Loris Baz sets the pace ahead of the ope🌄ning World Superbike qualifying🎃 session of 2022.

FP3 began with big hitters Jonathan Rea and Alvaro Bautista choosing to remain in pit lane, wh꧟ile Loris Baz went quickest aboard his Bonovo Action M 1000 RR. 

Baz’ time was then bettered by close to six tenths as reigning world ♈champion Toprak Razgatlioglu went quickest on a 1:50.062s. 

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Joining the Turkish sensation in the low 1m 50s💛 was Michael Rinaldi as the Italian instead pipped his former Stock 600 rival by -0.054s. 

As th𝓰e battle continued, Razgatlioglu looked set to jump back to the top courtesy of going quickest in secto♒r three. 

However, the Pata Yamaha riꩵder lost timꩲe in S4, thus allowing Rinaldi to remain fastest. 

Bautista, who was now out on-track, as was six-time World Superb𓂃ike champion Rea, went third with just his first flying lap. 

The Spaniard’s next lap around was su🧔premel🎉y quick as he set a time of 1:49.644s - +0.344s in front of team-mate Rinaldi. 

Despite being out on-track with the rest of the field, Rea was unable to make a hot start like in FP1 and FP2. The Kꦰawasaki rider went seventh after the initial flurry of laps - +1.127s off Bautista. 

Ahead of Rea was Endu🅷rance World Championship rider Ilya Michalchik, as the Ukrainian made an impressive start toജ the first day. 

Stunning throughout pre-season, rookie Philipp O⛦ettl then made it a Ducati 1-2-3 as he split the two factory riders. 

Not prepared to pu🎃sh in the slightly cooler conditions, Rea dropped down to eighth Garrett Gerloff went fifth. 

After fitting a new rear tyre Baz♏ regained top spoܫt, while Bautista suffered a first crash of the weekend at turn nine. It was a typical front-end washout at the corkscrew for the former MotoGP man. 

After looking comfortable without setting a quick lap, Rea chose to do exactly that as he wen🥀t P3.

Official Aragon WorldSBK Records 

Fastest Lap - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki 1m 48.458s. 

Most Wins - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki (8) 

2021 Aragon WorldSBK Race Winners 

Race 1 - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki

Superpole Race - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki

Race 2 - Scott Redding GBR Ducati 

Day-one of the 2022 WorldSBK season opener

FP2 was topped by Aruba.it Ducati rider Alvaro Bautista after the Spaniard elected to fit the purple-banded SCQ (🎀Superpole) tyre, something Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu chose not to do. 

Rea, who was quickಞest by nearly four tenths in FP1, remained top on combined times despite not improving the second practice.&nbs𒆙p;

It was a tough start 🐷for BMW as their pre-season struggles rolled into the opening day of Ar🌜agon World Superbike action. 

Standing in for the injured Michael Van Der Mark, Michalchik was fastest of the German manufact🍬urer’s four riders in ninth, while the factory team’s big acquisition Scott Redding was last after he finished 14th in FP2. 

World Superbike rookie Hafizh Syahrin also had a difficult day after technical issues at the ver🐠y 🧸beginning of FP1 hampered his time on-track. 

Weekend Schedule - 2022 Aragon WorldSBK

Saturday 

10:10-10:25 - WorldSBK Superpole (UK)

13:00 - WorldSBK Race 1 (UK)

Sunday 

08:00-08:15 - WorldSBK Warm-up (UK)

10:00 - WorldSBK Superpole Race (UK) 

13:00 - WorldSBK Race 2 (UK)