Full Argentina World Superbike sprint race results

Jonathan Rea has produced lap record🃏 pace to win the S🦂uperpole sprint race in Argentina as the full World Superbike championship grid returned to action.

After just 12 riders contested the opener in Argentina, with six riders sitting🥃 out the race due to saf🌸ety concerns, cooler track temperatures en💖sured safer conditions at Circuito San Juan Villicum to see every rider start the race.

Rea bolted clear from pole position, producing a new lap record in the 🦩process, to take victory by just over two seconds for Kawasaki from Race 1 winner Alvaro Bautista on the Aruba.it Racing Ducati, despite a hairy moment for the newly-crowned five-time world champion on the penultimate lap.

In a repeat of the podium trio from the opening race, Toprak Razgatlioglu completed the rost🎀rum in third place for Puccetti Kawasaki with factory Ducati♏’s Chaz Davies charging up to fourth place.

Alex Lowes led the Pata Yamaha🐻 charge in fifth in front of team-ma💧te Michael van der Mark and GRT Yamaha’s Sandro Cortese.

Leon Haslam struggled to replicate the pace of his team-mate with the Kawasaki ri🐈der down in eighth place but ahead of BMW’s Tom Sykes.

Local favourite Leandro Mercado sprinted through from last on the grid to 10^th place on the Orelac Racing ♛Kawasaki with Pedercini Kawasaki’s Jordi Torres getting the betteᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr of Moriwaki Althea Honda’s Leon Camier in the closing stages.

With Eugene Laverty in 13^th place for Team Goeleven Ducati he saw off the chal🦂lenge from fellow cus🍒tomer Ducati rider Michael Ruben Rinaldi on the Barni Ducati.

Marco Melandri claimed 15^th place for GRT Yamaha ahead of Alessandro Delbianco (Althea Honda), Markus Reiterberger (BMW) and Ryuichi Kiyonari (Moriwaki Althea ꦑHonda) as Loris Baz was the only non-finisher after falling on the opening lap at Turn 16 for Ten Kate Racing Yamaha.