2024 World Superbike Phillip Island, Race (2) - Results
Results from Race 2, round one of the 2024 World Superbi🌳ke championship at Phillip Island, Australia.
Andrea Locatelli made the 🐻perfect start as 🐼he took the lead from Alex Lowes, while Alvaro Bautista also came through on the Superpole Race winner.
Lowes and Bautista spent the next lap battling hard for second place before a huge blow up for Toprak Razgatlioglu sep🅠arated the lead group.
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Razgatlioglu had followed Bautista through before smoke appeared from his BMW, and while Lowes lost ground, th🙈e lead group s🍸oon closed up as Sam Lowes and Andrea Iannone clawed their way into contention.
Looking like his usual self at the front of the field, Bauti🎀sta swept through on Locatelli to lead for the fi🔯rst time in 2024 [lap three].
A red flag was then deployed soon after foll🌼owing a big crash for Jonathan Rea at turn 11.
| 2024 World Superbike Phillip Island, Race (2) -Results | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | 11 Laps |
| 2 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | +0.048s |
| 3 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Team | +1.178s |
| 4 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | GoEleven Ducati | +1.275s |
| 5 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | +2.346s |
| 6 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | SPA | Motocorsa Ducati | +2.913s |
| 7 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Marc VDS Ducati | +3.480s |
| 8 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | +4.119s |
| 9 | Dominique Aegerter | SWI | GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team | +5.152s |
| 10 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | +5.159s |
| 11 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | +5.183s |
| 12 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team | +7.652s |
| 13 | Xavi Vierge | SPA | Team HRC WorldSBK | +9.082s |
| 14 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GMT94 Yamaha | +10.729s |
| 15 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Motoxracing Yamaha WorldSBK Team | +11.806s |
| 16 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Puccetti Kawasaki | +17.416s |
| 17 | Scott Redding | GBR | Bonovo Action BMW | +21.815s |
| 18 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | Petronas Mie Honda | +25.481s |
| 19 | Adam Norrodin | MAL | Petronas Mie Honda | +32.107s |
| 20 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK | DNF |
| 21 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK | DNF |
| 22 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | DNF |
A new race distance of 11 laps was confirmed as Rea was taken to the medical centre. A swift upd🎀ate confirming Rea was conscious was announced.
Remy Gardner also suffered a disappointing start to Race 2 as a flat tyre 💮dropped him down the order.
When lights out took place for a second time, Bautista led into turn one as former te𒊎am-mate Michael Rinaldi went ꦡfrom sixth to second.
Looking very comfortable in second, Rinaldi was swarming all over the rear of Bautista’s machine but 🔥was unable to find a way through.
T⛄rying to become a race winner for the first time in WorldSBK, Locatelli crashed on the final lap as he highsided at turn four after overtaking Alex Lowe🐬s.
Unfazed by the overtake,♔ Lowes instead went on the attack as he produce✱d a brilliant overtake around the outside of Bautista at turn nine.
