WorldSBK Donington Park, Great Britain - Free Practice Results (1)
Fresh off a new two-year WorldSBK contract extension with Pata Ya⛄maha, Toprak Razgatlioglu was second fastest behind Jonathan Rea after provisionally topping FP1.
| WorldSBK Donington Park, Great Britain - Free Practice Results (1) | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | 1:27.841s |
| 2 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha | +0.264s |
| 3 | Tom Sykes | GBR | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +0.361s |
| 4 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Ducati | +0.719s |
| 5 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha | +0.840s |
| 6 | Scott Redding | GBR | Aruba.It Ducati | +0.973s |
| 7 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Team HRC | +1.002s |
| 8 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +1.187s |
| 9 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +1.263s |
| 10 | Chaz Davies | GBR | GoEleven Ducati | +1.331s |
| 11 | Lucas Mahias | FRA | Kawasaki Puccetti | +1.664s |
| 12 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +1.766s |
| 13 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha | +1.905s |
| 14 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Team HRC | +2.091s |
| 15 | Jonas Folger | GER | Benovo BMW | +2.236s |
| 16 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Barni Ducati | +2.316s |
| 17 | Luke Mossey | GBR | Pedercini Kawasaki | +3.112s |
| 18 | Christophe Ponsson | FRA | Gil Yamaha | +3.738s |
| 19 | Isaac Vinales | SPA | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | +4.039s |
| 20 | Loris Cresson | BEL | Pedercini Kawasaki | +4.192s |
| 21 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | GRT Yamaha | +7.638s |
| 22 | Eugene Laverty | IRL | RC Squadra Corse BMW | |
After being stuck in pit lane for 15 minutes due to a technical issue, Razgatlioglu even൩tually headed out and was immediately on the pace. The 24 year-old went over a tenth quicker than ꦺJonathan Rea on his final lap, however, the Yamaha rider's time was deleted for exceeding track limits once the session was over.
It m꧅eans a time of 1:27.841s was good enough for Rea to retain top spot - only man under the 1m 28s barrier.
Nine-time WorldSBK race winner at Donington Park, Tom Sykes, suffered a cold tyre crash less than five minutes in at the Melbourne Loop. 🅘;However, Sykes remounted to set some blistering laps at 💝the front of the field.
Sykes was fastest for most of the session, before Rea 𒀰took over with a quarter of FP1 remaining.
More lap times were deleted after the session finished, as Scott Redding who was fourth fastest for Aruba.it Ducati was instead relegated to sixth, behind team-mate Michael Rinaldi and Gar༺r🔴ett Gerloff who claimed fifth.
British S⛦uperstock rider Luke Mossey is replacing Samuele Cavalieri at Pedercin💯i Kawasaki after the Italian rider and team decided to end their partnership. Mossey finished FP1 17th fastest.
