott Redding GBR Aruba.it Ducati
Superpole Race - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team
Race 2 - Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Aruba.it Ducati
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Van Der Mark 𝔍ran into early trouble as a mechanical issue on just his second flying lap meant an early retur🐷n to pit lane and end of session for the Dutch rider.
In other BMW news, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Loris Baz will officially be staying at Bonovo Action BMW, adding yet another name to the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 WorldSBK rider line-up.
2022 Superbike Catalunya Weekend Schedule
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 One 13:00
Sunday
Warm-up - 08:00-08:15
Superpole Race - 10:00
Race Two - 13:00