World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Free Practice Results (2)

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

24 Sep 2021

Jonathan Rea, Jerez WorldSBK, 24 September 2021
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Jonathan Rea dominated the second World Superbike free practice at Jerez to end day one fastest.

World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Free Practice Results (2)
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	1:39.671s
2	Michael Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Ducati	+0.399s
3	Leon Haslam	GBR	Team HRC	+0.657s
4	Scott Redding	GBR	Aruba.It Ducati	+0.671s
5	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Team HRC	+0.678s
6	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	+0.681s
7	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	PATA Yamaha	+0.682s
8	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	PATA Yamaha	+0.930s
9	Garrett Gerloff	USA	GRT Yamaha	+1.074s
10	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+1.187s
11	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+1.226s
12	Loris Baz	FRA	GoEleven Ducati	+1.467s
13	Eugene Laverty	IRL	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+1.526s
14	Isaac Vinales	SPA	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	+1.526s
15	Leandro Mercado	ARG	MIE Honda Racing	+1.562s
16	Christophe Ponsson	FRA	Gil Yamaha	+1.665s
17	Lucas Mahias	FRA	Kawasaki Puccetti	+1.704s
18	Jonas Folger	GER	Benovo BMW	+1.851s
19	Marvin Fritz	GER	IXS-YART Yamaha	+1.959s
20	Samuele Cavalieri	SPA	Barni Ducati	+2.170s
21	Andrea Mantovani	ITA	Vince64 Racing Kawasaki	+2.373s
22	Kohta Nozane	JPN	GRT Yamaha	+2.450s
23	Loris Cresson	BEL	Pedercini Kawasaki	+2.611s
24	Lachlan Epis	AUS	Pedercini Kawasaki	+4.705s

Just like FP1, Rea immediately set the pace ahead of Team HRC riders Leon Haslam and Alvaro Bautista, while GRT Yamaha rider Kohta Nozane suffered a crash on just his first flying lap.

The Japanese rider wasn’t alone in crashing as fellow Yamaha riders Christophe Ponsson and wildcard rider Marvin Fritz also went down at turn one.

With just under half the session gone, Michael Rinaldi reduced Rea’s advantage of two tenths to just +0.004s, before bettering the Kawasaki rider a few laps later.

Alvaro Bautista, who was fourth at the time and on course for a personal best late on, suffered a fast crash at turn 11. The Spaniard lost the front on what is the first of two right-handers.

Rea then improved with just under five minutes to go and regained top spot courtesy of the first sub 1m 40s lap of the day - four tenths ahead of Rinaldi in second.

Toprak Razgatlioglu finished the session seventh after being the only rider inside the top eight not to go quicker than this morning - finished second overall.

Free Practice One

Championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu finished the opening World Superbike practice at Jerez fastest from Michael Rinaldi.

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.