WorldSBK Misano, Italy - Free Practice Results (1)

Results from the first practice session at Misano, round 3 of the 2021 World Superbike Championship.

11 Jun 2021

WorldSBK Misano, Italy - Free Practice Results (1)

Toprak Razgatlioglu topped the opening free practice session ahead of Michael Rinaldi and Garrett Gerloff.

WorldSBK Misano, Italy - Free Practice Results (1)
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	PATA Yamaha	1:34.848s
2	Michael Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Ducati	+0.054s
3	Garrett Gerloff	USA	GRT Yamaha	+0.075s
4	Chaz Davies	GBR	GoEleven Ducati	+0.543s
5	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+0.701s
6	Tito Rabat	SPA	Barni Ducati	+0.803s
7	Leon Haslam	GBR	Team HRC	+0.885s
8	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	+0.941s
9	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Team HRC	+0.961s
10	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+0.983s
11	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	+1.066s
12	Scott Redding	GBR	Aruba.It Ducati	+1.137s
13	Lucas Mahias	FRA	Kawasaki Puccetti	+1.320s
14	Tom Sykes	GBR	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+1.383s
15	Kohta Nozane	JPN	GRT Yamaha	+1.440s
16	Jonas Folger	GER	Benovo BMW	+1.561s
17	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	PATA Yamaha	+1.570s
18	Eugene Laverty	IRL	RC Squadra Corse BMW	+2.035s
19	Isaac Vinales	SPA	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	+2.066s
20	Christophe Ponsson	FRA	Gil Yamaha	+2.457s
21	Samuele Cavalieri	ITA	Pedercini Kawasaki	+3.563s
22	Loris Cresson	BEL	Pedercini Kawasaki	+5.033s

The top two riders from March’ pre-season test at Misano were once again fastest during the opening stages as Rinaldi led from Razgatlioglu.

The battle continued all the way until the flag between both men as Razgatlioglu pipped the Italian by just half a tenth.

Gerloff joined Razgatlioglu and Rinaldi in setting a sub 1m 35s lap time, which was half a second better than the next best of Chaz Davies.

Scott Redding was given a black technical flag halfway through FP1 as smoke was coming from the rear of his Aruba.it Ducati machine. Redding was unable to rejoin the session and finished 12th.

It also was a difficult session for six-time world champion Jonathan Rea as issues limited his time out on track. Rea was able to salvage track time late on and moved from 18th to eighth.

It was an impressive showing on home soil for WorldSBK rookie Axel Bassani who spent much of the morning session inside the top five.

Lap Record: Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 1m 34.720s - 2015

2021 Race Winners:

Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 4 Wins

Scott Redding GBR Aruba.it Ducati 2 Wins

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