Catalunya WorldSBK Superpole Race Results: Bautista completes home double

Results from the Superpole Race, round eight of the 2022 WorldSBK Championship at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

25 Sep 2022

Alvaro Bautista, Ducati WorldSBK Catalunya

Alvaro Bautista makes it back-to-back WorldSBK wins at Catalunya after another dominant performance in the Superpole race.

Like race one, Bautista made a sensational start from fifth to lead into turn one, however, the same was not true for Toprak Razgatlioglu, who instead lost two positions.

In a surprising turn of events, Alex Lowes made an early move on team-mate Jonathan Rea for P2.

The top three of Bautista, Lowes and Rea were given a huge advantage at the end of lap one after Iker Lecuona and Andrea Locatelli had a coming-together which saw both riders crash and thus split the group up.

After four laps of staying close to Bautista, Lowes slowly started losing ground to the Ducati rider, which in-turn put him into the clutches of Rea.

Further back, Razgatlioglu lost close to one second trying to get through on Michael Ruben Rinaldi.

2022 World Superbike Barcelona, Spain - Superpole Race Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	10 Laps
2	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+1.185s
3	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+1.377s
4	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	PATA Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	+5.088s
5	Michael Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	+9.016s
6	Philipp Oettl	GER	GoEleven Ducati	+10.506s
7	Xavi Vierge	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+10.637s
8	Scott Redding	GBR	BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+10.947s
9	Loris Baz	FRA	Bonovo Action BMW	+14.575s
10	Garrett Gerloff	USA	GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+14.601s
11	Lucas Mahias	FRA	Puccetti Kawasaki	+17.326s
12	Luca Bernardi	SM	Barni Spark Ducati Team	+17.644s
13	Kohta Nozane	JPN	GRT Yamaha	+19.942s
14	Eugene Laverty	IRL	Bonovo Action BMW	+20.672s
15	Roberto Tamburini	ITA	Motoxracing Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+20.723s
16	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+20.886s
17	Christophe Ponsson	FRA	Gil Motor Sport Yamaha	+23.918s
18	Oscar Gutierrez	SPA	Pedercini Kawasaki	+25.744s
19	Leandro Mercado	ARG	MIE Honda Racing	+25.759s
20	Oliver Konig	CZE	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	+37.666s
21	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	PATA Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	+45.370s
22	Michael Van Der Mark	SPA	BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	DNF
23	Iker Lecuona	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	DNF

In the middle of a big group battling for sixth, Axel Bassani had to take avoiding action at turn one after nearly running into the back of Scott Redding. The mistake proved to be a costly one as it dropped the Italian from eighth to 19th.

As Bautista’s lead grew to over one second, the battle to watch was for second as Rea was clser than at any other point with just one lap remaining.

And after getting great drive off the final corner, Rea attacked Lowes in turn one and completed the move.

WorldSBK Catalunya Records

Lap Record - Tom Sykes GBR BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team 1:40.408s

2021 Race Winners

Race 1 - Scott Redding GBR Aruba.it Ducati

Superpole Race - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team

Race 2 - Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Aruba.it Ducati

2022 Race Winners

Race 1 - Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.it Ducati

After his lap one incident with Luca Bernardi in race one, Michael Van Der Mark was handed a Long Lap penalty for the Superpole race.

Van Der Mark's day then got even worse as he crashed after nearly running into the back of Kohta Nozane.

2022 WorldSBK Catalunya Weekend Schedule

Sunday

Warm-up - 08:00-08:15

Superpole Race - 10:00

Race Two - 13:00

Catalunya WorldSBK Superpole Race Results: Bautista completes home double

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