WSBK Superbike Aragón Course SP: Rea and Kawasaki follow up

As in Race 1, Jonathan Rea received within the Superpole Race forward of his teammate Alex Lowes. Garrett Gerloff completed on the final step of the rostrum.

After the warm-up to heat up on this wet Sunday day in Aragon, the Superbike obtained again to work a bit of later within the morning with the Superpole Race. Appeared in 2019 and inserted between Races 1 and 2, this small-format occasion (ten laps) makes it doable to acquire further factors for the championship, with, nevertheless, a lowered scale.

As in Eurovision, the winner is certainly awarded 12 factors, whereas the second pocket for his half 9, the third 7, and so on till ninth place. Another notable truth, the classification of the Superpole Race determines the hierarchy of the primary three traces of the grid of Race 2, the second a part of the desk remaining in step with the outcomes obtained in the course of the Superpole on Saturday morning.

If the principle mission of this actual dash is to extend the spectacle, the monitor, which had simply dried up after being utterly soaked in the course of the warm-up, already promised to be a energetic race.

Summary of the outcomes of the 2020 version:

WSBK Superbike Aragon	August 2020	May 2021
FP1	1’50.543 Chaz Davies	1’49.952 Toprak Razgatlioglu
FP2	1’50.865 Jonathan Rea	1’50.400 Chaz Davies
FP3	1’50.287 Jonathan Rea	1’49.695 Toprak Razgatlioglu
Superpole	1’48.860 Jonathan Rea	1’48.458 Jonathan Rea
Race 1	Redding, Davies, Rea	Red, Lowes, Razgatlioglu
Warm up	1’50.142 Jonathan Rea	2’02.530 Alex Lowes
Superpole Race	Rea, Redding, Van der Mark	Rea, Lowes, Gerloff
Race 2	Rea, Davies, Bautista
Record	1’48.860 Jonathan Rea (2020)

Flash within the lead for Redding

It was certainly, at the least in the course of the first two rounds, when Scott redding took the very best flight to do the within at Jonathan rea on the first nook. The Ducati rider nonetheless veered too vast and was instantly caught, however nonetheless managed to provide change to the Northern Irishman a bit of additional within the first lap.

A experience within the lead that didn’t final lengthy, the Kawasaki riders placing themselves in working order after an inside battle in the course of the first loop. With this skirmish over in favor of the reigning World Champion, Rea and Alex lowes had loads of time to catch up and then overtake Redding, who would then regularly descend within the hierarchy to complete at a distant eighth place.

@jonathanrea bounces again and escapes#AragonWorldSBK pic.twitter.com/T6dOh9gKlu

– WorldSBK (@WorldSBK) May 23, 2021

If the speculation of one other Kawasaki double was rapidly confirmed, the battle for third place in the meantime provided a bitter battle between Garrett gerloff and Chaz davies. The latter, who began from fifth place on the grid, had a sluggish begin earlier than elevating the tone and combating for an entry into the highest 3. However, he failed on the foot of the rostrum, fourth, after slowing down in restrict swap.

Behind, the shock got here from Michael van der mark. Very snug within the moist situations of the day, the Dutchman made his method by the peloton to climb again up from fifteenth place on the grid. The quantity 60 completed in fifth place, a wonderful end result after a tough first a part of the weekend.

The cowboy restoration is spectacular!

@garrettgerloff is on the assault on @ chazdavies7!@GRTYamahaWSBK #AragonWorldSBK pic.twitter.com/Sf0Hu5tbu2

– WorldSBK (@WorldSBK) May 23, 2021

Razgatlioglu holds up in opposition to Bautista

Present on the rostrum of Race 1 yesterday, Toprak Razgatlioglu was much less profitable this time round with the sixth place end. The Turk fought to the tip with Alvaro Bautista, getting the final phrase after an intense battle.

Tom sykes was for its half compelled to retire. Too unhealthy for the BMW rider, who began from third place and moved to fourth place on the very begin of the race. Abandonment additionally for the French Lucas mahias, whereas the opposite French driver on the sector, Christophe Ponsson, completed the race in nineteenth place.

It’s a @KRT_WorldSBK 1-2 at Superpole Race!@ alexlowes22 @jonathanrea #AragonWorldSBK pic.twitter.com/YaGoRj32Xy

– WorldSBK (@WorldSBK) May 23, 2021

At the forefront, Rea received simply with a big lead over his teammate, who generally peaked up to 5 seconds. This new double and particularly the benefit with which it was obtained raises the query of a brand new hegemony on the a part of the Kawasaki, which nonetheless give 1500 rpm to the Ducatis this season.

The opponents of Rea and Lowes will nevertheless have a brand new likelihood to compromise this nascent domination this afternoon, with Race 2 which is scheduled to start out at 2pm.

Results Superpole Race – Superbike – Aragón:

Ranking credit score and pictures: WorldSBK.com