Toprak Razgatlioglu turned in the fastest time during free practice one at Assen as Round 3 of the 2024 WorldSBK Championship got underway in the Netherlands.
The Turkish rider hit the top of the timesheets with a 1m 35.684s lap on the ROKiT BMW M 1000 RR to head off Alex Lowes by almost three tenths of a second on the factory Kawasaki.
The double Phillip Island race winner slotted in ahead of defending WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista on the Aruba.it Racing Ducati, albeit more than half a second down on his BMW rivalโs benchmark.
Remy Gardner made it four different manufacturers inside the top four on the GYTR GRT Yamaha, the Australian just six thousandths of a second clear of Jonathan Rea on the factory Pata PROMETEON Yamaha R1, the Ulsterman getting off to a good start after a challenging start to the year.
Garrett Gerloff headed up fellow BMW rider and home hope Michael van der Mark in sixth and seventh respectively, with Sam Lowes in eighth on the Marc VDS Racing Ducati at what is the Belgian teamโs de facto home event.
He headed up fellow rookie Andrea Iannone on the Team Go Eleven Ducati, while Nicolo Bulega rounded out the top ten on the second of the factory Ducatis.
Of the other Brits, Scott Redding turned in the 18th fastest lap time, while Bradley Ray - who made his full-time WorldSBK debut with Motoxracing Yamaha last year - was 20th. Tarran Mackenzie was 22nd, just behind WorldSBK debutant Nicholas Spinelli on the Barni Spark Racing Ducati.
๐ณ๐ฑ ๐ 2024 Catalunya WorldSBK | RACE 2 Results
Sunday | Conditions - Dry, Sunny
๐ณ๐ฑ โฑ๏ธ 2024 WorldSBK Results | Assen | Free Practice Results after FP1 | Round 3 of 12 | |||||
Pos. | Rider | Nat. | Team | Motorcycle | Lap Time |
1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | ๐น๐ท | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | 1m 35.684 |
2 | Alex Lowes | ๐ฌ๐ง | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 35.974 |
3 | Alvaro Bautista | ๐ช๐ฆ | Aruba Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 36.271 |
4 | Remy Gardner | ๐ฆ๐บ | GYTR GRT | Yamaha R1 | 1m 36.282 |
5 | Jonathan Rea | ๐ฌ๐ง | Pata PROMOTEON | Yamaha R1 | 1m 36.288 |
6 | Garrett Gerloff | ๐บ๐ฒ | Bonovo Action Racing | BMW M 1000 RR | 1m 36.386 |
7 | Michael van der Mark | ๐ณ๐ฑ | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | 1m 36.405 |
8 | Sam Lowes | ๐ฌ๐ง | Elf Marc VDS Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 36.532 |
9 | Andrea Iannone | ๐ฎ๐น | Team Go Eleven | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 36.535 |
10 | Nicolo Bulega | ๐ฎ๐น | Aruba Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 36.558 |
11 | Dominique Aegerter | ๐จ๐ญ | GYTR GRT | Yamaha R1 | 1m 36.602 |
12 | Xavi Vierge | ๐ช๐ฆ | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1m 36.897 |
13 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ๐ฎ๐น | Motocorsa Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 36.939 |
14 | Philipp Oettl | ๐ฉ๐ช | GMT 94 | Yamaha R1 | 1m 37.014 |
15 | Iker Lecuona | ๐ช๐ฆ | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1m 37.110 |
16 | Tito Rabat | ๐ช๐ฆ | Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 37.214 |
17 | Andrea Locatelli | ๐ฎ๐น | Pata PROMOTEON | Yamaha R1 | 1m 37.227 |
18 | Scott Redding | ๐ฌ๐ง | Bonovo Action Racing | BMW M 1000 RR | 1m 37.307 |
19 | Axel Bassani | ๐ฎ๐น | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 37.554 |
20 | Bradley Ray | ๐ฌ๐ง | Motoxracing | Yamaha R1 | 1m 37.826 |
21 | Nicholas Spinelli | ๐ฎ๐น | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 38.077 |
22 | Tarran Mackenzie | ๐ฌ๐ง | Petronas MIE Racing | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1m 38.089 |
23 | Adam Norrodin | ๐ฒ๐พ | Petronas MIE Racing | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1m 40.150 |