Riders wasted no time in finding improvements compar✃ed to FP1 as Danilo Petrucci set the fastest lap of the weekend on his first🎀 flying lap. 

Michael Rinaldi then matched Jonat💝han Rea’s top time from ear🃏lier in the day as he went three tenths off in second.

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Rea then put his factory Kawasaki back on top a𒈔fter narrowly missing out on a 1m 49s lap. 

But the six-time world champion didn’t have to wait long to achieve that feat aꦕs he then clocked a time of 1:49.970s two laps later.

Tito Rabat suffered a fall at turn 12, 🍬the same corner where Toprak Razgatlioglu ran wide moments prior.

Michael Van Der Mark was 💟the next rider to go down after his bike was recovered on the exit of turn 12.

After the top positions remained the same following r♒ace stints, Rinaldi jumped to the top of the standings by🌳 over two tenths.

Consistently fastest in the final sector, Alvaro Bautista used his pace advantage in the 🃏final sector to then take over from his teammate. 

Petrucci made it a Ducati 1-2-3🍌 in the closing stages after also breaking into the 1🌼m 49s barrier.

Despite another strong session, Team HRC rider Iker Lecuona suไffered a late fall at turn 14.

Aragon World Superbike Records 

Fastest lap - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha 1:48.267s

2022 Race Winners

Race 1 - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team

Superpole Race - Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.it Ducati

Race 2 - Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.it Ducati

Rea fastest in opening Aragon World Superbike practice

There were early issues for Danilo Petrucci as the two-time MotoGP race winner was held in ꦡhis garage for the opening seven minutes. 

An unusual sight in 2023, Iker Lecuona set a time of 1:50.905s in order to topple the likes of Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu.The slow start to FP1 had no effect on Petru🐻cci as the Barni Ducati rider immediately went fastest. 

Lap tim🙈es continued to improve as Michael Rinaldi went quickest before Jonathan Rea set a time three tenths clear of Petrucci, who managed to regain second spot.

The three tenths gap between Rea and Petrucci remained in place for much of the session﷽, while series leader Alvaro Bautista was only sixth with ten minutes to go. 

Garrett Gerloff was one of the big movers late on 🎶as ꩲhe jumped up from ninth to P4.

Aragon Weekednd Schedule (UK time)

Friday 

Free Practice 1 - 9:30am

Free Practice 2 - 14:00pm

Saturday 

Free Practice 3 - 8am

Superpole - 10:10

Race 1 - 13:00pm

Sunday 

Warm-up - 8am

Superpole Race - 10:00am

Race 2 - 13:00pm