World Superbike Catalunya, Spain - Warm-up Results

Results from warm-up, round nine of the 2021 World Superbike Championship at Catalunya.
Jonathan Rea, Catalunya WorldSBK, 18 September 2021
Jonathan Rea, Catalunya WorldSBK, 18 September 2021
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Jonathan Rea finishes Sunday warm-up for the Catalunya WorldSBK round nine fastest. 

World Superbike Catalunya, Spain - Warm-up Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime
1Jonathan ReaGBRKawasaki Racing Team1:41.711s
2Andrea LocatelliITAPATA Yamaha+0.175s
3Michael RinaldiITAAruba.It Ducati+0.271s
4Garrett GerloffUSAGRT Yamaha+0.369s
5Alvaro BautistaSPATeam HRC+0.400s
6Toprak RazgatliogluTURPATA Yamaha+0.414s
7Scott ReddingGBRAruba.It Ducati+0.526s
8Tom SykesGBRMotorrad BMW WorldSBK Team+0.551s
9Alex LowesGBRKawasaki Racing Team+0.678s
10Leon HaslamGBRTeam HRC+0.689s
11Michael Van Der MarkNEDMotorrad BMW WorldSBK Team+0.712s
12Lucas MahiasFRAKawasaki Puccetti+0.897s
13Chaz DaviesGBRGoEleven Ducati+1.058s
14Axel BassaniITAMotocorsa Ducati+1.157s
15Jonas FolgerGERBenovo BMW+1.761s
16Leandro MercadoARGMIE Honda Racing+1.810s
17Samuele CavalieriSPABarni Ducati+1.864s
18Kohta NozaneJPNGRT Yamaha+1.941s
19Isaac VinalesSPAOrelac Racing Kawasaki+2.333s
20Christophe PonssonFRAGil Yamaha+2.333s
21Loris CressonBELPedercini Kawasaki+2.948s
22Lachlan EpisAUSPedercini Kawasaki+4.759s

As has been the case for most of the weekend, Rea and Razgatlioglu battled it out for top spot with the Kawasaki rider leading the way initially.  

Race one’s maiden podium finisher Axel Bassani had a fast warm-up crash at turn one which brought out a red flag with eight minutes left. The session restarted after a 11 minute delay.

Rea significantly improved on his third lap out of the pits to go over five tenths clear of Tom Sykes, before Andrea Locatelli reduced that gap to go P2.

Separating Locatelli and Razgatlioglu in the top six was Michael Rinaldi, Gerloff and Alvaro Bautista.

Rinaldi had been on course to go top with his final effort, however, the Italian lost out in the final sector, a sector where Rea has regularly been quicker than most.

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