Phillip Island WorldSBK Test: Toprak Razgatlioglu crashes then tops FP2

On track at separate times to WorldSSP riders unlike at Jerez and Portimao, the likes of Razgatlioglu, Bautista and Reᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚa had four hours of testing in total as FP1 and FP2 were split into two two-hour-long sessions.
It was Razgatlioglu’s teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Locatelli who put his Pata Yamaha atop the timingsheet꧂s following the first session of the day, as Razg🍨atlioglu instead took a tumble at turn 10 with just minutes remaining.
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Locatelli was unable to improve his time in the afternoon 🙈session, which was far from the case for Razgatlioglu as the Turkish star found more and more pace and finished with a time of 1:30.674s.
Continuing his impressive pre-season, Aruba.it Ducati rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Ruben Rinaldi was once agai🍷n the closest challenger to Razgatlioglu as he finished second - +0.099s down on the 2021 world champion.
Third fastest was Bautista, who after showing incredible speed at Port𒆙imao, was again in strong form despite a turn four crash in FP2.
Bautista’s fall was one that was quickly followed by Rea who went down🃏 at the same corner.
The Kawasaki rider rounded out the top four but was o🐟ver two tenths down on Razga൩tlioglu’s time.
2023 World Superbike Phillip Island, WorldSBK - Test Results (day one) | ||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK | 1:30.674s |
2 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | +0.099s |
3 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | +0.134s |
4 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | +0.215s |
5 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK | +0.422s |
6 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GoEleven Ducati | +0.921s |
7 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GRT Yamaha | +0.926s |
8 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | +0.997s |
9 | Dominique Aegerter | SWI | GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team | +1.054s |
10 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | +1.158s |
11 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | Team HRC WorldSBK | +1.230s |
12 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Ducati Team | +1.373s |
13 | Scott Redding | GBR | BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | +1.447s |
14 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +1.532s |
15 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | +1.604s |
16 | Tom Sykes | GBR | Puccetti Kawasaki | +1.714s |
17 | Loris Baz | FRA | Bonovo Action BMW | +1.763s |
18 | Xavi Vierge | SPA | Team HRC WorldSBK | +1.812s |
19 | Oliver Konig | CZE | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | +1.887s |
20 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | ITA | GMT94 Yamaha | +2.713s |
21 | Eric Granado | BRA | MIE Honda Racing | +3.790s |
22 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAL | MIE Honda Racing | +3.909s |
In what were some of the standout performances from day one, Phillip Oettl was the quickest Independent rider after finishing sixth, while GRT Y✃amaha riders Remy Gardner and Dominique Aegerter were impressive as they finished seventh and ninth.
While fast and competitive lap times were one of the headlines from day one, so were the amount of red flags aജs on-trac🉐k action was halted five times.