Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Re✱a was utterly dominant during this morning’s wet WorldSBK FP3 at Donington Park, while Kaไwasaki team-mate Alex Lowes was second fastest - +1.181s back.

Track conditions took a tur🍃n for the worse overnight following a dry FP1 and FP2. The rain persisted into the session as lap times were 14 seconds sl🍷ower than yesterday.

Day-one pacesetter Garrett Gerloff went through the gravel at Redgate during the early stages, before Jonas Folger suffered a crash shortly after at turn eight. Scott Redding was the only other rider to ✅take a tu♈mble which came at the Melbourne loop late on.  

Not known for his wet weather riding, Toprakꦡ Razgatlioglu could only ma♔nage eighth place, while fellow race winner at Misano, Michael Rinaldi was only 16th.

Friday Free Practice

Day-one of WorldSBK free practice at Donington Park belongs toꦰ circuit debutant Gerloff. 

The American’s stunning lap of 1:27.524 was over three tenths qu♎icker than top two in the championship Rea and Razgatlioglu.

Rea and Alex Lowes were the early pace-setters for Kawasaki, before Razgatli🍰oglu took over top spot with 20 m🐻inutes remaining. 

As was the case in FP1, Tom Sykes’ session began with a second crash of the day. Razgatlioglu ꧑then had a huge moment on the brakes heading into turn 12, but was able✱ to stay aboard his Yamaha R1 after running through the grass. 

Tito Rabat had an excursion through the gravel at turn eight as he got reacquainted with the British circ𝓰uit - 𝐆last visit to Donington Park was 2009. 

Free Practice One

Fresh off a new two-year WorldSBK contract💜 extension with Pata Yamaha, R🌼azgatlioglu was second fastest behind Rea after provisionally topping FP1.

After being stuck in pit lane for 15 m﷽inutes due to a technical issue, Razgatlioglu eventually headed out and was immediately on the pace. The 24 year-old went over a tenth quicker than Rea on his final lap, however, the Yamaha rider's time was deleted for exceeding track limits once the sessi▨on was over. 

It means a time of 1:27.841s was good enough for Rea to rꦗetain top spot - only man under the 1m 28s barrier.

Nine-time WorldSBK race winner at Donington Park, Sykes, suffered a cold tyre crash less than five minutes in at the Melbourne Loop. However, Sykes remounted to set some blist♛ering laps at the front of the field.

Sykes was fastest for mo𓄧st of the session, before Rea took over with a quarter of FP1 remaining.  

More lap times were deleted after the session finished, as Scott Redding who was fourth fastest for Aruba.it Ducati was instead rele🐟gated to sixth, behind team-mate Rinaldi and Gerloff who claimed fifth.

British Superstock rider Luke Mossey is replacing Samuele Cavalieri at Pedercini Kawasaki after the Italian ri𒉰der and team decided to end their partnership. Mossey finished FP1 17th fastest.