Bautista won race 1 in Misano and combined his leadership

The Spanish Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) combined its lead with World Superbike by achieving success in the first career of Italian GP in Misanoahead of his great rival for the title, the British Jonathan Rhea (Kawasaki).

It was the fourth win of the season for the rider from Talave, who now leads the championship overall with 186 points, followed by Rea (164) and Turkish Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha), who were unable to finish the first race in Misano.

The first three of the World Championship preceded from the first laps and from the fourth the Turk began to fall, which ended in a relegation after stumbling in the fifth.

Bautista stayed ahead with Rea, but set a very strong run, beating his lap times, so the Briton, from the eighth lap, lost ground until he finished more than five seconds behind. Castile.

In the back, Rea even saw her second place threatened before being pushed by Michael Ruben Rinaldi, Bautista’s teammate, but the Italian lacked ground to finish his hunting career and had to settle for third place on the podium, 8.2 seconds of the win.

Xavi Vierge, seventh, and Iker Lecuona, ninth, both from the HRC Team, ended the Spanish victory in race 1.

This Sunday, at 11:00, the Superpole will take place, and at 15:15 race 2 of the Superbike World Championship.

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