Jonathan Rea smashes the Most World Superbike lap record to claim a dominant pole position, his third ofꩲ the 2022 season. 

Fastest in FP3, Bautista sta🔜rted his opening lap of Superpole with a surprisingly large gr♍oup of riders in hot pursuit. 

Despite having ten-plus riders behind him, Bautista remained unnerved as he began to pull clear. A time of 1:32.608s saw Bau꧅tista momentarily go quickest, however, Toprak Razgatlioglu blaꦺsted to the top of the leaderboard with a 1:31.578s. 

Content with his opening lap, Razgatlioglu returned to pit lane immediately as Jonathan Rea, wh🔜o moved up to second with his first lap and Bautista continued on. 

Out of sync with the rest of the WorldSBK grid, Scott Redding began his first flying lap with just over seven minutes remaining. The BMW rider went third fastest, however, the rider with the pace was Bautista as the Spaniard took o🌃ver provisional pole by +0.011s.  

After suffering a moment in sector two at the beginning of his second run, Rea then regrouped in order to set a new all-time la♌p record.

• Is Scott Reddܫing in contention for a fi💯rst WorldSBK race win with BMW at Most?

Razgatlioglu set a time o𝓰f 1:31.277s, and although a new lap record at the time, Rea blitzed that time by over thre💖e tenths. 

With the top three in the championship looking set to complete the front row, Michael Ruben Rinaldi shocked his team-mate by jumping up to third in the dyi♋ng seconds.

Most World Superbike Records

Fastest ever lap - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha 1:31.506s (2022)

2021 Race Winners 

Race 1 - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha

Superpole Race - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Yamaha

Race 2 - Scott Redding GBR Aruba.it Ducati

Alvaro Bautista was the man to beat in tricky conditions after the Ducati rider topped FP3 by over eight tenth෴s from Axel Bassani. 

After finishing fastest in FP1, Jonathan Rea c♓ould only manage fifth on Friday’s combined times after failing to improve during the afternoon. Instead it was reigning world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu who took home the spoils thanks to a brilliant new lap record that was set on race tyres. 

There were impressive showings from Scott Redding and Michael Rinaldi, with the pair finishing second and third, while series leader Alvaro Bautista was fourth fast༒est. 

BSB rider Ryan Vickers made his World Superꦯbike debut for Pedercini Kawasaki on Friday, as did Michal Prasek for Rohac & Fetja Motoracing BMW. Making his second consecutive World Superbike start, Peter Hickman was also in action for the factory BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, replacing the injured Michael Van Der Mark. 

Fresh off a new one-year deal with BMW, Van Der Mark, who has missed every round except his home race in Assen, will make his return to act🍸ion following the summer break at Magny-Cours. 

Most World Superbike weekend schedule (UK time)

Friday 

09:30-10:15 Free Practice 1 

14:00-14:45 Free Practice 2 

Saturday 

08:00-08:30 Free Practice 3

10:10-10:25 Superpole

13:00 Race 1

Sunday 

08:00-08:15 Warm-up 

10:00 Superpole Race 

13:00 Race 2