2022 Mandalika World Superbike Superpole Result: Farewell Lap Record

Submitted by Jared Earle on Sat, 2022-11-12 03:08

World Superbike Superpole was fifteen minutes of unknown tyre performance on a resurfaced track, colder than yesterday. Last year's lap record was set by Toprak Razgatlioglu, a 1'32.877.

Toprak Razgatlioglu set a new lap record of 1'31.945 on his first lap and headed back to the pits for a tea break. Andrea Locatelli followed him, second quickest six tenths off Razgatlioglu's lap. Jonathan Rea and Alvaro Baustaia were third and fourth quickest before the mid-session break.

Halfway through the session, Razgatlioglu and Locatelli left the pits early as Michael van der Mark and Xavi Vierge circulated on lonely laps.

Toprak Razgatlioglu moved the goalposts again with a frankly ridiculous 1'31.371, a second quicker than Andrea Locatelli's second placed lap. Alvaro Bautista climbed up to third place, but Jonathan Rea found some pace on his last lap and dragged his teammate Alex Lowes behind him as he claimed third place with Lowes deposing Bautista to fifth place.

As the flag came out, Alvaro Bautista was on a personal best lap, but he lost the pace midway through the lap and couldn't improve on fifth place. Jonathan Rea got a second fast lap out of his tyre and deposed Locatelli to third place.

Toprak Razgatlioglu took pole position over a second clear of Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli who got a career first front row start. Alex Lowes led the second row, alongside Alvaro Bautista and Axel Bassani.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap	Speed
1	1	T. RAZGATLIOGLU	Yamaha YZF R1	1'31.371		285,0
2	65	J. REA	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	1'32.423	1.052	287,2
3	55	A. LOCATELLI	Yamaha YZF R1	1'32.463	1.092	286,5
4	22	A. LOWES	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	1'32.514	1.143	287,2
5	19	A. BAUTISTA	Ducati Panigale V4R	1'32.823	1.452	292,7
6	47	A. BASSANI	Ducati Panigale V4R	1'32.936	1.565	288,0
7	97	X. VIERGE	Honda CBR1000 RR-R	1'33.125	1.754	291,9
8	45	S. REDDING	BMW M1000RR	1'33.127	1.756	288,0
9	21	M. RINALDI	Ducati Panigale V4R	1'33.138	1.767	288,0
10	31	G. GERLOFF	Yamaha YZF R1	1'33.208	1.837	285,0
11	60	M. VAN DER MARK	BMW M1000RR	1'33.364	1.993	286,5
12	5	P. OETTL	Ducati Panigale V4R	1'33.493	2.122	287,2
13	12	X. FORES	Ducati Panigale V4R	1'33.529	2.158	286,5
14	3	K. NOZANE	Yamaha YZF R1	1'33.582	2.211	283,5
15	76	L. BAZ	BMW M1000RR	1'33.932	2.561	286,5
16	35	H. SYAHRIN	Honda CBR1000 RR-R	1'33.997	2.626	281,3
17	52	O. KONIG	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	1'34.315	2.944	280,5
18	36	L. MERCADO	Honda CBR1000 RR-R	1'34.409	3.038	282,7
19	11	K. SMITH	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	1'34.743	3.372	277,6
20	50	E. LAVERTY	BMW M1000RR	1'35.208	3.837	286,5