Indonesian World Superbike Results: Michael Ruben Rinaldi doubles up to lead Alvaro Bautista in FP2

Results from Free Practice 1 & 2, round 2 of the 2023 World Superbike championship at Mandalika, Indonesia.
Michael Ruben Rinaldi, Ducati WorldSBK Mandalika 2023
Michael Ruben Rinaldi, Ducati WorldSBK Mandalika 2023

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Ducati look to be in ominous form after compꦇleting a Friday clean 💎sweep during World Superbike practice in Mandalika. 

In Free Practice 2 it was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Rea who set൩ the pace early on, holding a substantial advantage over the rest of the field before Rinaldi closed to +0.037s.

While Rinaldi continued showing impressive pace, teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista suffered an early crash at turn one. 

With Rinaldi once again on a lap that looked set to take him to the top of the leaderboard, the Aruba.it Ducati rider instead🍷 had his lap deleted due to exceeding track limits.

Yet to join his main rivals at the front was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu, with the Yamaha rider maki🍸ng a qu𒉰ick return to pit lane. 

Razgatlioglu the🌠n moved up to seventh at the beginning of his second stint, while Rinaldi finally took over top spot by nearly two tenths. 

Showing no ill effects of 🍬his early tumble, Bautista immediately went fastest after re-joining the ac🌠tion.

2023 World Superbike Mandalika, Indonesia - Free Practice (2) Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime
1Michael RinaldiITAAruba.It Racing Ducati1:32.468s
2Alvaro BautistaSPAAruba.It Racing Ducati+0.029s
3Toprak RazgatliogluTURPata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK+0.157s
4Jonathan ReaGBRKawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK+0.735s
5Michael Van Der MarkNEDROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team+0.745s
6Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team+0.906s
7Alex LowesGBRKawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK+0.992s
8Andrea LocatelliITAPata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK+1.077s
9Axel BassaniITAMotocorsa Ducati+1.243s
10Scott ReddingGBRROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team+1.277s
11Xavi ViergeSPATeam HRC WorldSBK+1.325s
12Dominique AegerterSWIGYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team+1.369s
13Loris BazFRABonovo Action BMW+1.375s
14Garrett GerloffUSABonovo Action BMW+1.651s
15Danilo PetrucciITABarni Spark Racing Team+1.656s
16Philipp OettlGERGoEleven Ducati+1.892s
17Iker LecuonaSPATeam HRC WorldSBK+1.984s
18Lorenzo BaldassarriITAGMT94 Yamaha+2.733s
19Hafizh SyahrinMALPETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Team+3.563s
20Tom SykesGBRPuccetti Kawasaki+3.672s
21Oliver KonigCZEOrelac Racing MOVISIO+3.840s
22Eric GranadoBRAPETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Team+3.905s

Despite Razgatlioglu continuing to make improvements, it was Remy Gardner that was the top Yamaha with more than ha🐷lf the session gone as he sat fourth, one place higher tha﷽n the 2021 world champion.  

Iker Lecuona suffered a second fall of the weekeওnd at turn ten before returning to pit lane and showing huge frustration in the Honda garage. 

Back at th🏅e front, Rinaldi looked set to go fastest once again before catching a slow moving Lecuona, prior to the Honda rider returning to the pits. 

Razgatlioglu then dislodged Bautista with the first sub 1m 33s lap of the weekend, ho🙈wever, Bautista’s response was immediate as he returned to the top by over a tenth. 

Toprak Razgatlioglu , Indonesian WorldSBK, 3 March
Toprak Razgatlioglu , Indonesian WorldSBK, 3 March

R🥂inaldi then produced a brilliant lap to make it back-to-back practice sessions at the top of the leaderboard, showing that he might have th🤪e pace to fight his teammate for the win on Saturday.

Rinaldi sets the pace in Mandalika World Superbike FP1

2023 World Superbike Mandalika, Indonesia - Free Practice (1) Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime
1Michael RinaldiITAAruba.It Racing Ducati1:34.613s
2Toprak RazgatliogluTURPata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK+0.056s
3Alvaro BautistaSPAAruba.It Racing Ducati+0.170s
4Jonathan ReaGBRKawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK+0.188s
5Xavi ViergeSPATeam HRC WorldSBK+0.225s
6Remy GardnerAUSGRT Yamaha+0.579s
7Andrea LocatelliITAPata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK+0.707s
8Alex LowesGBRKawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK+0.920s
9Philipp OettlGERGoEleven Ducati+0.958s
10Michael Van Der MarkNEDROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team+1.529s
11Scott ReddingGBRROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team+1.602s
12Garrett GerloffUSABonovo Action BMW+1.661s
13Axel BassaniITAMotocorsa Ducati+1.891s
14Dominique AegerterSWIGYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team+1.898s
15Loris BazFRABonovo Action BMW+2.271s
16Danilo PetrucciITABarni Spark Racing Team+2.317s
17Hafizh SyahrinMALPETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing+2.474s
18Tom SykesGBRPuccetti Kawasaki+3.113s
19Lorenzo BaldassarriITAGMT94 Yamaha+3.388s
20Oliver KonigCZEOrelac Racing MOVISIO+3.995s
21Eric GranadoBRAPETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing+4.905s
22Iker LecuonaSPATeam HRC WorldSBKNo Time Set

Despite a cras♎h on his opening run at turn 10, Rinaldi was fastest for Ducati ahওead of Razgatlioglu. 

Less than a tenth separated Rinaldi and Razgatlioglu, while champion✨ship leader Bautista was third - +0.170s down on his team꧋mate.

Fourth fastest and al🍷so in contention was Kawasaki’s Rea, after the six-time champion endured a difficult opening round at Phillip Island.

There were aꦆlso ☂crashes for Bonovo Action BMW rider Loris Baz, Iker Lecuona, who looked uncomfortable when returning to his Honda garage and Lorenzo Baldassarri, with the Italian suffering a big fall at turn six.

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