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Aragon WorldSBK Friday Practice | Alvaro Bautista ends day leading Ducati 1-2-3

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Alvaro Bautista, Aruba Racing, Ducati Panigale V4 R, 2023 WorldSBK, Aragon, action [Gold & Goose]

Alvaro Bautista overcame a low key start to Round 10 of the 2023 WorldSBK Championship at Motorland Aragon to end the first day of free practice atop the timesheets.

The champion-elect comes into his home event clasping a comfortable 57 point lead over Toprak Razgatlioglu in the overall standings with three events and nine races remaining.

Moreover, the odds are stacked largely in Bautistaโ€™s favour at Aragon especially with the Ducati Panigale V4 R enjoying a particularly strong record at the Alcaniz venue, while Razgatlioglu has often identified it as his weakest circuit.

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Itโ€™s a trend that played to form come the end of Friday free practice as Bautista bounced to the summit of the combined order with a best of 1m 49.649secs, proving just under a tenth quicker than Michael Ruben Rinaldi.

The Italian, who achieved his first-ever WorldSBK win at Aragon aboard the Go Eleven Ducati in 2019, looked in good shape once again as he pitches to teams for a 2024 WorldSBK ride having been axed from the Aruba Ducati line-up.

Danilo Petrucci continued the Ducati theme up top aboard the satellite Barni machine with the third best time, two tenths off Bautista, while Jonathan Rea - fastest in FP1 - was fourth quickest as the only other rider to dip below 1m 50secs.

Despite a fall late on in FP2, Iker Lecuona ended a positive Friday with the fifth quickest time of the day, just ahead of Bonovo BMWโ€™s Garrett Gerloff, the American far and away the best of the M 1000 RR contingent compared with team-mates Loris Baz, Michael van der Mark and Scott Redding in 13th, 14th and 15th respectively.

Yamaha found itself in the unusual position of being the slowest of the five manufacturers with Razgatlioglu itโ€™s best-placed representative in seventh, though he was followed closely by Dominique Aegerter and Andrea Locatelli in eighth and ninth. Xavi Vierge completed the top ten.

2023 Aragon WorldSBK | Motorland Aragon | Friday Practice Results| Round 10 of 12
PosRiderNatTeamMotorcycleLap Time
1Alvaro Bautista๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธAruba DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1m 49.649
2Michael Ruben Rinaldi๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นAruba DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1m 49.726
3Danilo Petrucci๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นBarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1m 49.825
4Jonathan Rea๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki ZX-10RR1m 49.970
5Iker Lecuona๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธTeam HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1m 50.448
6Garrett Gerloff๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒBonovo RacingBMW M 1000 RR1m 50.454
7Toprak Razgatlioglu๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทPata Crescent RacingYamaha R11m 50.757
8Dominique Aegerter๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญGYTR GRTYamaha R11m 50.960
9Andrea Locatelli๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นPata Crescent RacingYamaha R11m 51.012
10Xavi Vierge๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธTeam HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1m 51.096
11Philipp Oettl๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGo ElevenDucati Panigale V4 R1m 51.115
12Remy Gardner๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บGYTR GRTYamaha R11m 51.155
13Loris Baz๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทBonovo RacingBMW M 1000 RR1m 51.208
14Michael van der Mark๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑBMW Motorrad WorldSBKBMW M 1000 RR1m 51.220
15Scott Redding๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งBMW Motorrad WorldSBKBMW M 1000 RR1m 51.255
16Florian Marino๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki ZX-10RR1m 51.379
17Lorenzo Baldassarri๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นGMT 94Yamaha R11m 51.931
18Tito Rabat๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธPuccetti RacingKawasaki ZX-10RR1m 51.971
19Axel Bassani๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นMotocorsa RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1m 51.976
20Bradley Ray๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งMotoxracingYamaha R11m 52.253
21Gabriele Ruiu๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นB-Max RacingBMW M 1000 RR1m 52.603
22Hafizh Syahrin๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMIE RacingHonda CBR1000RR-R1m 52.622
23Isaac Vinales๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธTPR by Vinales RacingKawasaki ZX-10RR1m 52.698
24Eric Granado๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทMIE RacingHonda CBR1000RR-R1m 53.238
25Oliver Konig๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟOrelac RacingKawasaki ZX-10RR1m 53.859

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