Mandalika –
Alvaro Bautista succeeded in becoming the fastest in race 1 of the Mandalika World Superbike (WSBK). He beat the defending champion Toprak Razgatlioglu.
The first Mandalika World Superbike (WSBK) race took place at the Mandalika Circuit, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Saturday (4/3). Toprak Razgatlioglu the start frontrunner started the race very well.
He immediately shot to secure the first position. While bad luck experienced by Michael Rinaldi in the first lap. He had to end the race faster due to experience crash.
Toprak continues to be followed by Alvaro Bautista. The racer from Spain was then able to snatch the status of race leader from Toprak.
Bautista slowly began to get away from Toprak. Toprak’s team mate at Pata Yamaha Promoteon, Andrea Locatelli, took third place.
Bautista was able to maintain first place until the race ended. The position of Toprak and Locatelli also did not change.
Bautista finished fastest followed by Toprak in second and Locatelli in third.
The results of this race made Bautista even stronger at the top of the drivers’ standings. He previously swept the 2023 WSBK series opener in Australia with the fastest finish.
The Spanish rider collected 87 points. The WSBK Mandalika series will continue tomorrow, Sunday (4/3/2023). The second race will be held on that day.
Results of Race 1 WSBK Mandalika
1 Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.It Racing Ducati 21 Laps
2 Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK +4.809s
3 Andrea Locatelli ITA Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK +6.586s
4 Axel Bassani ITA Motocorsa Ducati +8.871s
5 Danilo Petrucci ITA Barni Spark Racing Team +11.667s
6 Michael Van Der Mark NED ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team +12.685s
7 Xavi Vierge SPA Team HRC WorldSBK +13.610s
8 Dominique Aegerter SWI GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team +13.961s
9 Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK +14.454s
10 Alex Lowes GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK +14.590s
11 Loris Baz FROM Bonovo Action BMW +16.431s
12 Iker Lecuona SPA Team HRC WorldSBK +16.793s
13 Philipp Oettl GER GoEleven Ducati +26.167s
14 Garrett Gerloff USA Bonovo Action BMW +30.580s
15 Lorenzo Baldassarri ITA GMT94 Yamaha +35.520s
16 Hafizh Syahrin MAL PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing +1’02.195s
17 Oliver Konig CZE Orelac Racing Kawasaki +1’09.875s
18 Tom Sykes GBR Puccetti Kawasaki +4 Laps
19 Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Aruba.It Racing Ducati DNF
20 Scott Redding GBR ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team DNF
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