The pilot from La Manchalvaro Bautistawho this year returned to the Ducati rankings, achieved the best time in the FP2 of the Aragón round that opens the Superbike World Championship at the MotorLand Aragón circuit, while the Northern Irishman Jonathan Rhea he remained ahead of the combined classification thanks to his morning time testing.
Bautista led the second free session and second at the end of the day, leading the current world champion in the category, Turkish Razgatlioglu.
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) set the fastest time of the day, but he barely managed to get away from Álvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati) and Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK), who left their hours to three -tenths of Northern Ireland.
Rea took the initiative at the start of the championship and dominated the first free session with a time of 1’49.301. At the end of the day, this opportunity allowed him to stay ahead of the joint Friday after the second training session where he posted the second fastest time, behind Bautista.
Three independent riders finished the day in the top nine and the most notable was Garrett Gerloff (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team), who posted the fourth fastest time.
The other two national category representatives, Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge, who are still suffering from his recent injury, reached 10th (1’50.540) and 13th (1’50.787) positions respectively.
In the Supersport 300 category, the fastest was Marc García in his Yamaha (2’06.564), followed by Álvaro Díaz (2’06.599) and Bruno Ieraci (2’06.770) in third place. Equality is highest in this category: the five fastest drivers are separated by only 7 tenths of a second. While the fastest in Supersport was Dominique Aegerter (1’53.407), followed by Nicoló Bulega (1’53.986) and Lorenzo Baldassarri (1’54.641).
Rea signed up for the first free practice of the year
In the morning, Jonathan Rea started the 2022 campaign with the best time in the first free training session on the MotorLand Aragón circuit in Alcañiz (Teruel), three tenths ahead of current world champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu.
Rea, a six -time world champion, was the first in a group of six riders to cross the 1’50 barrier in the first session and did so shortly after the start of the session, setting a time of 1’49.301, higher record. than he recorded last Tuesday in the last pre-season test at the Aragonese circuit (1’48.714)
Rea faced stiff opposition from Toprak Razgatlioglu, who at the end of the session recorded a time of 1’49.665, just 0.364 behind his rival, while Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati) finished third with seven tenths more.
Rea’s teammate, Alex Lowes, achieved the fourth best time after occupying second position for most of the session.
Less than a tenth behind Lowes, Álvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati) set the fifth fastest time ahead of Garrett Gerloff (GYTR GRT Yamaha), who was the last in the group to record a time under a seconds from the British. Valencian Iker Lecuona (HRC) entered the ‘Top 10’ achieving ninth place with a record of 1’50.540
Free Integrated Classification
1. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) 1’49.301
2. Álvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati) 1’49 “606
3. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha with Brixx) 1’49 “665
4. Garrett Gerloff (GYRT GRT Yamaha) 1’49 “900
5. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati) 1’50 ”000
6. Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing) 1’50 ”010
10. Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) 1’50 “540
13. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) 1’50 “787
Source: La Verdad
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