Australian WorldSBK, Phillip Island - Race Results (1)

Race 1 results from the 2022 World Superbike season finale at Phillip Island in Australia.

19 Nov 2022

Jonathan Rea, Kawasaki WorldSBK Phillip Island

2022 World Superbike, Phillip Island - Race 1 Results
POS	RIDER	NAT	TEAM	TIME
1	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	22 laps
2	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	Pata Yamaha with Brixx	+6.247s
3	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	+15.435s
4	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	Pata Yamaha with Brixx	+18.342s
5	Alvaro Bautista	ESP	Aruba.it - Ducati	+19.369s
6	Garrett Gerloff	USA	GYTR GRT Yamaha Team	+36.235s
7	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+37.641s
8	Xavi Vierge	ESP	Team HRC	+43.137s
9	Loris Baz	FRA	Bonovo Action BMW	+57.704s
10	Tetsuta Nagashima	JPN	Team HRC	+1'01.086s
11	Michael Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.it - Ducati	+1'03.075s
12	Kyle Smith	GBR	Pedercini Racing	+1'06.326s
13	Xavi Fores	ESP	BARNI Spark Racing Team	+1'07.099s
14	Lucas Mahias	FRA	Kawasaki Puccetti	+1'08.976s
15	Hafizh Syahrin	MAS	MIE Racing Honda Team	+1'12.006s
16	Scott Redding	GBR	BMW Motorrad Team	+1'12.785s
17	Leandro Mercado	ARG	MIE Racing Honda Team	+1'16.024s
18	Eugene Laverty	IRL	Bonovo Action BMW	+1'22.552s
19	Oliver Konig	CZE	Orelac Racing Verdnatura	+1'33.661s
20	Philipp Oettl	GER	Team Goeleven	+1 Lap
	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	BMW Motorrad Team	DNF
	Kohta Nozane	JPN	GYTR GRT Yamaha Team	DNF

Jonathan Rea ends his World Superbike win drought in a wet-dry opening race at the 2022 Phillip Island season finale.

After fighting to the front of a four-rider lead group with wet tyres on a drying track, Rea was the first of the leaders to make the call and pit for slicks at the middle stages of the 22 laps.

Toprak Razgatlioglu followed Rea in, while Alex Lowes and Alvaro Bautista initially stayed out.

The early pit stop paid off for Rea, who returned to the lead with 8 laps to go, holding a big advantage over Razgatlioglu and Bautista.

Newly crowned world champion Bautista then lost out to Lowes and Andrea Locatelli after rejoining on slicks, but it was still enough for Ducati to wrap up the constructors' title.

Kyle Smith, who briefly led the race, was the highest-placed rider to brave it out on wets to the finish.

Philip Oettl was the only rider not to start on wets, picking intermediates, but ran off on the opening lap and pitted.

Phillip Island WorldSBK Records

Fastest Lap - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 1:30.075s

2020 Race Winners

Race 1 - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha

Superpole Race - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team

Race 2 - Alex Lowes GBR Kawasaki Racing Team

Australian WorldSBK, Phillip Island - Race Results (1)

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