2023 Misano WorldSBK Test results - Friday: Bautista leads Ducati 1-2

Alvaro Bautista has closed out the two-day Misano WorldSBK test on top after already breaking the official lap record on Thursday.

Robert Jones

12 May 2023

Alvaro Bautista, Ducati WorldSBK Catalunya 2023

While dry conditions meant a new unofficial lap record could be set by the defending WorldSBK champion on day-one, rain played a significant part through the early stages of Friday.

But despite that, Bautista remained the leader no matter the conditions as he set a time of 1:33.627s which is just under six tenths slower than the lap he set on day-one.

Over six tenths down on his teammate on Thursday, Michael Ruben Rinaldi was much closer come the end of session #4. A margin of +0.138s separated the two factory Aruba.it Ducati riders.

Andrea Locatelli was the first non-Ducati rider as he finished eight tenths down on Bautista’s fastest time.

After making an impressive return to BMW following his split from Puccetti Kawasaki, Tom Sykes was just two tenths down on Scott Redding.

2023 World Superbike Test Misano, Italy - (Day-two) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	1:33.627s
2	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	+0.138s
3	YMRE Test Bike	N/A	Yamaha R1	+0.554s
4	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	+0.833s
5	Lorenzo Baldassarri	ITA	GMT94 Yamaha	+1.054s
6	Scott Redding	GBR	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+1.169s
7	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	+1.190s
8	Garrett Gerloff	USA	Bonovo Action BMW	+1.205s
9	Philipp Oettl	GER	GoEleven Ducati	+1.209s
10	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+1.345s
11	Tom Sykes	GBR	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+1.377s
12	Xavi Vierge	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+1.471s
13	Remy Gardner	AUS	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+1.492s
14	Iker Lecuona	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+1.571s
15	Loris Baz	FRA	Bonovo Action BMW	+1.626s
16	Dominique Aegerter	SWI	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+2.027s
17	Florian Marino	FRA	Kawasaki Racing Team	+2.041s
18	Lucas Mahias	FRA	Puccetti Kawasaki	+2.373s
19	Tarran Mackenzie	GBR	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	+3.474s

2023 Misano WorldSBK Test results - Friday: Bautista leads Ducati 1-2

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