It was a good first day of testing for Yamaha and Toprak Razgatlioglu a✨s he topped day one in Misano, as prepar🧸ations for the 2021 World Superbike season continue. 

Rounding out the top three were the Aruba.it꧋ Ducati duo of Scott Reddin﷽g and Michael Ruben-Rinaldi. 

After going fastest in the morning session, the Turkish star continued his impressive pace to eventually topple the Ducati pair who moved𝓰 ahead of him during the afternoo🍌n running.

Razgatlioglu finished with a lap time of 1m 34.265s, which is nearly five tenths quicker than the lap ꦡrecord set by Jonathan Rea in 2015. 

Redding was second ♛with a lap time of 1m 34.478s, and for much of the day was lapping close to the lap𝐆 record on race runs. 

The race pace was one of the biggest strengths f🌺or Redding last season, and early indications 🌳suggest this will be the case once again. 

Redding's team-mate Rinaldi was also impressive in his new colours as he finished third less than tw🌺o tenths back. 

However, the🔜 standout performer on day one, was the youngest rider in the WorldSBK fiel🐽d and also rookie in 2021 Axel Bassani. 

The 21 year-old finished fourth less than a second down on the top time for the Motocorsa Ducati Racing teaไm. 

Garrett Gerloff was fifth for GRT Yamaha ahead of Andrea Locatelli who had a good afternoon ✅aboard the Yamaha, as he worked on the setup of🍒 his R1. 

Rounding out the top ten were Tito Rabat for the ಌBarni Raꦯcing Team in seventh, followed by Lucas Mahias, Kohta Nozane and Christophe Ponsson.

Standing in for Chaz Davies wa🐻s Michele Pirro who finished 11th and last of the WorldSBK runners. Action continues tomorrow from 9am-6pm local time for the final day.