Taking part in his first race start since 2019, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike rookie Andrea Iannone made a brilliant launch as he took the lead away f𒈔rom Nicolo Bulega.

But the best start went to reigning world c𒁏hampion Alvaro Bautista as he went from ninth to second by turn one.

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But b𒅌oth Ducati riders were quickly overtaken by Alex Lowes, however, Iannone bounced straight back at the beginning of lap two.

Toprak Razgatlioglu wasted no time in battling against Bautista as he slipstreamed♐ his way through on the run to turn one.

A dreadful lap three for Bautista saw him go from fourth to tenꦡth spot,ꦉ as contact with Sam Lowes was the main reason for his sudden drop.

Heading in the other direction was team-mate Bulega who𒁏 moved up to third following a late move ♚on Razgatlioglu.

Then came a huge moment on lap four as Bautista, who was trying to recover, crashed aไt turn ten. Bradley Ray w🧸as the next rider after Remy Gardner and Bautista to suffer a fall.

With six laps gone, Bulega finally came through on Iannone to lead a Superbike ra♐ce for the first time in his career.

As the pit window opened, the 🥃leading quarter of Bulega, Iannone, Lowes and Razgatlioglu all pitted𒁏 as others stayed out.

The top four exited pit lane in the same positions, however, a slow 🦹out lap fro🌳m Iannone saw him drop behind Lowes and Razgatlioglu, while Bulega increased his advantage.

With a minimum pit time of one minute and two seconds needed for every rider, Razgatlioglu was given a penalty after exiting too quick꧋ly.

Razgatlioglu was given a 1.2 second time penalty, while Bulega’s lead was over three seconds for the first tiꦿme with eight laꦕps to go.

a red-hot pace from Andrea Locatelli saw him claw past the likes of Iannone, Lowes and Razgatliogl𒅌u, but the margin to Bulega was too much to close down.