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Rinaldi tops opening WorldSBK practice session at Mandalika

2023 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship Round Two - Mandalika, Indonesia

Trev by Trev
March 3, 2023
in WSBK

2023 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship

Round Two – Mandalika, Indonesia

World Superbike FP1

For the opening World Superbike practice session the track temperature was 43-degrees and the ambient 31-degrees.  Later this afternoon in FP2 track temperatures of up to and perhaps even beyond 60-degrees are expected.  This morning the track was very dirty and grip hard to find.

Loris Baz fell ten minutes into the session but was able to ride back to the pits.  Only minutes later Iker Lecuona went down a little harder at turn 16 and had to walk back to the pits. A couple of laps later Lorenzo Baldassari joined the FP1 crash club with a tumble at turn six and then Michael Rinaldi went down at turn ten just under 20-minutes into the session.

Many riders were biding their time before heading out, waiting for the circuit to clean up and some rubber go down. 20-minutes into the session many riders had turned a wheel, including Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes.

In fact, Rea didn’t head out of pit-lane until only 18-minutes were left in the 45-minute session. At that juncture Toprak Razgatlioglu led the way from Alvaro Bautista and Remy Gardner.

Michael Rinaldi bounced back from his early fall to top the session with a 1m34.613 to push Razgatlioglu back to P2 and Alvaro Bautista to P3. That time more than three-seconds behind the pole record and 2.5-seconds behind the race lap record, both of those benchmarks set here last year.

Jonathan Rea only put in six laps but was quick enough to go P4 ahead of Xavi Vierge and Remy Gardner.

World Superbike FP1 Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap Speed
1 M. Rinaldi Ducati Panigale V4R 1m34.613 290.3
2 T. Razgatlioglu Yamaha YZF R1 +0.056 285.0
3 A. Bautista Ducati Panigale V4R +0.170 291.1
4 J.  Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR +0.188 285.7
5 X. Vierge Honda CBR1000 RR-R +0.225 290.3
6 R. Gardner Yamaha YZF R1 +0.579 285.0
7 A. Locatelli Yamaha YZF R1 +0.707 285.0
8 A. Lowes Kawasaki ZX-10RR +0.920 285.7
9 P. Oettl Ducati Panigale V4R +0.958 286.5
10 M. Van Der Mark BMW M1000 RR +1.529 285.7
11 S. Redding BMW M1000 RR +1.602 284.2
12 G. Gerloff BMW M1000 RR +1.661 291.1
13 A. Bassani Ducati Panigale V4R +1.891 288.8
14 D. Aegerter Yamaha YZF R1 +1.898 282.7
15 L Baz BMW M1000 RR +2.271 282.7
16 D. Petrucci Ducati Panigale V4R +2.317 287.2
17 H. Syahrin Honda CBR1000 RR-R +2.474 281.3
18 T. Sykes Kawasaki ZX-10RR +3.113 279.1
19 L. Baldassarri Yamaha YZF R1 +3.388 278.4
20 O. Konig Kawasaki ZX-10RR +3.995 275.5
Out 105% in this Session
21 E. Granado Honda CBR1000 RR-R +4.905 276.9
22 I.  Lecuona Honda CBR1000 RR-R / 282.7

 


World Supersport FP1

Despite only putting in nine laps during FP1 Aruba Ducati’s Nicolo Bulega has started out at Mandalika in the same fashion he left Phillip Island, on top.

Nicholas Spinelli was second this morning ahead of fellow Yamaha rider Stefano Manzi.  Marcel Schroetter fourth on the MV Agusta F3 800 RR ahead of Raffale De Rosa on a Ducati while Can Oncu was top Kawasaki in sixth.

Oli Bayliss was P12 on the FP1 time-sheet and put in a considerable 20 laps in the session.

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The track temperature for FP1 was 42-degrees and the ambient 31-degrees but for FP2 track temperatures of up to 60-degrees are expected.  This morning the track was very dirty and grip hard to find.

World Supersport FP1 Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap Speed
1 N. Bulega Ducati Panigale V2 1m39.420 248.8
2 N. Spinelli Yamaha YZF R6 +0.259 243.8
3 S. Manzi Yamaha YZF R6 +0.535 248.3
4 M. Schroetter MV Agusta F3 800 RR +0.696 247.7
5 R. De Rosa Ducati Panigale V2 +1.202 248.8
6 C. Oncu Kawasaki ZX-6R +1.364 248.8
7 G. Van Straalen Yamaha YZF R6 +1.659 247.7
8 F. Caricasulo Ducati Panigale V2 +1.690 250.6
9 V. Debise Yamaha YZF R6 +2.367 248.8
10 J.  Navarro Yamaha YZF R6 +2.381 247.7
11 B. Sofuoglu MV Agusta F3 800 RR +3.262 251.7
12 O. Bayliss Ducati Panigale V2 +3.280 247.7
13 N. Tuuli Triumph Street Triple RS 765 +3.307 246.0
14 T. Mackenzie Honda CBR600RR +3.718 239.5
15  A. Sarmoon Yamaha YZF R6 +4.780 244.9
16 A. Mantovani Yamaha YZF R6 +4.876 248.3
Out 105% in this Session
17 J.  Mcphee Kawasaki ZX-6R +5.025 247.1
18 A. Wongthananon Yamaha YZF R6 +5.208 244.9
19 T. Alberto Kawasaki ZX-6R +5.981 246.6
20 A. Norrodin Honda CBR600RR +8.137 226.4
21 H. Truelove Triumph Street Triple RS 765 +8.619 246.6

Mandalika WSBK Round Schedule

Friday
1200-1245 WorldSSP FP1
1300-13:45 WorldSBK FP1
1500-1545 WorldSSP FP2
1600-1645 WorldSBK FP2
Saturday 
1130-1200 WorldSBK FP3
1255-1315 WorldSSP Superpole
1340-1355 WorldSBK Superpole
1500 WorldSSP Race 1
1630 WorldSBK Race 1
Sunday
1130-1145 WorldSBK WUP
1155 WorldSSP WUP
1330 WorldSBK Superpole Race
1500 WorldSSP Race 2
1630 WorldSBK Race 2

World Superbike Championship Points

Pos Rider Points
 1  Alvaro Bautista  62
 2  Andrea Locatelli  34
 3  Jonathan Rea  31
 4  Michael Ruben Rinaldi  31
 5  Axel Bassani  25
 6  Toprak Razgatlioglu  23
 7  Iker Lecuona  22
 8  Philipp Oettl  20
 9  Danilo Petrucci  15
 10  Xavi Vierge  14
 11  Dominique Aegerter  12
 12  Scott Redding  10
 13  Remy Gardner  10
 14  Garrett Gerloff  8
 15  Alex Lowes  6
 16  Michael Van Der Mark  4
 17  Loris Baz  1
 18  Hafizh Syahrin  1



2023 FIM Superbike World Championship Calendar

Date Circuit WSBK WSSP600 WSSP300
24-26 Feb Phillip Island X X
3-5 Mar Mandalika X X
21-23 Apr Assen X X X
5-7 May Catalunya X X X
2-4 Jun Misano X X X
30 Jun-02 Jul Donington Park X X
14-16 Jul  Imola X X X
28-30 Jul Autodrom Most X X X
8-10 Sep Magny-Cours X X X
22-24 Sep Aragón X X X
29-Sep-01 Oct Algarve X X X
13-15 Oct San Juan Villicum X X

 

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