Misano World Superbike FP3 Results: Alvaro Bautista clear of the chasing pack again
Alvaro Ba♐utista was once again in imperious form as he dominated World Superbike FP3 at Misano.
Making a strong start to FP3, Alex Lowes was the early leader from teammate Jonathan Rea, as a margin of three tenths spli෴t the factory Kawasaki pair.
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Lowes soon saw him time beatಞen by Michael Ruben Rinaldi, as the Ducati rider continued his impressive form from day-one.
Garrett Gerloff was the first rider to come unstuck as he crashed with less than ten🀅 minutes of the session gone.
Back at the front, Bautista’s o🗹minous day-one performance continued as he went quickest by nearly seven tenths.
Rea and Kawasaki then took advantage of the cooler temperature🔜s to go quickest, however, the six-time champion saw his time obliterated by Bautista once aga♐in.
A time of 1:33.466s put Bautista cl꧃ose to half a second clear of Rea, while Rinaldi was six tenths back from the reigning♚ world champion.
Although it was a narrow improvement, Bautista beat🍨 his perso♏nal best time to extend his advantage to 0.516s over Rea with half the session remaining.
Circulating with a Q tyre, Bautista continued pumping in fast times as he found yet more pace with a time of 1:33.35🎐2s.
Lorenzo Bald🐼assarri was the second rider to suffer a crash after losing the front-end of his Yamaha R1 at turn s💧ix.
Rinaldi eventually cut Bautista’s lead to just over two tenths, however, the former MotoGP rider🍌 remained fastest.
The Italian’s session ended with him ru⛦nning off circuit and through𝄹 the gravel at turn 14.
| 2023 World Superbike Misano, Italy - Free Practice (3) Results | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | 1:33.825s |
| 2 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | +0.245s |
| 3 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | +0.603s |
| 4 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team | +0.717s |
| 5 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GoEleven Ducati | +0.785s |
| 6 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +0.794s |
| 7 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Team | +0.871s |
| 8 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK | +0.876s |
| 9 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK | +0.894s |
| 10 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | Team HRC WorldSBK | +0.903s |
| 11 | Dominique Aegerter | SWI | GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team | +1.017s |
| 12 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | +1.106s |
| 13 | Scott Redding | GBR | ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | +1.355s |
| 14 | Xavi Vierge | SPA | Team HRC WorldSBK | +1.417s |
| 15 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Motoxracing Yamaha WorldSBK Team | +1.438s |
| 16 | Loris Baz | FRA | Bonovo Action BMW | +1.838s |
| 17 | Tom Sykes | GBR | ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | +2.192s |
| 18 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | ITA | GMT94 Yamaha | +2.221s |
| 19 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAL | PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing | +2.572s |
| 20 | Luca Vitali | ITA | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | +2.766s |
| 21 | Gabriele Ruiu | ITA | Bmax Racing BWM | +2.820s |
| 22 | Isaac Vinales | SPA | TPR by Vinales Racing | +3.150s |
| 23 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Puccetti Kawasaki | +3.480s |
| 24 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | +3.578s |
| 25 | Ryo Mizuno | JAP | PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing | +3.883s |
Misano World Superbike Records
Lap Record - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha 1:33.722s (2022)
2022 Race Winners
Race 1 - Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.it Ducati
Superpole Race - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha
Race 2 - Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.it Ducati
Like in FP2, Toprak Razgatlioglu spent the majority of FP3 focusing on race pace as he s𒀰truggled to m🔴atch the pace of those at the front.
Weekend schedule (UK Time)
Friday
09:30-10:15 - Free Practice 1
14:00-14:45 - Free Practice 2
Saturday
08:00-08:30 - Free Practice 3
10:10-10:25 - Superpole
13:00 - Race 1
Sunday
08:00-08:15 - Warm-up
10:00 - Superpole Race
13:00 - Race 2
