MotoGP Race And Practice Results

World Superbike race one was twenty one laps on a cold track as the clouds held off the sun a a 19ºC and 31ºC track. Jonathan Rea fitted the development front tyre and a harder rear than his direct competition. 

Toprak Razgatlioglu hit the lead first, beating Jonathan Rea to the first turn as the Ducatis of Alvaro Bautista and Michael Ruben Rinaldi missed the apex letting Andrea Locatelli claim third place. Ahead of Bautista, Alex Lowes and Scot Redding. After a lap, the leading four were just under a second clear of Scott Redding and Iker Lecuona. Alvaro Bautista looked for a way past Locatelli as Razgatlioglu and Rea started breaking away. Jonathan Rea set the fastest lap and passed Razgatlioglu before the finish line only for Razgatlioglu to take the lead back into turn one on the brakes. 

After missing the apex at turn five, Razgatlioglu slowed slightly and Rea hit the Yamaha's rear tyre sending smoke from his front tyre, but both of them escaped without incident and the pair resumed their escape attempt, clearing over a second from Locatelli. 

At the start of lap five, Rea had set another fastest lap, a 1'36.204, half a second behind Razgatlioglu. Behind the leading pair, Bautista took third from Locatelli down the straight, starting the lap two seconds off Rea. A lap later and he was two and a half seconds off the leading pair, but no longer had Locatelli in his slipstream. 

Toprak Razgatlioglu went wide, lifting his rear too high for it to land properly, and let Jonathan Rea past only to have Rea go wide at turn six but remaining in the lead. Razgatlioglu caught up and started hounding Rea throughout lap seven. 

Lap eight and Rea led Razgatlioglu over the line but Razgatlioglu blocked him into turn one on the brakes, the pair at the limit of adhesion. Bautista was two and a half seconds behind with Locatelli almost two seconds further back. Scott Redding held off Iker Lecuona to keep his grip on fifth place. 

Lap nine and Rea led over the line as Razgatlioglu led into turn one again, but Rea tried to lean on Razgatlioglu and overtake on the outside. Razgatlioglu led Rea but the pair were constantly wishing a tenth or two through out the lap. Rea once more took the lead over the line at the start of lap ten, but Rea held the inside line to take the lead from his rival and hold it through the first few turns as Alvaro Bautista closed to within two seconds as the leading pair duelled. 

At half race distance, Jonathan Rea led Toprak Razgatlioglu by under a tenth of a second with Alvaro Bautista almost two seconds behind. Andrea Locatelli was four seconds further back, two and a half seconds clear of Scott Redding and Iker Lecuona. 

At the start of lap eleven, Razgatlioglu once again took the lead into turn one, leading Rea throughout the lap by under two tenths of a second. Alvaro Bautista was the only rider in the 1'36s, metronomically maintaining his pace, as he closed to just over a second from the fight at the front. 

Lap thirteen, with Jonathan Rea leading Toprak Razgatlioglu, Alvaro Bautista closed to within a second as the leaders tripped each other up at the start of the lap. Bautista closed three tenths of a second lap after lap until he was close to their slipstream at the start of lap fourteen where the pair swapped the lead once more. 

Scott Redding and Iker Lecuona closed to within two seconds of fourth-placed Andrea Locatelli who was over eight seconds from the soon-to-be three way fight at the front. Toprak Razgatlioglu took the lead into turn one, as it was his turn, as Bautista finally closed the gap to sit in the clean air behind the duo to start lap sixteen as a threesome.

Lecuona took fifth place from Redding, two seconds from Locatelli as Razgatlioglu shooed Rea off the line into turn one, taking the lead and allowing Bautista to take second place from Rea. Razgatlioglu escaped at the front only for Bautista and Rea to close up before the lap was up. 

With four laps to go, Razgatlioglu led Bautista as Rea dropped off the leading pair with Locatelli over eleven seconds off the pace in fourth place. Behind Locatelli, Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge held off Scott Redding in the fight for fifth place. 

With three laps to go, Rea looked like he had no tyre left to fight for the win, as Bautista challenged Razgatlioglu for the lead, unable to pass on the brakes. Razgatlioglu looked very much at the limit with Bautista holding some rubber in reserve for the last few laps. Bautista powered past Bautista down the straight but he lost out to the defending world champion into turn one on the brakes. 

The last lap, Bautista tucked into behind Razgatlioglu down the straight, but couldn't pass him in to turn one and Razgatlioglu couldn't get close enough on the brakes, turn after turn. Turn six and turn nine, the overtake spots, Razgatlioglu held off Bautista on the brakes, but coming out of the last turn, Razgatlioglu's Yamaha lifted the front wheel as Bautista drifted out of the last turn to pass him down the straight under power. Razgatlioglu watched Bautista and shook his head as Bautista drove past to steal the win in the last few metres. 

Alvaro Bautista took a calculated win, refusing to let go of Toprak Razgatlioglu, while Jonathan Rea took a careful third place having run out of tyres, finishing almost five seconds further back. Andrea Locatelli sat in a comfortable fourth place, two seconds clear of Xavi Vierge and Iker Lecuona. Alex Lowes took seventh place, ahead of Scott Redding and Michael Ruben Rinaldi. Eurosport's Xavi Fores took a respectable eleventh place, behind Loris Baz. 

The championship lead was increased as Alvaro Bautista extended his lead to twenty seven points over Jonathan Rea and fifty points over Toprak razgatlioglu. Andrea Locatelli maintains fourth place ahead of Iker Lecuona and Michael Ruben Rinaldi. 

Results:

World Supersport superpole started with Moto-E and World Supersport championship leader Dominique Aegerter dominating the free practice sessions, with multiple laps quicker than the rest of the grid. The Ducatis were gifted a few more horsepower in the Next Generation rules.

Race-winner Andy Verdoïa opened the session with a 1'41.822 as Raffaele De Rosa's bike was summoned off the track for a smoking engine. Glenn van Straalen and Can Oncu held the top spot briefly until Dominique Aegerter took a third of a second off the quickest time with a 1'40.242, a quicker lap than any other rider's best this weekend, albeit slower than Aegerter's lap record pace.

Jules Cluzel climbed up to the top only to be knocked off by Aegerter's 1'39.786. Another lap and another step up with a 1'39.573, putting Aegerter over half a second ahead of Nicolo Bulega and Jules Cluzel. A lap later, the absolute lap record fell to Aegerter, finding a tenth of a second in the last sector to post a 1'39.484 before he pulled in for the mid-session break. 

With six minutes left, riders started rejoining the track for a last couple of attempts to improve their lot. Lorenzo Baldassarri knocked Nicolo Bulega off second place, pushing Jules Cluzel off the front row, with just under three minutes left. Yellow flags made their customary appearance in the final minutes as riders pushed too hard in a last ditch attempt to improve. Federico Caricasulo crashed after pushing into second place and Nicolo Bulega knocked him down a spot.

With under a minute left, Dominique Aegerter set a 1'39.262 and crossed the line for one last lap, secure in pole position ahead of Nicolo Bulega and Glenn van Straalen with Caricasulo pushed to seventh place by riders giving it their all on the last lap. 

After the grid places were settled, Dominique Aegerter posted a 1'39.046 to take pole position by over eight tenths of a second, leading Nicolo Bulega, a lone Ducati in the front two rows, and Glenn van Straalen on the front row, ahead of Lorenzo Baldassarri, Jules Cluzel and Andy Verdoïa on the all-Yamaha second row. The third row was headed by crasher Federico Caricasulo, leading Can Oncu and Niki Tuuli. Stefano Manzi was quickest Triumph in tenth place.

Results:

Dominique Aegerter was the only rider in the 1'39s as he set a new lap record ahead of Jules Cluzel, Andy Verdoia and Glenn van Straalen in a top-four Yamaha lock-out. The Ducatis of Federico Caricasulo and Nicolo Bulega were fifth and sixth quickest.

Results:

Lorenzo Baldassarri led Dominique Aegerter and race winner Andy Verdoia in the morning's session, locking out the top three spots with Yamahas. Federico Caricasulo's Ducati was fourth quickest.

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