Rea and Bautista, for Razgatlioglu

Ang superbike world start this weekend Motorland Aragon (Alcaniz). This will be the start of what is expected to be an exciting battle between the reigning world champion, who debuted as 1, Toprak Razgatliogluand the deposed Jonathan Rheasix -time champion who wants to regain his scepter with Kawasaki against the Turk from yamaha. And next to them, Ducati was again entrusted to the class of a Alvaro Bautista that at 37 years old he was looking for success that he could not get in his first stage in the Italian company.

Álvaro swept from the start Ducati in 2019 in its first year on super bike, but ended up being diluted in the second half of the championship. After two years where he was unable to win the Honda bike, he returned to the company Borgo Panigale with the aim of fighting for all.

So far, the fight and the emotion seem to be sure between the two men who last year gave a lot of spectacle, Rea and the always aggressive. toprakwho wants to win again with a vision, perhaps, to jump into MotoGP soon.

So far, the 35-year-old Northern Irishman has sent a warning to his opponent in the preseason, leading up to the last two days of testing held on the same track where drivers will battle it out this weekend, in motorland. There, everyone arrives with most of their homework done after a few days of work that Rea finished with a 1’48 ”714, an hour 0” 354 which is better than toprak and 0 “380 better than Baptistwith the Gerloff (Yamaha) in fourth place, baz in the fifth (BMW) and locatelli (Yamaha) in the sixth.

Another of the great novelties in the championship was with the Spanish couple on whom he was hoping slingwith the Iker Lecuona from MotoGP and Xavi Verge doing the same since Moto2. The two Spaniards want to take the HRC team to the top after occupying eighth and ninth place, respectively, in the final pre-season tests in Aragón.