World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Free Practice Results (1)

Results from free practice one, round ten of the 2021 World Superbike Championship at Jerez, Spain.

24 Sep 2021

Toprak Razgatlioglu, Catalunya WorldSBK, 18 September 2021
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Championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu finished the opening World Superbike practice at Jerez fastest from Michael Rinaldi.

World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Free Practice Results (1)
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	PATA Yamaha	1:40.074s
2	Michael Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.it Ducati	+0.086s
3	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	+0.337s
4	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	+0.439s
5	Leon Haslam	GBR	Team HRC	+0.675s
6	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	PATA Yamaha	+0.692s
7	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+0.699s
8	Scott Redding	GBR	Aruba.It Ducati	+0.764s
9	Garrett Gerloff	USA	GRT Yamaha	+0.855s
10	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+0.856s
11	Loris Baz	FRA	GoEleven Ducati	+1.017s
12	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Team HRC	+1.099s
13	Isaac Vinales	SPA	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	+1.192s
14	Leandro Mercado	ARG	MIE Honda Racing	+1.228s
15	Jonas Folger	GER	Benovo BMW	+1.243s
16	Lucas Mahias	FRA	Kawasaki Puccetti	+1.438s
17	Christophe Ponsson	FRA	Gil Yamaha	+1.517s
18	Kohta Nozane	JPN	GRT Yamaha	+1.779s
19	Marvin Fritz	GER	IXS-YART Yamaha	+1.881s
20	Eugene Laverty	IRL	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+2.214s
21	Samuele Cavalieri	SPA	Barni Ducati	+2.429s
22	Andrea Mantovani	ITA	Vince64 Racing Kawasaki	+2.444s
23	Loris Cresson	BEL	Pedercini Kawasaki	+3.409s
24	Lachlan Epis	AUS	Pedercini Kawasaki	+5.524s

Jonathan Rea led the way early on before Alex Lowes then bettered his British team-mate. Razgatlioglu was less than a tenth behind the two Kawasaki riders in P3.

Lowes remained top until Rea regained top spot with 18 minutes left. However, Razgatlioglu soon improved on Rea’s time by a further three tenths.

Winner of race two in Catalunya, Rinaldi jumped into third ahead of Lowes late on, before turning that into second. Rea finished P3 - +0.337 down on his title rival Razgatlioglu.

Andrea Locatelli suffered an early crash at turn one after running through the gravel and losing the front end at slow speed.

FIM World Endurance rider Marvin Fritz was back in WorldSBK action for the second time this year after making a wildcard appearance in Most, Czech Republic, while Loris Baz and Eugene Laverty replaced the injured Chaz Davies and Tom Sykes.

World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Free Practice Results (1)

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