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WorldSBK results Australia: Bautista closes strong despite the red flag

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Bautista beats Rea in a duel he couldn’t finish and Toprak with no pace, finishes fourth.

The lights go out for the last time this season and they do it in Australia. A Alvaro Bautista who has already won career Superpolebetting on smooth tires, in a race declared in the wet. A few hours later he takes off again like a rocket in this last race of the weekend and of the year 2022.

Problems don’t wait and Virgin yes Gerloff they have a hit the second cornerforces them to end up on the grass. Virgin he manages to get his bike and get back on track, but has run out of options. Back to the head Rhea it didn’t take long to settle down firstthe Northern Irishman wanted to win again, as he did yesterday in the first race.

Bautista is losing positionsin the same overtaking rhea and Redding they steal positions. Lowes He also puts the bike to the Spaniard and sends Bautista into fourth position, ahead of Soil. But it’s a group race, the top six riders race together and one mistake can change everything. Soil he remains fifth, he came out without attacking, keeping.

Bautista wakes up and goes to Lowes when you cross the finish line which marks 18 laps to go. in the same round advance to second, Redding. Soil follows and gets up Third. The pilots didn’t want to let Rea get away and even got to work Bautista had a fast lap. In the same round, Redding in three corners he lost 3 positions.

The race began to crack, before Redding he walked away from the group, and then Locatelli It didn’t even keep up. Halfway through the laps to say goodbye to the Superbikes, Bautista takes the leadwith Rhea second e Razgatlioglu. Lowes he walked away from the three tenors. Álvaro pushes, he seems to have more pace than his opponents.

Lowes begins to take off from the three protagonists. SoilIt’s done one second from the head, can’t keep up with Bautista and is slowly moving away. The duel, with 10 laps to go, was between the Northern Irishman Rea and the Spanish Bautista. Lowes yes Soil They are fighting for third position, even if the Turkish rider seems to have less pace.

With five laps to go, say hello Red flag. Laverty went ashore at turn 1 and the organization considers the race concluded. Rea was unable to take advantage of the final laps to overtake the Spaniard. Therefore, the podium is formed by; first Baptist, second Rea and third Lowesthe two Kawasakis are back on the podium. Soil he eventually finished in fourth position, and Locatelli fifth, rolling alone.

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