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Post by truenorth on May 9, 2023 8:36:41 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on May 13, 2023 7:44:59 GMT -8
Bautista leads Ducati 1-2 in rain-affected Day 2 at the Misano test Friday, 12 May 2023 Reigning Champion Alvaro Bautista cemented his place at the top of the timesheets on Day 2 despite rain impacting the day The second and final day of testing at the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” for the majority of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship concluded with reigning Champion Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) taking top spot and leading a Ducati 1-2 on a rain-affected day in Italy. A shower an hour before the scheduled one-hour break, and more rain in the afternoon, limited running across the day but teams and riders were still able to take advantage of periods of dry conditions while most did use the test to get some wet-weather running in. BAUTISTA LEADS RINALDI: just over a tenth in it… Top spot on Day 2 belonged to Bautista once again as he set a 1’33.627s and completed 72 laps to take top spot, lapping around six tenths slower than his best time from Day 1 as he focused on the setup of his Panigale V4 R. Bautista led a Ducati 1-2 as teammate Michael Ruben Rinaldi finished in second. Rinaldi was 0.138s slower than Bautista as he looked to find a setup ahead of the Emilia-Romagna Round at the start of June. Two Independent Ducati riders finished inside the top ten with Philipp Oettl (Team GoEleven) in eighth and Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) in ninth. Oettl’s best time, as he went in search of rear grip, was a 1’34.829s after completing 52 laps, while Bassani set a 1’34.972s for tenth place. Bassani added 31 laps to his total on the rain-disrupted day as he worked on tyre consumption during the test after struggling in Barcelona. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team) was the only WorldSSP rider on track and he only took to the track in wet conditions in the morning, setting a 1’52.942s and only completing seven laps. THREE YAMAHAS IN THE TOP FIVE: Razgatlioglu third, Baldassarri impresses again The Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK squad had five bikes to ride between Toprak Razgatlioglu and Andrea Locatelli during the test, with 2021 Champion Razgatlioglu using the extra bike on Day 2. He finished third after setting a 1’34.181s on Day 2 and completing 43 laps across his three bikes. Teammate Locatelli was fourth and three tenths behind Razgatlioglu at the end of the test, with Locatelli completing 51 laps with his two bikes. Lorenzo Baldassarri (GMT94 Yamaha) enjoyed a strong test on home soil at Misano and took sixth place on Day 2, half-a-second down on Razgatlioglu and just over a second off Bautista’s time. Baldassarri, on Day 1, had similar problems to those he had in Barcelona but was able to make a step forward and he continued that work on Day 2 while also looking at the geometry of his Yamaha YZF R1 machine. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) finished the test in 12th place with 57 laps to his name, while teammate Dominique Aegerter was 15th after completing 51 laps on Day 2. BMW STRONG AT MISANO: Redding leads the way for the German manufacturer After a strong performance on Day 1, eyes were on BMW to see if they could repeat that on Day 2 and they did so with three riders in the top ten. Scott Redding (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) took sixth spot with a best time of 1’34.796s and 53 laps to his name while teammate Tom Sykes, testing new components that Redding had yesterday, was inside the top ten once again and only two tenths behind Redding. Garrett Gerloff (Bonovo Action BMW) was able to squeeze between the two factory BMW riders as he took seventh place in the standings with 30 laps to his name on Day 2, setting a best time of 1’34.832s. Teammate Loris Baz, still being affected by the injury sustained at Mandalika, was 14th on his M1000RR machine. Baz did not test new parts during the test as he focused on getting back up to speed following his injury and he completed 54 laps. Baz did have a crash with around an hour to go but he was okay after the incident. SWINGARMS AT HONDA: Vierge tries more… On Day 1 at Misano, Xavi Vierge (Team HRC) tried one of the two new swingarms while Iker Lecuona was able to test both. Day 2 meant Vierge was able to try the second one on his CBR1000RR-R machine although conditions were not optimal for testing. He took 11th place at the end of Day 2 with a best time of 1’35.098s as he completed 34 laps. Teammate Lecuona was two places further back and exactly a tenth slower than Vierge, racking up 39 laps on Day 2. Tarran Mackenzie was once again the sole PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Team rider on track at Misano and he closed the gap to the leaders on Day 2, posting a best time of 1’37.101s to lap 3.474s slower than Bautista on a day truncated by rain showers. The Scot added 35 laps to his WorldSBK experience tally on Day 2. KRT GET 60 LAPS ON DAY 2: one of the busiest riders With Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK’s Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes not travelling to Misano and KRT operating a slimmed-down approach, riding duties were left to test rider Florian Marino and the team only tested on Day 2. Marino racked up 73 laps on the ZX-10RR machine with a best time of 1’35.688s. Lucas Mahias (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) was the only other Kawasaki on track at the test, with Mahias completing 30 laps with a best time of 1’36.000s. The top six from Day 2 at Misano, full results here: 1. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 1’33.627s, 72 laps 2. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 63 laps 3. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK), 43 laps 4. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK), 51 laps 5. Lorenzo Baldassarri (GMT94 Yamaha) 1’34.681s, 44 laps 6. Scott Redding (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team), 1’34.796s, 53 laps
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Post by truenorth on May 13, 2023 7:47:15 GMT -8
Lecuona "expected more" at Misano test, "not happy" despite trying Honda swingarms Friday, 12 May 2023 Spanish rider Iker Lecuona tried two new Honda swingarms during the test but declared that he expected more during at Misano The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship travelled east from Spain to Italy for a two-day test at the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” with a chance to test several upgrades as teams and riders looked to make forward progress. One team to bring upgrades was Team HRC who brought two swingarms for riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge to test across the test, although rain on Day 2 limited their running. Vierge was speaking positively on Day 1 but teammate Lecuona was downbeat following the end of testing on Day 2. Lecuona’s best time on Day 2 was a 1’35.198s, with times generally slower on Day 2 compared to Day 1, after completing 39 laps across the second day. Lecuona did not do any long stints during the day, with rain in the morning and afternoon impacting everyone’s testing programmes. Lecuona was exactly a tenth slower than Vierge at the end of Day 2, while Lecuona completed more laps than Vierge with the latter adding 34 to Honda’s tally on the second day. Reflecting on the second day, Lecuona said: “It was quite difficult, honestly. In general, we struggled. We tried different items on the bike but with one it feels better, with another it’s so-so. Overall, honestly, I cannot be happy. The weather doesn’t help us to approve but even in wet conditions this morning, we had the chance to rider and I felt the same problem as always: that the rear wants to overtake me and I don’t have any confidence to release the brakes and to go in fast. I felt slow in the wet and usually I go fast. Still struggling in the wet, still struggling a little bit in the dry. We need to check the data. I’m not happy.” One of the big upgrades was seen on the Team HRC CBR1000RR-R machines with two swingarms to try throughout the test. On Day 1, Lecuona was able to test both swingarms with only rain in the afternoon impacting running but he stuck to his base bike on Day 2 due to the weather conditions, with rain in the morning and afternoon interrupting running. However, Lecuona spoke about the new swingarms at the end of Day 2. Giving his first thoughts on the swingarms, Lecuona said: “We’re looking to improve the lap time! We don’t know if it’s better for the corners or for stopping or whatever. We tried some different items, some different ways, to improve the lap time and the feeling with the bike, to see if we had more margin to improve. The situation right now is that, yesterday, I tried two different swingarms. Today, with the weather, I didn’t try anything; just my standard bike. Yesterday, I didn’t like one and I liked the other but, the one I like is just in a few areas. For example, it helped me in stopping but in a different area we lost a little bit. We need to check the data and understand if it’s better or not. I’m not happy. It’s true it’s a test to try these items but I expected more.”
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Post by truenorth on May 13, 2023 8:14:04 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: Re all the penalties - the good thing is that pretty much all the top riders are saying "LET US RACE! ALLOW US TO DO WHAT WE DO! WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO FIGHT". Maybe the stewards are taking notice because there were no penalties in the sprint Riders met race direction and stewards yesterday. Marini angry after the sprint that all their promises to be more consistent with penalties already out of the window - he says Binder did what Bagnaia did to Miller at Jerez but no penalty etc
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Post by truenorth on May 13, 2023 8:25:02 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: Aero is such a huge new world. Aleix E tried the seat wing at Jerez & crashed, because it reduced front load. It's only to be used with the fork wings, which obvs increase front load, reducing wheelies & allowing a more powerful torque map
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Post by truenorth on May 22, 2023 7:45:41 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on May 22, 2023 7:53:15 GMT -8
His mentor Kenan doesn't like to be mucked about. When Kawasaki 'disrespected' them at the Suzuka 8hr by leaving him out of the team they threw their toys out of the pram and left. Now Yamaha have done something similar over the MotoGP deal so their reaction is the same.
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Post by truenorth on May 23, 2023 11:07:44 GMT -8
Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha and Andrea Locatelli Extend Agreement for Two More Years “My objective was to continue with Yamaha, so I’m very happy to have signed for another two years. One of the best things about Yamaha is the people who believe in me..."
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Post by truenorth on May 30, 2023 8:46:23 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Jun 1, 2023 6:30:08 GMT -8
Sofuoglu on Razgatlioglu’s BMW move: "We believe we are going to win the Championship with BMW!" Thursday, 1 June 2023 Five-time World Supersport Champion, and Toprak Razgatlioglu’s manager, spoke about the 2021 Champion’s move to BMW for 2024 As the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship paddock gets set for the 2023 Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Round at the iconic Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli”, all eyes will be on Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) following the announcement that he would switch to the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team for 2024. Ahead of Round 5 of 2023, Kenan Sofuoglu, Razgatlioglu’s manager and five-time World Champion, discussed Razgatlioglu’s move to BMW for next season as well as how he hopes he can end his Yamaha career on a high note this season. LONG TERM GOALS: “He has a two-year contract and, I believe, we will win the Championship…” When Razgatlioglu lines up on the 2024 grid with BMW, the German manufacturer will become the third different manufacturer Razgatlioglu has raced for in WorldSBK alongside Kawasaki and Yamaha. He has claimed wins and podiums with both Kawasaki and Yamaha so far, as well as the 2021 title with the latter, but Sofuoglu believes that Razgatlioglu will be able to add more wins, podiums and titles to his collection when he joins BMW next season. The five-time WorldSSP Champion also likened the move to when Razgatlioglu left Kawasaki and joined Yamaha for 2020 where he won in Australia, in Race 1, to take his first Yamaha victory in his first race. Explaining the long-term goals, Sofuoglu said: “Toprak had an offer in 2020 to leave a winning package, when Jonny was winning everything. Kawasaki wanted him and he was very good on Kawasaki. Later, we moved to Yamaha and we won the Championship with Yamaha. The Yamaha movement made Toprak much more famous. If Toprak was the third Kawasaki and won Championships with Kawasaki, I think Toprak wouldn’t have been as famous as today. It’s very different to have Kawasaki fighting with Kawasaki or Kawasaki fighting with Yamaha as we did with the last contract. Now, we want to do this with BMW. Maybe not many people believe in us. We believe very much, me and Toprak. We believe 100% we are going to win the Championship with BMW. Time will show us, but this is what we believe. “BMW are a very big brand and they are very excited to give us what we need. Toprak has enough talent to cover missing points. He has a two-year contract and, I believe, we will win the Championship. I can’t say which year, but we come to BMW to make BMW and ourselves Champions. They are fully ready for what Toprak needs to make it, even in the future. If Toprak asks, BMW are ready to deliver to Toprak what he needs to make the bike a Championship winning bike. This partnership came together to be Champions. We came together to make BMW World Champions. This is our main goal.” JOINING BMW: “It’s one of the hardest challenges… Toprak wants to try it” Razgatlioglu will leave his Yamaha YZF-R1 behind at the end of the year, in which he has won 31 races and taken a total of 78 podiums. He claimed the 2021 title after an incredible season-long fight with Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) which culminated in a showdown in Indonesia. Sofuoglu discussed why Razgatlioglu opted to leave Yamaha for BMW next season, with the M1000RR proving to be less competitive in 2023 compared to the Yamaha although the team did score podiums last year with the old model. Sofuoglu explained: “There was an offer from BMW. They were the first interested team for Toprak. We tried to deal with Yamaha and when BMW’s interest arrived, I told all of them very clearly, ‘first, we will speak with Yamaha and if we don’t make an agreement with them, we can start speaking’. We couldn’t deal with Yamaha, but it was not just for the money story but mainly, in our mind, to make the change. I saw that Toprak was most interested in BMW. He knows, and we know, it’s one of the hardest challenges it can be. Toprak wants to try it. BMW’s never been WorldSBK Champion. They’ve had some good results but have never been the Champion. If you look at the results right now, we can’t say it’s going to be easy for us. I give my full support to Toprak. I believe he’s very talented and this is why I fully support him for his excitement with BMW. In the end, we found an agreement. I already see, this spring, very good excitement from Toprak. We saw it at the last test at Misano. We were very close to the deal at this test and Toprak was very excited to continue in WorldSBK with a new challenge. People were telling him it would be difficult, but he wanted to see what he could do with BMW. This is what we needed. This was the main reason we made this change in WorldSBK.” A STRUGGLE BEFORE ADAPTING? “I don’t think it’ll take a long time for Toprak to understand the bike” BMW have changed their rider line-up on several occasions in recent seasons, first bringing in Michael van der Mark from Yamaha, with the Dutchman taking BMW’s last victory in a mixed conditions Portimao Tissot Superpole Race in 2021 as well as Scott Redding who came in at the start of the 2022 season. In recent years, they have also fielded Eugene Laverty and Tom Sykes, the latter of whom is back on a temporary basis as van der Mark recovers from a fractured leg. Razgatlioglu will become the latest to adapt from their current machine to the M1000RR and Sofuoglu outlined the short-term goals for the 2021 Champion. He said: “Yamaha haven’t allowed us to start early testing. In the WorldSBK paddock, normally every team allows riders after the final race, but Yamaha didn’t give us the green light to jump on the bike after the final race. Toprak is very hungry to jump on the BMW. I think the team will prepare a very good testing programme for Toprak. I don’t think it will take a long time for Toprak to understand the bike and start to have good results. Maybe this time next year, I guess, we will have the first podium. Winning, we have to see, but I can tell you Toprak will start with BMW with a podium opportunity. Maybe winning but we’ll have to see later. I’m sure about it.” LEAVING YAMAHA ON A HIGH: “We want to win the Championship…” Razgatlioglu took the 2021 title with Yamaha and fought with Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) last year as he looked to retain it. However, the Spanish rider prevailed as he claimed his first WorldSBK crown and he currently holds a 69-point advantage over Razgatlioglu after four rounds. Sofuoglu discussed the Ducati-Bautista package as well as the aim of Razgatlioglu leaving Yamaha on a high with more victories and, potentially, the Championship. Discussing this, Sofuoglu said: “We want to win the Championship, but we have to be realistic. Bautista is too strong. Personally, I never see it as Ducati are too good because Bautista is winning. I think, together, they are very good. Bautista is the one rider using the Ducati like he needs to. This package is together is too strong and it looks like it’ll be difficult to beat them. I am very confident that there are some races Toprak will be very strong and beat Bautista. This could be at Misano. This could be much more likely at Donington and Imola. There are a few races where Bautista will have a hard time. Generally, if you look at the whole season, Bautista can win the Championship, but I think there are a lot of races that we can win.”
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Post by truenorth on Jun 3, 2023 8:41:50 GMT -8
Misano FP1 1 54 T. RAZGATLIOGLU TUR Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.154 19 161,582 269,3 2 21 M. RINALDI ITA Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 1'34.396 0.242 0.242 17 161,168 272,0 3 1 A. BAUTISTA ESP Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 1'34.465 0.311 0.069 20 161,050 278,4 4 77 D. AEGERTER SUI GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'34.706 0.552 0.241 22 160,640 270,0 5 55 A. LOCATELLI ITA Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.730 0.576 0.024 21 160,600 272,7 6 22 A. LOWES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'34.816 0.662 0.086 19 160,454 270,0 7 31 G. GERLOFF USA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 1'34.832 0.678 0.016 15 160,427 272,7 8 65 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'34.864 0.710 0.032 18 160,373 270,7 9 97 X. VIERGE ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 1'34.919 0.765 0.055 20 160,280 272,7 10 7 I. LECUONA ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 1'34.970 0.816 0.051 18 160,194 270,7 11 45 S. REDDING GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 1'35.137 0.983 0.167 15 159,913 271,4 12 66 T. SYKES GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 1'35.137 0.983 0.000 18 159,913 270,7 13 9 D. PETRUCCI ITA Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'35.195 1.041 0.058 21 159,815 272,7 14 87 R. GARDNER AUS GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'35.232 1.078 0.037 21 159,753 268,7 15 47 A. BASSANI ITA Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'35.333 1.179 0.101 15 159,584 270,7 16 76 L. BAZ FRA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 1'35.360 1.206 0.027 15 159,539 268,7 17 5 P. OETTL GER Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'35.471 1.317 0.111 20 159,353 270,0 18 34 L. BALDASSARRI ITA GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'36.035 1.881 0.564 18 158,417 265,4 19 28 B. RAY GBR Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'36.292 2.138 0.257 17 157,994 266,0 20 16 G. RUIU ITA Bmax Racing BMW M1000 RR IND 1'36.474 2.320 0.182 15 157,696 267,3 21 53 T. RABAT ESP Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1'36.485 2.331 0.011 21 157,678 268,0 22 35 H. SYAHRIN MAS PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 1'36.584 2.430 0.099 19 157,517 268,7 23 70 L. VITALI ITA Orelac Racing MOVISIO Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1'36.767 2.613 0.183 13 157,219 260,9 ----------------- Out 105% in this Session ----------------- 24 88 R. MIZUNO JPN PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 1'39.303 5.149 2.536 17 153,204 265,4 25 32 I. VINALES ESP TPR by Vinales Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1 244,3
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Post by truenorth on Jun 3, 2023 8:42:52 GMT -8
FP 2 1 1 A. BAUTISTA ESP Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 1'33.825 22 162,149 275,5 2 9 D. PETRUCCI ITA Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'34.276 0.451 0.451 21 161,373 270,7 3 21 M. RINALDI ITA Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 1'34.283 0.458 0.007 21 161,361 270,7 4 22 A. LOWES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'34.477 0.652 0.194 22 161,030 269,3 5 54 T. RAZGATLIOGLU TUR Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.494 0.669 0.017 25 161,001 269,3 6 31 G. GERLOFF USA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 1'34.610 0.785 0.116 19 160,803 271,4 7 47 A. BASSANI ITA Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'34.699 0.874 0.089 21 160,652 270,7 8 65 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'34.713 0.888 0.014 24 160,628 269,3 9 45 S. REDDING GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 1'34.826 1.001 0.113 16 160,437 271,4 10 97 X. VIERGE ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 1'34.833 1.008 0.007 22 160,425 272,7 11 66 T. SYKES GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 1'34.867 1.042 0.034 15 160,368 270,7 12 5 P. OETTL GER Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'34.922 1.097 0.055 19 160,275 270,0 13 7 I. LECUONA ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 1'34.932 1.107 0.010 17 160,258 270,0 14 55 A. LOCATELLI ITA Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 1'35.063 1.238 0.131 20 160,037 270,7 15 76 L. BAZ FRA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 1'35.134 1.309 0.071 21 159,918 267,3 16 87 R. GARDNER AUS GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'35.321 1.496 0.187 20 159,604 268,7 17 77 D. AEGERTER SUI GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'35.455 1.630 0.134 12 159,380 268,7 18 28 B. RAY GBR Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'35.523 1.698 0.068 18 159,266 264,7 19 16 G. RUIU ITA Bmax Racing BMW M1000 RR IND 1'35.547 1.722 0.024 14 159,226 272,0 20 34 L. BALDASSARRI ITA GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'36.092 2.267 0.545 24 158,323 262,8 21 35 H. SYAHRIN MAS PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 1'36.647 2.822 0.555 17 157,414 267,3 22 53 T. RABAT ESP Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1'36.783 2.958 0.136 20 157,193 267,3 23 70 L. VITALI ITA Orelac Racing MOVISIO Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1'36.908 3.083 0.125 16 156,990 264,1 24 32 I. VINALES ESP TPR by Vinales Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1'37.504 3.679 0.596 17 156,031 257,8 25 88 R. MIZUNO JPN PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 1'37.513 3.688 0.009 18 156,016 264,1
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Post by truenorth on Jun 3, 2023 8:43:58 GMT -8
FP 3 1 1 A. BAUTISTA ESP Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 1'33.352 14 162,970 282,0 2 21 M. RINALDI ITA Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 1'33.597 0.245 0.245 15 162,544 276,2 3 65 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'33.955 0.603 0.358 13 161,924 276,2 4 87 R. GARDNER AUS GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'34.069 0.717 0.114 14 161,728 270,7 5 5 P. OETTL GER Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'34.137 0.785 0.068 15 161,611 272,0 6 47 A. BASSANI ITA Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'34.146 0.794 0.009 15 161,596 274,8 7 9 D. PETRUCCI ITA Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'34.223 0.871 0.077 17 161,464 274,1 8 55 A. LOCATELLI ITA Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.228 0.876 0.005 16 161,455 273,4 9 54 T. RAZGATLIOGLU TUR Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.246 0.894 0.018 12 161,424 273,4 10 7 I. LECUONA ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 1'34.255 0.903 0.009 13 161,409 272,0 11 77 D. AEGERTER SUI GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'34.369 1.017 0.114 14 161,214 272,0 12 22 A. LOWES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'34.458 1.106 0.089 18 161,062 274,1 13 45 S. REDDING GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 1'34.707 1.355 0.249 11 160,639 272,7 14 97 X. VIERGE ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 1'34.769 1.417 0.062 15 160,534 277,6 15 28 B. RAY GBR Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'34.790 1.438 0.021 11 160,498 272,7 16 76 L. BAZ FRA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 1'35.190 1.838 0.400 14 159,824 271,4 17 66 T. SYKES GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 1'35.544 2.192 0.354 12 159,231 272,7 18 34 L. BALDASSARRI ITA GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'35.573 2.221 0.029 8 159,183 268,7 19 35 H. SYAHRIN MAS PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 1'35.924 2.572 0.351 13 158,601 272,0 20 70 L. VITALI ITA Orelac Racing MOVISIO Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1'36.118 2.766 0.194 12 158,280 267,3 21 16 G. RUIU ITA Bmax Racing BMW M1000 RR IND 1'36.172 2.820 0.054 12 158,192 273,4 22 32 I. VINALES ESP TPR by Vinales Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1'36.502 3.150 0.330 14 157,651 266,0 23 53 T. RABAT ESP Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1'36.832 3.480 0.330 11 157,113 272,7 24 31 G. GERLOFF USA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 1'36.930 3.578 0.098 2 156,955 275,5 25 88 R. MIZUNO JPN PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 1'37.235 3.883 0.305 12 156,462 270,0
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Post by truenorth on Jun 3, 2023 8:44:35 GMT -8
Superpole 1 1 A. BAUTISTA ESP Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 1'33.017 6 163,557 281,3 2 54 T. RAZGATLIOGLU TUR Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 1'33.182 0.165 0.165 6 163,268 274,1 3 21 M. RINALDI ITA Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 1'33.266 0.249 0.084 7 163,121 274,8 4 9 D. PETRUCCI ITA Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'33.403 0.386 0.137 7 162,881 274,1 5 47 A. BASSANI ITA Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'33.430 0.413 0.027 7 162,834 275,5 6 65 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'33.578 0.561 0.148 6 162,577 271,4 7 77 D. AEGERTER SUI GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'33.821 0.804 0.243 6 162,156 272,0 8 7 I. LECUONA ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 1'33.830 0.813 0.009 6 162,140 273,4 9 87 R. GARDNER AUS GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'33.997 0.980 0.167 6 161,852 270,7 10 22 A. LOWES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'34.016 0.999 0.019 5 161,819 272,0 11 55 A. LOCATELLI ITA Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 1'34.065 1.048 0.049 6 161,735 274,1 12 45 S. REDDING GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 1'34.134 1.117 0.069 5 161,616 274,1 13 5 P. OETTL GER Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4R IND 1'34.264 1.247 0.130 7 161,394 274,8 14 31 G. GERLOFF USA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 1'34.268 1.251 0.004 6 161,387 273,4 15 28 B. RAY GBR Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'34.371 1.354 0.103 5 161,211 267,3 16 97 X. VIERGE ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 1'34.434 1.417 0.063 6 161,103 274,1 17 34 L. BALDASSARRI ITA GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 IND 1'34.446 1.429 0.012 6 161,083 268,0 18 66 T. SYKES GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 1'34.494 1.477 0.048 4 161,001 272,0 19 76 L. BAZ FRA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 1'34.522 1.505 0.028 6 160,953 270,7 20 35 H. SYAHRIN MAS PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 1'35.247 2.230 0.725 5 159,728 271,4 21 16 G. RUIU ITA Bmax Racing BMW M1000 RR IND 1'35.796 2.779 0.549 4 158,812 265,4 22 53 T. RABAT ESP Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1'36.025 3.008 0.229 6 158,434 270,0 23 32 I. VINALES ESP TPR by Vinales Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1'36.350 3.333 0.325 6 157,899 264,1 24 70 L. VITALI ITA Orelac Racing MOVISIO Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 1'36.630 3.613 0.280 5 157,442 263,4 25 88 R. MIZUNO JPN PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 1'37.246 4.229 0.616 5 156,444 270,7
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Post by truenorth on Jun 3, 2023 8:45:18 GMT -8
SBK Race 1 1 1 1 A. BAUTISTA ESP Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 20 1'33.901 278,4 1'33.017 281,3 2 3 21 M. RINALDI ITA Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 20 5.221 5.221 1'34.093 272,7 1'33.266 274,8 3 2 54 T. RAZGATLIOGLU TUR Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 20 8.971 3.750 1'34.350 269,3 1'33.182 274,1 4 5 47 A. BASSANI ITA Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4R IND 20 14.285 5.314 1'34.364 276,2 1'33.430 275,5 5 6 65 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 20 18.594 4.309 1'34.435 273,4 1'33.578 271,4 6 7 77 D. AEGERTER SUI GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 20 19.021 0.427 1'34.548 272,0 1'33.821 272,0 7 10 22 A. LOWES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 20 21.036 2.015 1'34.767 273,4 1'34.016 272,0 8 8 7 I. LECUONA ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 20 23.751 2.715 1'35.045 273,4 1'33.830 273,4 9 9 87 R. GARDNER AUS GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 20 24.011 0.260 1'34.831 272,0 1'33.997 270,7 10 16 97 X. VIERGE ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 20 29.081 5.070 1'35.277 278,4 1'34.434 274,1 11 12 45 S. REDDING GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 20 29.430 0.349 1'34.857 274,1 1'34.134 274,1 12 11 55 A. LOCATELLI ITA Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 20 30.139 0.709 1'35.271 272,0 1'34.065 274,1 13 14 31 G. GERLOFF USA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 20 30.562 0.423 1'35.309 276,2 1'34.268 273,4 14 13 5 P. OETTL GER Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4R IND 20 33.210 2.648 1'35.330 275,5 1'34.264 274,8 15 17 34 L. BALDASSARRI ITA GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 IND 20 34.858 1.648 1'35.522 265,4 1'34.446 268,0 16 18 66 T. SYKES GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 20 35.778 0.920 1'35.685 272,7 1'34.494 272,0 17 22 76 L. BAZ FRA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 20 38.489 2.711 1'35.584 270,7 1'34.522 270,7 18 15 28 B. RAY GBR Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 20 40.374 1.885 1'35.666 270,0 1'34.371 267,3 19 21 53 T. RABAT ESP Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 20 56.950 16.576 1'36.520 269,3 1'36.025 270,0 20 23 32 I. VINALES ESP TPR by Vinales Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 20 1'03.273 6.323 1'36.893 263,4 1'36.350 264,1 21 25 88 R. MIZUNO JPN PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 20 1'30.052 26.779 1'37.520 266,7 1'37.246 270,7 -----------------Not Classifed----------------- RET 4 9 D. PETRUCCI ITA Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R IND 14 6 Laps 1'34.341 270,7 1'33.403 274,1 RET 19 35 H. SYAHRIN MAS PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 8 12 Laps 1'36.014 270,7 1'35.247 271,4 RET 24 70 L. VITALI ITA Orelac Racing MOVISIO Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 0 1'36.630 263,4 NS 20 16 G. RUIU ITA Bmax Racing BMW M1000 RR IND 1'35.796 265,4
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Post by truenorth on Jun 3, 2023 8:46:42 GMT -8
Supersport Race 1 1 1 11 N. BULEGA ITA Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team Ducati Panigale V2 18 1'38.047 239,5 1'36.495 240,0 2 10 62 S. MANZI ITA Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF R6 18 1.609 1.609 1'38.009 239,5 1'37.995 238,9 3 2 64 F. CARICASULO ITA Althea Racing Team Ducati Panigale V2 18 1.814 0.205 1'37.933 240,5 1'37.112 239,5 4 4 23 M. SCHROETTER GER MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta F3 800 RR 18 2.425 0.611 1'38.104 240,0 1'37.691 240,0 5 3 55 Y. MONTELLA ITA Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V2 18 6.685 4.260 1'38.317 237,4 1'37.357 237,4 6 11 40 S. CORSI ITA Altogo Racing Team Yamaha YZF R6 18 9.838 3.153 1'38.647 237,4 1'37.865 238,9 7 5 28 G. VAN STRAALEN NED EAB Racing Team Yamaha YZF R6 18 12.193 2.355 1'38.541 240,0 1'37.720 239,5 8 8 9 J. NAVARRO ESP Ten Kate Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF R6 18 13.858 1.665 1'38.594 237,4 1'37.983 244,9 9 9 66 N. TUULI FIN Dynavolt Triumph Triumph Street Triple RS 765 18 13.959 0.101 1'38.714 242,2 1'37.993 240,5 10 7 14 L. MAHIAS FRA Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R 18 14.448 0.489 1'38.718 235,8 1'37.845 237,4 11 14 99 A. HUERTAS ESP MTM Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 18 14.608 0.160 1'38.798 238,9 1'38.230 240,0 12 13 29 N. SPINELLI ITA VFT Racing WEBIKE Yamaha Yamaha YZF R6 18 17.964 3.356 1'38.720 236,3 1'38.177 242,7 13 15 32 O. BAYLISS AUS D34G Racing Ducati Panigale V2 18 21.644 3.680 1'39.024 239,5 1'38.282 241,1 14 16 19 A. MANTOVANI ITA Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team Yamaha YZF R6 18 24.855 3.211 1'39.357 236,8 1'38.676 243,8 15 18 22 F. FULIGNI ITA Orelac Racing Verdnatura Ducati Panigale V2 * 18 35.173 10.318 1'39.552 235,8 1'38.938 234,8 16 25 71 T. EDWARDS AUS Yart-Yamaha WorldSSP Team Yamaha YZF R6 * 18 40.713 5.540 1'39.818 240,0 1'39.776 242,7 17 20 86 J. GIMBERT FRA GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF R6 18 41.290 0.577 1'40.025 241,1 1'39.003 242,7 18 24 73 M. KOFLER AUT D34G Racing Ducati Panigale V2 * 18 41.394 0.104 1'40.034 237,4 1'39.767 243,2 19 19 17 J. MCPHEE GBR Vince64 by Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R 18 48.761 7.367 1'39.345 236,3 1'38.971 237,4 20 26 16 Y. OKAYA JPN ProDina Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R * 18 49.882 1.121 1'40.280 236,3 1'39.900 243,2 21 28 7 A. NORRODIN MAS PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR600RR 18 50.018 0.136 1'40.277 235,8 1'40.290 238,9 22 29 4 H. TRUELOVE GBR Dynavolt Triumph Triumph Street Triple RS 765 18 1'06.740 16.722 1'40.981 235,3 1'40.463 239,5 23 30 56 R. WILAIROT THA Yamaha Thailand Racing Team Yamaha YZF R6 18 1'23.643 16.903 1'41.379 233,8 1'40.735 239,5 24 23 51 A. SARMOON THA Yamaha Thailand Racing Team Yamaha YZF R6 18 1'31.881 8.238 1'39.743 237,9 1'39.637 238,4 -----------------Not Classifed----------------- RET 32 27 A. DIAZ ESP Arco Yart Yamaha WorldSSP Yamaha YZF R6 * 11 7 Laps 1'40.020 238,4 1'41.396 237,4 RET 12 42 M. BUSSOLOTTI ITA Axon Seven Team Yamaha YZF R6 4 14 Laps 1'38.970 232,8 1'37.997 233,8 RET 17 69 T. BOOTH-AMOS GBR Motozoo ME AIR Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R * 3 15 Laps 1'39.575 240,0 1'38.913 238,4 RET 6 54 B. SOFUOGLU TUR MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta F3 800 RR 3 15 Laps 2'02.372 240,0 1'37.804 241,1 RET 22 95 T. MACKENZIE GBR PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR600RR 2 16 Laps 224,1 1'39.449 234,3 RET 27 68 L. POWER AUS Motozoo ME AIR Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R * 1 17 Laps 1'40.032 236,8 RET 31 98 M. ABE JPN VFT Racing WEBIKE Yamaha Yamaha YZF R6 * 0 1'41.164 235,3 RET 21 3 R. DE ROSA ITA Orelac Racing Verdnatura Ducati Panigale V2 0 1'39.155 236,3
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Post by truenorth on Jun 3, 2023 8:49:24 GMT -8
Yellow on top: Bautista leads Rinaldi in Ducati 1-2 at Misano in special livery Saturday, 3 June 2023 Alvaro Bautista and Michael Ruben Rinaldi gave the Italian fans something to cheer by taking a Ducati 1-2 at Misano The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship racing action got underway with a shortened 20-lap Race 1 at the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” during the Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Round as Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) led teammate Michael Ruben Rinaldi as the pair sported a special yellow livery in Race 1. Bautista had a five-second margin over his teammate has he made it 12 wins from 13 races in 2023 while Rinaldi added to his Misano podium count. PODIUM FIGHTS: yellow replaces red on the rostrum… As the lights went out for the 20-lap race, Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) and Rinaldi looked to have got a better start compared to Bautista but the reigning Champion was able to hold on from the pair to keep the lead from pole position. The trio fought it out over the early laps of the race with Razgatlioglu aiming to pass Rinaldi around the outside into Turn 4 with the Italian defending to keep second place. As the race settled down, Bautista and Rinaldi were both able to gap Razgatlioglu in first and second place respectively to claim a home victory for Ducati on a special liveried Panigale V4 R, with the bike running yellow colours rather than red to pay homage to Ducati’s history. The win was Bautista’s 44th win in WorldSBK and his fourth at Misano, while Rinaldi equalled his podium tally from 2022 with second place to take his fourth podium of the season. It was also the first win for a yellow Ducati since Sylvain Guintoli at Assen in 2012. While the two Ducati riders checked out in front, Razgatlioglu had to withstand some early pressure from Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) and Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) but the 2021 Champion was able to resist that pressure before pulling out a gap over his rivals. As the race hit the halfway stage, Petrucci dropped Bassani behind him and started gaining on Razgatlioglu in the podium fight. By Lap 12, Ragatlioglu started pulling away from the Italian rookie to claim third place. Razgatlioglu’s third place means he closes in on a century of WorldSBK podium while it was Yamaha’s 349th race on the podium. FIERCE FIGHTS: hard-fought race off the podium It had looked Petrucci would claim fourth place, but his race ended when he crashed on Lap 15 at Turn 8, with his Panigale V4 R ending up in the gravel and his race was over. This promoted Bassani to fourth place as he equalled his best result of the season while the battle for fifth raged on behind him between Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) and Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team). On the penultimate lap, Aegerter tried to make a move at Turn 14 and looked like he got ahead of Rea but he ran wide and allowed Rea through. He then tried to make a move at Turn 8 on the final lap, but, again, ran wide to allow Rea to keep fifth place COMPLETING THE TOP TEN: aiming to build on Sunday Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) battled up the order to claim seventh place after a fight with Iker Lecuona (Team HRC) in the early stages of the race, with the Spaniard having to resist Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) behind him after he passed the Australian rookie. Lecuona was able to hold off Gardner to claim eighth place ahead of Gardner in ninth, while Xavi Vierge (Team HRC) rounded out the top ten. SCORING POINTS: hoping for a top ten on Sunday Vierge was involved in a race-long with Scott Redding (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) with the Spaniard coming out on top ahead of Redding, who finished 11th but missed out on a spot in the top ten by just three tenths of a second. It was a difficult race for Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) who, until today, had finished every race in the top seven in 2023. He took 12th in Race 1, finishing ahead of Garrett Gerloff (Bonovo Action BMW) who put in a late charge to pass Philipp Oettl (Team GoEleven) in 14th. Home rider Lorenzo Baldassarri (GMT94 Yamaha) rounded out the points with 15th place. HOUSEKEEPING: to note from Race 1 Tom Sykes (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) narrowly missed out on points on his return to BMW as he finished in 16th place, finishing almost a second down on Baldassarri. He was able to finish ahead of Loris Baz (Bonovo Action BMW) who overcame a three-place grid penalty for irresponsible riding in FP3 to take 17th place ahead of Bradley Ray (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) in 18th. Ray had to start from the pitlane after an issue on the grid which delayed the start and reduced the race duration from 21 laps to 20. Tito Rabat (Barni Spark Racing Team) was 19th on his return to WorldSBK action, 16 seconds down on Ray ahead of him, while he was six seconds clear of compatriot Isaac Vinales (TPR by Vinales Racing) in 20th place. Ryo Mizuno (PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team) finshed his maiden WorldSBK race in 21st place. Luca Vitali (Orelac Racing MOVISIO), replacing the injured Oliver Konig, and wildcard Gabriele Ruiu (Bmax Racing) both did not complete a lap of Race 1. Hafizh Syahrin (PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team) brought his Honda machine into the pits in the first half of the race to retire from Race 1. The top six from WorldSBK Race 1, full results here: 1 Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 2. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +5.221s 3. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) +8.971s 4. Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) +14.285s 5. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) +18.595s 6. Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) +19.021 Fastest Lap: Alvaro Bautista (Ducati) – 1’33.901s
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Post by truenorth on Jun 3, 2023 8:52:16 GMT -8
Bulega takes home victory as he leads all-Italian podium at Misano in Race 1 Saturday, 3 June 2023 Despite losing ground at the start of the race, Bulega was able to battle back for victory at Misano to extend his Championship leader It was a historic FIM Supersport World Championship Race 1 at the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” during the Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Round as Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team) extended his Championship lead with victory on home soil despite dropping back at the start of the race. He led an all-Italian podium at Misano as he claimed victory by almost two seconds for his sixth win of 2023 and his seventh podium in nine races. HOME HEROES ON THE PODIUM: Bulega leads all-Italian rostrum Bulega had a poor start as the lights went out and initially lost out to Federico Caricasulo (Althea Racing Team) and Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) and he was then demoted to fourth when Marcel Schroetter (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) came through on the Championship leader. However, in the next few laps, Bulega was able to re-take the lead before he started to pull out a gap on his rivals. By the end of Lap 7, he had a gap of 1.7s as he looked to take his first WorldSSP victory in Italy and he was duly able to hold on to take his sixth win of the season on the Panigale V2 machine and extend his Championship lead over Schroetter with the German rider finishing in third place. His victory means he now has more wins for Ducati in WorldSSP than all the other Ducati winners combined. The battle for second place turned into a three-way scrap with Schroetter running in second until Lap 8 before he was overtaken by Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha), who started from tenth, at Turn 8 to demote the German to third. Two laps later, Schroetter found himself in fourth place after Caricasulo overtook him through Turns 9 and 10 to claim a podium on home soil, the fifth Italian podium lookout. Manzi and Caricasulo had a late-race battle with Caricasulo looking to overtake Manzi, but the Yamaha rider was able to hold on for his 10th podium in WorldSSP while Caricasulo scored his 31st. JUST MISSING OUT: under a second off the podium Schroetter was able to stem his losses once Caricasulo came by and he spent the second half of the race in fourth place as he tried to stay in touch with Caricasulo ahead of him, as he finished around two seconds clear of Montella who dropped to fifth despite his impressive start. Wildcard Simone Corsi (Altogo Racing Team) took sixth place on home soil after he battled up from 11th place; the Italian rider had a three-place grid drop for irresponsible riding in Tissot Superpole. STRONG BATTLES: unpredictable fight inside the top ten Glenn van Straalen (EAB Racing Team) dropped back at the start of the race but he battled back to take seventh place, taking advantage of the scrap behind him to take P7 at Misano. The battle behind him was a three-way scrap involving Jorge Navarro (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha), Niki Tuuli (Dynavolt Triumph) and Adrian Huertas (MTM Kawasaki). At the end of the 18-lap race, it was Navarro who took home in eighth place with Tuuli in ninth. Huertas made a mistake in the final few laps of the race which allowed Lucas Mahias (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) to take tenth, with Huertas finishing in 11th place. SCORING POINTS: positives to take into Sunday Three more Italian riders took home points in Race 1 with Nicholas Spinelli (VFT Racing WEBIKE Yamaha) taking 12th place, three seconds down on 11th place. He was also three seconds clear of Oli Bayliss (D34G Racing) in 13th ahead of two Italian riders. Andrea Mantovani (Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team) was 14th on home soil with Federico Fuligni (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) taking the final point from Race 1 and also finishing as the highest-placed WorldSSP Challenge rider. He had a five second margin to his nearest rival in the WorldSSP Challenge with Tom Edwards (Yart-Yamaha WorldSSP Team) in 16th. Johan Gimbert (GMT94 Yamaha), standing in for the unfit Valentin Debise, was half-a-second down on Edwards at the end of the race after he made moves in the closing stages; passing Maximilian Kofler (D34G Racing) and beating him by a tenth of a second. John McPhee (Vince64 by Puccetti Racing) was 19th after a late crash at Turn 14 cost him time and positions, but he was still able to finish ahead of Yuta Okaya (ProDina Kawasaki Racing) who completed the top 20. Adam Norrodin (PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team), Harry Truelove (Dynavolt Triumph), Ratthapong Wilairot (Yamaha Thailand Racing Team) and teammate Anupab Sarmoon were the last classified riders; Sarmoon had a crash at Turn 2 on Lap 7 which dropped him down the order. HOUSEKEEPING: to note from WorldSSP Race 1 The first retirement of the race was Raffaele De Rosa (Orelac Racing VerdNatura), one of several riders without a lap time in Race 1. Maiki Abe (VFT Racing WEBIKE Yamaha) made contact with Tarran Mackenzie (PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team) on the exit of Turn 10 on Lap 1 and retired, with Mackenzie able to continue but retiring at the end of the lap. The FIM WorldSBK Stewards investigated the incident but took no further action. On Lap 2, Bahattin Sofuoglu (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) crashed at Turn 8 and, despite bringing his bike back to the pits, retired. Two laps later, Tom Booth-Amos (Motozoo ME AIR Racing) had a tech issue at Turn 8 and took his bike off the circuit while Marco Bussolotti (Axon Seven Team) also had a tech issue at the start of Lap 5. Reigning WorldSSP300 Champion Alvaro Diaz (Arco Yart Yamaha WorldSSP) retired with a tech issue on Lap 12 of 18. The top six from WorldSSP Race 1, full results here: 1 Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team) 2. Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) +1.609s 3. Federico Caricasulo (Althea Racing Team) +1.184s 4. Marcel Schroetter (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) +2.425s 5. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) +6.685s 6. Simone Corsi (Altogo Racing Team) +9.838s Fastest Lap: Federico Caricasulo (Ducati) – 1’37.933s
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Post by truenorth on Jun 4, 2023 5:23:49 GMT -8
Superpole Race 1 1 1 A. BAUTISTA ESP Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 7 FL 1'33.221 279,8 1'33.017 281,3 2 2 54 T. RAZGATLIOGLU TUR Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 7 FL 0.101 0.101 1'33.174 272,0 1'33.182 274,1 3 3 21 M. RINALDI ITA Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R 7 FL 0.738 0.637 1'33.410 276,2 1'33.266 274,8 4 5 47 A. BASSANI ITA Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4R IND 7 FL 2.239 1.501 1'33.532 276,9 1'33.430 275,5 5 6 65 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 7 FL 2.490 0.251 1'33.589 276,2 1'33.578 271,4 6 10 22 A. LOWES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki ZX-10RR 7 FL 3.955 1.465 1'33.831 274,1 1'34.016 272,0 7 11 55 A. LOCATELLI ITA Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha YZF R1 6 I3.1 1 Lap 1 Lap 1'34.189 275,5 1'34.065 274,1 8 16 97 X. VIERGE ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 6 I3.1 1 Lap 0.323 1'33.865 278,4 1'34.434 274,1 9 14 31 G. GERLOFF USA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 6 I3.1 1 Lap 1.846 1'34.064 276,2 1'34.268 273,4 10 13 5 P. OETTL GER Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4R IND 6 I3.1 1 Lap 1.676 1'34.354 275,5 1'34.264 274,8 11 12 45 S. REDDING GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 6 I3.1 1 Lap 1.188 1'34.797 274,8 1'34.134 274,1 12 17 34 L. BALDASSARRI ITA GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 IND 6 I3.1 1 Lap 0.282 1'34.717 270,0 1'34.446 268,0 13 19 76 L. BAZ FRA Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000 RR IND 6 I3.1 1 Lap 0.587 1'34.529 270,0 1'34.522 270,7 14 15 28 B. RAY GBR Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 6 I3.1 1 Lap 5.350 1'35.003 272,7 1'34.371 267,3 15 20 35 H. SYAHRIN MAS PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 6 I3 1 Lap 1 Sector 1'35.464 271,4 1'35.247 271,4 16 22 53 T. RABAT ESP Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 6 I3 1 Lap 4.081 1'35.533 272,0 1'36.025 270,0 17 23 32 I. VINALES ESP TPR by Vinales Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 6 I3 1 Lap 0.236 1'36.177 263,4 1'36.350 264,1 18 24 70 L. VITALI ITA Orelac Racing MOVISIO Kawasaki ZX-10RR IND 6 I3 1 Lap 0.323 1'36.155 267,3 1'36.630 263,4 19 25 88 R. MIZUNO JPN PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team Honda CBR1000 RR-R IND 6 I3 1 Lap 1.310 1'36.270 269,3 1'37.246 270,7 20 18 66 T. SYKES GBR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000 RR 6 I2.1 1 Lap 1 Sector 1'34.657 274,8 1'34.494 272,0 21 7 77 D. AEGERTER SUI GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 6 SPD 1 Lap 1 Sector 1'35.440 266,0 1'33.821 272,0 -----------------Not Classifed----------------- NC 8 7 I. LECUONA ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000 RR-R 6 1'34.137 274,8 1'33.830 273,4 NC 4 9 D. PETRUCCI ITA Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4R IND 6 1'33.794 274,8 1'33.403 274,1 RET 21 16 G. RUIU ITA Bmax Racing BMW M1000 RR IND 0 1'35.796 265,4 RET 9 87 R. GARDNER AUS GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 IND 0 1'33.997 270,7
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Post by truenorth on Jun 4, 2023 5:26:42 GMT -8
Bautista’s SCX tyre gamble pays off in shortened Superpole Race as he fends off Razgatlioglu Sunday, 4 June 2023 Reigning Champion Alvaro Bautista was one of two riders to use the SCX tyre as everyone else opted for the new SCQ at Misano A tyre gamble for Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) paid off in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship at the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” during the Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Round as he used Pirelli’s SCX tyre to victory while his rivals used the SCQ. With the red flags deployed on Lap 8 of 10, Bautista timed an overtake perfectly on Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) to take his second victory of the weekend. SHORTENED RACE BUT GAMBLE PAYS OFF: differing tyre choices Once again, Razgatlioglu looked to get a better start than Bautista but the reigning Champion was able to resist the pressure into Turn 1, before Razgatligolu passed him ay Turn 4. The switched positions on Lap 3 when Bautista made the move into Curvone before Toprak again passed him at Turn 4 on Lap 5. On Lap 8, Bautista was able to get ahead again, and the red flags were deployed moments later after a Lap 7 crash involving Iker Lecuona (Team HRC) and Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) at Turn 8, meaning he claimed his second win of the weekend at Misano ahead of Razgatlioglu. The Turkish rider used the start to stay ahead of Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) in third, with the trio sharing the front row for Race 2. Lecuona and Petrucci were taken to the medical centre for a check-up following the crash. SECOND ROW START FOR RACE 2: just missing out on a podium Fourth place went to Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) after he battled with Rinaldi in the early stages of the race, with Bassani passing Rinaldi on Lap 2 before Rinaldi responded immediately to deny Bassani a home podium. Two Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK riders will join Bassani on the second row for Race 2 with Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes in fifth and sixth respectively in the shortened eight-lap Superpole Race. MOVING UP: taking a third-row grid place Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) will line up in Race 2 from seventh place after he passed Lecuona on Lap 7 into Turn 1, giving him a third row start for Race 2. He was ahead of Xavi Vierge (Team HRC) in eighth while Garrett Gerloff (Bonovo Action BMW) was the main beneficiary of the Petrucci-Lecuona incident as he secured ninth place in the Superpole Race, giving him a third row start for Race 2 as he finished as the highest-placed BMW rider. HOUSEKEEPING: to note from the Superpole Race It was a difficult race for the GYRT GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team with Dominique Aegerter finishing 23rd, the last of the classified riders, and Remy Gardner retiring from the race after a collision with Petrucci at Turn 2 on Lap 1 when in the top ten. The incident was investigated by the FIM WorldSBK Stewards with Petrucci given a Long Lap Penalty for his role in the collision. Gardner was taken to the medical centre for a check-up following the crash. The top nine from the Tissot Superpole Race, full results here: 1 Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) +0.101s 3. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.738s 4. Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) +2.239s 5. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) +2.390s 6. Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) +3.955s 7. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) 8. Xavi Vierge (Team HRC) 9. Garrett Gerloff (Bonovo Action BMW)
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