Razgatlioglu heads Estoril

The reigning world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha) clarified his intention to open the can of 2022 wins in the third round of the Superbike World Championship that began this Friday on the Portuguese Estoril circuit by dominating FP2 and on the combined day, but the other two strong men of the championship, Alvaro Bautista and Jonathan Rea, didn’t quite lose the rope. The Northern Irishman from Kawasaki made it into top-3 Garrett Gerloff thanks to his morning time trial but the top four were separated by only three tenths and all were fully open before the Tissot Superpole and Race 1 this Saturday.

The second free practice session ended where the three strong men of the championship took the top positions on the time sheet. Razgatlioglu led it thanks to an hour, signed in the last minute, at 1’36.290, below the record for the fastest lap in the race. The Turk, who finished second in the morning FP1, was just 0 “173 ahead of Álvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati), who also improved between sessions.

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) finished third in the session, but fourth in the combined standings, as Garrett Gerloff’s (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) morning time of 1’36.72 allowed him to finish the day in third position despite his inability to do so. improve it in the afternoon. The distance between the Turkish star and the six -time Northern Irish champion is only 0 ”305.

Only 14th in the opening session, Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing-Ducati) climbed to fifth place in the combined performance of his afternoon, at 0 “899, ahead of his compatriot Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK).

This first day saw another great performance from Team HRC’s rookie duo, as both Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona were placed in the top 10 at the end of the day. In clearly good form after overcoming his physical problems in previous rounds, Vierge finished seventh, while Lecuona was 9th, just over a second behind Razgatlioglu. Among them is Loris Baz (Bonovo Action BMW), BMW’s most famous driver, who is 8th, 1 ”056 behind the leader.

For BMW, the day started at the worst possible since when Michael van der Mark (BMW Motorrad) crashed at the exit of Turn 10 and sustained a fracture to the neck of his right femur, which drove him out of the race. end of the week. German Philip Ottl (Team Go Eleven) will also miss the rest of the round after breaking his right collarbone in a crash in FP2 when he lost control of his Ducati on turn 13.

Isaac Viñales (TPR Team Pedercini Racing) who reappeared on WorldSBK finished his first day aboard Pedercini’s ZX-10RR in 22nd position.

Marc Garcia, head of SSP300

2017 champion Marc Garcia (Yamaha MS Racing) remained ahead of the SSP300 thanks to his time in FP1, a 1’51.428 that he was unable to improve in the afternoon. Kevin Sabatucci was second at 0 “146 and Iker García Abella, 5th, Íñigo Iglesias, 7th, and the championship leader, Álvaro Díaz (Arco Motor University Team) started the weekend with th -21 position in FP1 to improve in the afternoon and finish in 10th position in the combined table.

Aegerter sets the speed in the SSP

Reigning champion Dominique Aegerter (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) put together a series of fastest laps in the second session to lead the combined standings with a half-second margin against Lorenzo Baldassarri, leader of FP1, thanks to his 1 ’39 “806, which improved the race lap by two tenths Unai Orradre (MS Racing Yamaha WorldSSP) finished in 13th position and Adrián Huertas 20th.

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1 Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha with Brixx) 1’36.290
2. Álvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) at 0 “173
3. Garrett Gerloff (GYTR GRT Yamaha) at 0 “282
4. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) at 0 “791
5. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) at 0 “899
6. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha with Brixx) at 0 “911
7. Xavi Vierge (Team HRC) at 0 “991
8. Loris Baz (Bonovo Action BMW) at 1 “056
9. Iker Lecuona (Team HRC) at 1 “085
10. Lucas Mahias (Kawasaki Puccetti) at 1 “177
22. Isaac Viñales (Pedercini Racing Kawasaki) at 2 “733