The Italian Andrea Iannone (Ducati) won the first race of the Aragon Grand Prix, the tenth round of the Superbike World Championship, ahead of the overall leader, the Turkish Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW), while its great rival, Nicolo Bulega (Ducati), unable to participate due to mechanical problems and the Spaniards Alvaro Bautista (Ducati) took a hard-fought fourth place.
It was an important test at first. Shortly after the start, he had to stop with a red flag due to track conditions due to oil remaining on the Briton’s motorcycle. Sam Lowes (Ducati) on the route taken by the pilots. And at the restart, again from the grid, Bulega, second in the World Championship, did not appear to have an engine problem.
With this coup de effect, a huge race was held, very exciting, with many fronts and an all-out battle. Up front, the first battle between Iannone, Danilo Petrucci and Razgatlioglu, who reappeared after his absence in the previous test, was fierce, while Bautista lost his position at the start and was again forced to return.
Iannone is the most consistent. He took command and did not relinquish it, while Bautista from behind refused to give up and fought tirelessly to, at least, fight to finish on the podium. He reached third place, but some mistakes cost him dearly and prevented him from doing so.
Iannone did not give up and in the last stage he gained an advantage that allowed him to win clearly, with a 0.845 advantage over Razgatlioglu, who won the Italian chasers, by passing another BMW, that of American Garrett Gerloff, while Bautista He had to console himself with fourth place after his entry and going to the chasing group.
In these results, The Turkish driver did it again. He has 385 points ahead of the overall standings, compared to Bulega’s 352, while Bautista is third with 296.
Iker Lecuona (Honda) finished in a very good sixth place and his teammate Xavi Vierge in the octave.
Source: La Verdad
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