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Portimao WorldSBK Fri Practice | Bautista in fine form from Gerloff, Razgatlioglu ninth

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

Alvaro Bautista made a confidence-boosting start to the penultimate round of the 2023 WorldSBK Championship at Portimao as he swept to a clear fastest time in Friday Practice.

The Spaniard - who can wrap up his second consecutive title if results fall his way this weekend - set a roaring 1m 40.476secs lap in the afternoon on the Aruba Ducati Panigale V4 R.

That put him a clear +0.3s ahead of second place Garrett Gerloff, who topped the morning FP1 session with a 1m 40.763secs lap that was good enough for him to end the day in second aboard the Bonovo Racing BMW M 1000 RR.

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More crucially, Bautista was a full +0.7s clear of Toprak Razgatlioglu, the Turk now the only rider remaining who can deny the ex-MotoGP rider back-to-back titles, who could only manage ninth best.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi completed a strong day for Aruba Ducati with the third fastest lap, heading off Jonathan Rea in fourth and Remy Gardner in fifth, the GYTR GRT Yamaha man enjoying his strongest start to a race weekend this year.

Michael van der Mark consolidated BMWโ€™s encouraging Friday with the sixth best time, ahead of Barniโ€™s Danilo Petrucci, Andrea Locatelli on the best of the Pata Yamahas, Razgatlioglu and Dominique Aegerter rounding out the top ten.

2023 Aragon WorldSBK | Portimao | Combined Practice Results [FP1+FP2] | Round 11 of 12
PosRiderNatTeamMotorcycleLap Time
1Alvaro Bautista๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธAruba DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1m 40.476
2Garrett Gerloff๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒBonovo RacingBMW M 1000 RR1m 40.763
3Michael Ruben Rinaldi๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นAruba DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1m 40.827
4Jonathan Rea๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki ZX-10RR1m 41.018
5Remy Gardner๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บGYTR GRTYamaha R11m 41.022
6Michael van der Mark๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑBMW Motorrad WorldSBKBMW M 1000 RR1m 41.177
7Danilo Petrucci๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นBarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1m 41.189
8Andrea Locatelli๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นPata Crescent RacingYamaha R11m 41.197
9Toprak Razgatlioglu๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทPata Crescent RacingYamaha R11m 41.199
10Dominique Aegerter๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญGYTR GRTYamaha R11m 41.367
11Iker Lecuona๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธTeam HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1m 41.379
12Philipp Oettl๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGo ElevenDucati Panigale V4 R1m 41.386
13Axel Bassani๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นMotocorsa RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1m 41.402
14Alex Lowes๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki ZX-10RR1m 41.413
15Loris Baz๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทBonovo RacingBMW M 1000 RR1m 41.694
16Scott Redding๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งBMW Motorrad WorldSBKBMW M 1000 RR1m 41.708
17Xavi Vierge๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธTeam HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1m 41.718
18Lorenzo Baldassarri๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นGMT 94Yamaha R11m 41.927
19Bradley Ray๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งMotoxracingYamaha R11m 42.756
20Gabriele Ruiu๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นB-Max RacingBMW M 1000 RR1m 42.825
21Isaac Vinales๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธTPR by Vinales RacingKawasaki ZX-10RR1m 42.877
22Tito Rabat๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธPuccetti RacingKawasaki ZX-10RR1m 42.910
23Hafizh Syahrin๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMIE RacingHonda CBR1000RR-R1m 43.005
24Eric Granado๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทMIE RacingHonda CBR1000RR-R1m 43.429
25Oliver Konig๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟOrelac RacingKawasaki ZX-10RR1m 44.697

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