World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Free Practice Results (2)
Jonathan Rea dominated the second World Superbike free practice at Jerez to end da🅺y one fastest.
| World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Free Practice Results (2) | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | 1:39.671s |
| 2 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Ducati | +0.399s |
| 3 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Team HRC | +0.657s |
| 4 | Scott Redding | GBR | Aruba.It Ducati | +0.671s |
| 5 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Team HRC | +0.678s |
| 6 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +0.681s |
| 7 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha | +0.682s |
| 8 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha | +0.930s |
| 9 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha | +1.074s |
| 10 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +1.187s |
| 11 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +1.226s |
| 12 | Loris Baz | FRA | GoEleven Ducati | +1.467s |
| 13 | Eugene Laverty | IRL | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +1.526s |
| 14 | Isaac Vinales | SPA | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | +1.526s |
| 15 | Leandro Mercado | ARG | MIE Honda Racing | +1.562s |
| 16 | Christophe Ponsson | FRA | Gil Yamaha | +1.665s |
| 17 | Lucas Mahias | FRA | Kawasaki Puccetti | +1.704s |
| 18 | Jonas Folger | GER | Benovo BMW | +1.851s |
| 19 | Marvin Fritz | GER | IXS-YART Yamaha | +1.959s |
| 20 | Samuele Cavalieri | SPA | Barni Ducati | +2.170s |
| 21 | Andrea Mantovani | ITA | Vince64 Racing Kawasaki | +2.373s |
| 22 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | GRT Yamaha | +2.450s |
| 23 | Loris Cresson | BEL | Pedercini Kawasaki | +2.611s |
| 24 | Lachlan Epis | AUS | Pedercini Kawasaki | +4.705s |
Just like FP1, Rea immediately set the pace ahead of Team HRC riders Leon Haslam🐲 and Alvaro Bautista, while GRT Yamaha rider Kohta Nozane suffered a crash on just his first flying lap.
T﷽he Japanese rider wasn’t alone iꦬn crashing as fellow Yamaha riders Christophe Ponsson and wildcard rider Marvin Fritz also went down at turn one.
With just under half the sess🐠🥂ion gone, Michael Rinaldi reduced Rea’s advantage of two tenths to just +0.004s, before bettering the Kawasaki rider a few laps later.
Alvaro Bautist🌞a, who was fourth at the time and on course for a personal best late on, suffered a fast crash at turn 11. The Spaniard lost the front on what is the first of two right-handers.
Rea then improved with just under five minutes to go and regained top spot courtesy of the first sub 1m 40s lap of the day - four tenths൩ ahead of Rinaldi in second.
Toprak Razgatlioglu finis♏hed the session💙 seventh after being the only rider inside the top eight not to go quicker than this morning - finished second overall.
Free Practice One
Championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu finished the opening World Superbike pract🔯ice at Jerez fastest from🌱 Michael Rinaldi.
Jonathan Rea led the way early on before Alex Lowes then bettered his British team-mate. Razgatlioglu was less than a tenth behind the two Kawasaki r꧙iders in P3.
Lowes ꦡremained top until Rea regained top spot with 18 minutes left. However, Razgatliog༺lu soon improved on Rea’s time by a further three tenths.
Winner of race two in Catalunya, Rinaldi jum🌜ped into third ahead of Lowes ꦑlate on, before turning that into second. Rea finished P3 - +0.337 down on his title rival Razgatlioglu.
Andrea Locatelli suffered an early crash at 💯turn one after running through the gravel and losing the front end at slow speed.
FIM World Endurance rider Marvin Fritz was back in WorldSBK action for the second time this year after making a wildcard appearance in Most, Czech Republic, while Loris Baz and Eugene Laverty replaced the injured Chaꦉz Davies and Tom Sykes.
