Jerez World Superbike Friday Practice Results

Results from Friday Practice, round 12 of the 2023 World Superbike championship at Jerez, Spain.

27 Oct 2023

Alvaro Bautista, Ducati WorldSBK Jerez 2023

Unlike FP1, the start of second practice saw the entire field except Oliver Konig head out on circuit.

But it wasn’t the start to FP2 that Garrett Gerloff would have wanted as he suffered an early crash.

Together on circuit, Alvaro Bautista and Toprak Razgatlioglu were exchanging fastest times during the opening ten minutes.

Danilo Petrucci then went fastest before KRT rider Alex Lowes suffered a fall at turn one.

Both over a tenth up on Petrucci’s time, Bautista managed to put the stronger final sector together as he went top ahead of Razgatlioglu.

As his title rival pitted, Bautista carried on but came to grief at turn six as he lost the front end of his Panigale V4 R.

Another rider who was showing very strong pace was Dominique Aegerter, as the Yamaha rider moved ahead of Razgatlioglu towards the end of his first stint.

FP2 saw Jonathan Rea make a slow start before the six-time world champion had the left side of his fairing come loose with a third of the session remaining.

There was a big fall for Gabriele Ruiu at the final corner as he attempted to slot in behind Remy Gardner, only to be viciously launched from his BMW machine.

2023 World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Free Practice (2) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	1:40.312s
2	Remy Gardner	AUS	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+0.244s
3	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	+0.320s
4	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	+0.398s
5	Dominique Aegerter	SWI	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+0.511s
6	Philipp Oettl	GER	GoEleven Ducati	+0.546s
7	Garrett Gerloff	USA	Bonovo Action BMW	+0.946s
8	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	Barni Spark Racing Team	+0.966s
9	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	+0.982s
10	Scott Redding	GBR	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+1.195s
11	Iker Lecuona	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+1.319s
12	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+1.374s
13	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+1.412s
14	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+1.634s
15	Lorenzo Baldassarri	ITA	GMT94 Yamaha	+1.836s
16	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+1.938s
17	Loris Baz	FRA	Bonovo Action BMW	+2.202s
18	Xavi Vierge	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+2.203s
19	Hafizh Syahrin	MAL	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	+2.553s
20	Tito Rabat	SPA	Puccetti Kawasaki	+2.670s
21	Florian Alt	GER	Team HRC	+3.289s
22	Gabriele Ruiu	ITA	Bmax Racing BWM	+3.592s
23	Leandro Mercado	ARG	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	+3.839s
24	Oliver Konig	CZE	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	+3.944s

Next to no running in Free Practice 1

Damp and cold conditions led to a very slow start to Free Practice 1, as wildcard rider Florian Alt tip-toed his way around the Jerez circuit.

Oliver Konig was the second rider to venture out while the likes of Toprak Razgatlioglu, Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes were seen talking to their teams on the pit wall.

With conditions still not improving, many riders elected to remain in pit lane while Michael Van Der Mark became the third rider to test out the grip.

But the factory BMW rider did not set a lap time as he instead pulled straight back into pit lane.

Replacing the injured Eric Granado, Leandro Mercado headed out soon after the Dutchman.

2023 World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Free Practice (1) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Leandro Mercado	ARG	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	2:01.309s
2	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+1.405s
3	Florian Alt	GER	Team HRC	+1.508s
4	Oliver Konig	CZE	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	+3.194s
5	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	No Time Set
6	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	No Time Set
7	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	No Time Set
8	Garrett Gerloff	USA	Bonovo Action BMW	No Time Set
9	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	No Time Set
10	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	Barni Spark Racing Team	No Time Set
11	Iker Lecuona	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	No Time Set
12	Dominique Aegerter	SWI	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	No Time Set
13	Philipp Oettl	GER	GoEleven Ducati	No Time Set
14	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	No Time Set
15	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	No Time Set
16	Lorenzo Baldassarri	ITA	GMT94 Yamaha	No Time Set
17	Scott Redding	GBR	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	No Time Set
18	Xavi Vierge	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	No Time Set
19	Tito Rabat	SPA	Puccetti Kawasaki	No Time Set
20	Isaac Vinales	SPA	TPR by Vinales Racing	No Time Set
21	Bradley Ray	GBR	Motoxracing Yamaha WorldSBK Team	No Time Set
22	Gabriele Ruiu	ITA	Bmax Racing BWM	No Time Set
23	Remy Gardner	AUS	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	No Time Set
24	Loris Baz	FRA	Bonovo Action BMW	No Time Set
25	Hafizh Syahrin	MAL	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	No Time Set
26	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	No Time Set

Jerez World Superbike Schedule (UK time)

Friday

Free Practice 1 - 9:30am

Free Practice 2 - 13:00pm

Saturday

Free Practice 3 - 8am

Superpole - 10:10am

Race 1 - 13:00pm

Sunday

Warm-up - 8am

Superpole Race - 10am

Race 2 - 13:00pm

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