Garrett Gerloff stunned Toprak Razgatlioglu 🅺late on to make it a Yama🍒ha 1-2 in World Superbike FP1 at Estoril.

While Razgatliogl🍎u led the way following the initial flurry of laps, Michael Van Der Mark suffered a nasty crash in the fina🐈l sector. 

Van Der Mark, who remains 𓄧less than 100% fit, was seen struggling to get back to his feet before a red flag was deployed✃. 

Once on-track action recommenced, championship leader Alvaro Bautista wasted no time in jumping to the top of t🌞he times as he 🌺went six tenths clear of Razgatlioglu. 

Scott Redding, Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes split the two leaders, however, neithe🧜r rider was able to get within three tenths of Bautist🍸a. 

That d🎉id change when GRT Yamaha rider Gerloff set a time of 1:37.770 - +0.120s off the Ducati rider’s tim🌃e. 

While Gerloff was pushing the li🐽mits of Yamaha R1 on more than one occasion, Razgatlioglu regained top spot by just -0.034s. 

Following a strong test in Portimao, BMW continued to make strides forward as Redding cemented himself inside the top five.🎐 

Winner of two World Superbike races at Estoril in 2020, Razgatliꦰoglu continued t✤o show impressive pace as he completed several laps quicker than Gerloff’s best P3 effort. 

Surprisingly off the pace, Rea’s third stint was one 🐎where the six-time world champion was lapping four tenths off Razgatlioglu.

To highlight how strong Razgatlioglu’s pace was, the P♋ata Yamaha rider was significantly ahead of Gerloff [thi꧑rd], Rea and Eugene Laverty despite losing time in sector three compared to all three riders.

After fitting Pirelli’s softer tyre option, a compound that Razgatlioglu and Yam♕aha tend to use in the race, Razgatlioglu set a stunning time of 1:36.861s - six tenths clear of Bautista. 

♋The Ducati rider did manage to improve moments later, however, the former MotoGP rider remained half a second down on the reigning world champion. 

With 🌃Razgatlioglu’s 😼time looking unbeatable, Gerloff found time in sectors two, three and four to not onyl challenge the Turkish rider, but instead move -0.227s clear of his fellow Yamaha rider. 

With that said, Razgatlioglu was t💯he only rider consistently setting sub 1m 37s laps.

Estoril WorldSBK Records

Fastest Lap - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 1:35.876s (2021)

Race Lap Record - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha 1:36.594s (2020) 

2021 Winners 

Race One - Scott Redding GBR Aruba.it Ducati 

Superpole Race - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 

Race Two - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 

After taking part in a private test earlier this week, Bonovo Action BMW rider Eugene Laverty 𝕴has been passed fit to begin the weekend. Roberto Tamburi⭕ni has not on the other hand and will be replaced at Motoxracing Yamaha by Endurance World Championship rider Marvin Fritz. 

Estoril WorldSBK Weekend Schedule

Friday 

15:00-15:45 - WorldSBK FP2

Saturday 

09:00-09:30 - WorldSBK FP3 

11:10-11:25 - WorldSBK Superpole

14:00 WorldSBK Race 1 

Sunday 

09:00-09:15 WorldSBK Warm-up

11:00 WorldSBK Superpole Race 

14:00 WorldSBK Race 2