WorldSBK Catalunya, Spain - Free Practice Results (1)

Results from free practice one, round nine of the 2021 World Superbike Championship at Catalunya.

17 Sep 2021

Jonathan Rea, French WorldSBK, 5 September 2021
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Jonathan Rea finishes FP1 for the Catalan WorldSBK fastest from championship rival Toprak Razgatlioglu.

WorldSBK Catalunya, Spain - Free Practice Results (1)
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	1:42.419s
2	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	PATA Yamaha	+0.159s
3	Tom Sykes	GBR	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+0.189s
4	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	+0.279s
5	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	PATA Yamaha	+0.296s
6	Leon Haslam	GBR	Team HRC	+0.324s
7	Michael Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Ducati	+0.353s
8	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+0.444s
9	Garrett Gerloff	USA	GRT Yamaha	+0.500s
10	Isaac Vinales	SPA	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	+0.763s
11	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+0.789s
12	Lucas Mahias	FRA	Kawasaki Puccetti	+0.959s
13	Scott Redding	GBR	Aruba.It Ducati	+0.959s
14	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Team HRC	+1.079s
15	Chaz Davies	GBR	GoEleven Ducati	+1.092s
16	Jonas Folger	GER	Benovo BMW	+1.311s
17	Kohta Nozane	JPN	GRT Yamaha	+1.479s
18	Leandro Mercado	ARG	MIE Honda Racing	+1.594s
19	Samuele Cavalieri	SPA	Barni Ducati	+1.602s
20	Christophe Ponsson	FRA	Gil Yamaha	+1.932s
21	Loris Cresson	BEL	Pedercini Kawasaki	+3.728s

After enjoying a recent two-day test in Barcelona, Rea was able to use the extra data gathered aboard his Ninja ZX-10RR to immediately set the pace.

Alex Lowes was second quickest following the initial flurry of laps before championship leader Razgatlioglu split the two KRT riders.

Tom Sykes moved up to third with a quarter of the session remaining, while Andrea Locatelli continued to impress in fifth.

With less than ten minutes remaining, Locatelli improved his time again which resulted in the top five being separated by just three tenths.

Times and positions inside the top five remained unchanged during the final few minutes, while Garrett Gerloff moved up from 14th to eighth.

WorldSBK Catalunya, Spain - Free Practice Results (1)

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