World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Free Practice Results (1)
Championship leadꦯer 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 behin꧟d 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. ಞRea finished P3 - +0.337 down on his title rival Razgatlioglu.
Andrea Locatelli suffered an early crash at turn one after running through t𒀰he gravel and losing the front end at slow speed.&🅘nbsp;
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 Eugeꦿne Laverty replaced the injured Chaz Davies and Tom Sykes.
