Australia WorldSBK: Alvaro Bautista wins from Jonathan Rea as red flag denies last-lap showdown
A double crash took place on the opening lap as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Garrett Gerloff and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Xavi Vierge suffered identical falls at turn two.
Both riders got caught up in the middle of the ꦡpack before running onto the grass an𝓀d crashing before reaching the gravel.
At the front, Rea took the lead away from Bautista at turn four which also allowed a fast-charging 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Scott Redding to move into second.
Bautista was then pushed down to fourth after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Lowes made yet more progress following early moves on 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Andrea Locatelli and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu.
As Redding began to find Rea’s pace too ho♉t to handle, Bautista, Razgatlioglu and Lowes all made quick overtakes on the BMW rider♊.
Rea was then reeled in immediately by Bautista as the Ducati rider set the fastest lap of the rac♛e on lap se🎐ven, whilst overtaking the Kawasaki rider for the lead.
As the pace incr⭕eased, Rea and Razgatlioglu 𝕴had the answers when it came to staying in touch, although passing the Spaniard was proving difficult.
Mistakes at the end of lap 10 and again on lap 11 allowed Rea to close in on Bautista, with Razgatlioglu and Lowe🗹s also bringing themselves in contention.
A wheelie on the exit of turn five saw Rea get close again befo🤡re t🗹he six-time world champion had a moment of his own on corner exit.
As rider༒s went over mid-race distance, Lowes was the rider on the charge as Razgatlioglu was slowest of the leading quartet.
🌊The lead group was down to just two on lap 13 as Razgatlioglu was dropped by over a second by Bautista and Rea.
Vital for his attempts of closing back in on the leading duo, Lowes finally made the move ꧅stick with eight laps to go, altho🐲ugh a big gap was now created.
Over six tenths was the margin between Bautista and Reaꦯ with six laps to go which was the most for many laps, however, Rea regrouped on the following lap in order to reduce the deficit to two tenths.
Just as the battle for the win was heating up, a red flag wa𓄧s brouꦓght out due to a crash for Eugene Laverty.
With only five laps𝓀 remaining it meant victory for the second time today for WorldSBK champion Bautista, with Rea and Lowes f♏inishing on the podium.
