2023 Portimao World Superbike - Race (1) Results

Results from Race 1, round 11 of the 2023 World Superbike Championship at Portimao, Portugal.

30 Sep 2023

Alvaro Bautista, Ducati WorldSBK Portimao 2023

A disastrous start for Jonathan Rea saw him go from pole to fourth before the six-time world champion clipped the rear of Alvaro Bautista which resulted in him dropping to P7.

Keen to put a Kawasaki back at the top of the field, Alex Lowes made a brave move on Toprak Razgatlioglu at the start of lap two, while Bautista also closed in due to the stunning straight-line speed of his Panigale V4 R.

Making his way back through the pack, Rea was back up to third at the end of lap three after back-to-back moves on Michael Van Der Mark and Bautista.

Rea and Bautista continued their squabble on lap four while Lowes went from first to fifth as Razgatlioglu regained the lead.

Bautista made his first attempt at taking the lead on lap six but Razgatlioglu held firm on the inside of turn one.

One lap later and Bautista made the move stick, however, Razgatlioglu produced a stunning move at turn five to respond.

Bautista then finally completed his overtake for the lead after moving past Razgatlioglu along the start-finish straight. Bautista then kept Razgatlioglu at bay by setting a new fastest lap with 12 to go.

Despite Bautista clearly having the faster bike, Razgatlioglu was keeping himself in contention due to riding one of the best races of 2023.

But with six laps to go Bautista finally broke clear by over a second as late race pace was again proving to be his biggest strength.

2023 World Superbike Portimao, Portugal - Race (1) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	20 Laps
2	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	+2.098s
3	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+6.790s
4	Garrett Gerloff	USA	Bonovo Action BMW	+12.093s
5	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+13.148s
6	Remy Gardner	AUS	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+13.714s
7	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+14.171s
8	Iker Lecuona	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+15.442s
9	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	+17.792s
10	Xavi Vierge	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+21.198s
11	Philipp Oettl	GER	GoEleven Ducati	+21.723s
12	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	Barni Spark Racing Team	+21.910s
13	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+23.381s
14	Dominique Aegerter	SWI	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+23.457s
15	Scott Redding	GBR	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+29.872s
16	Lorenzo Baldassarri	ITA	GMT94 Yamaha	+34.162s
17	Bradley Ray	GBR	Motoxracing Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+36.702s
18	Loris Baz	FRA	Bonovo Action BMW	+40.829s
19	Tito Rabat	SPA	Puccetti Kawasaki	+46.446s
20	Hafizh Syahrin	MAL	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	+52.185s
21	Eric Granado	BRA	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	+53.598s
22	Gabriele Ruiu	ITA	Bmax Racing BWM	+53.916s
23	Oliver Konig	CZE	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	1'10.052s
24	Isaac Vinales	SPA	TPR by Vinales Racing	DNF
25	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	DNF

Portimao World Superbike Records

Fastest lap - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 1:39.610s

2022 Race Winners

Race 1 - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha

Superpole Race - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha

Race 2 - Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.it Ducati

Michael Rinaldi suffered an early retirement after running into technical issues.

Portimao weekend schedule (UK time)

Friday

Free Practice 1 - 10:30am

Free Practice 2 - 15:00pm

Saturday

Free Practice 3 - 09:00am

Superpole - 10:10am

Race 1 - 14:00pm

Sunday

Warm-up - 09:00am

Superpole Race - 11:00am

Race 2 - 14:00pm

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