Australia WorldSBK: Alvaro Bautista wins from Jonathan Rea as red flag denies last-lap showdown
A double crash took place on the opening lap as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Garrett Gerloff and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Xavi Vierge suffered identical falls at turn two.
Botꩵh riders got caught up in the middle of the pack before running onto the grass and crashing before reaching the gravel.
At the front, Rea took the lead away from Bautista at turn four which also allowed a fast-charging 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Scott Redding to move into second.
Bautista was then pushed down to fourth after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes made yet more progress following early moves on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Locatelli and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu.
As Redding began to find Rea’s pace too hot to handl♛e, Bautista, Razgatlioglu and Lowes all madꦛe quick overtakes on the BMW rider.
Rea was then reeled in immediately by Bautista as the Ducati rider set the fastest lap of the race on lap seven, ꦗwhilst overtaking the Kawasaki rider f🌼or the lead.
As the pace increased, Rea and Razgatlioglu had the answers when it came to staying in touch, 🌳although p🎀assing the Spaniard was proving difficult.
Mistakes at the end of lap 10 and again on lap 11 allowed Rea to close in on Bautista, with R𝓡azgatlioglu and Lowes also bringing themselves in content🍬ion.
A wheelie on the exit of turn five saw Rꦑea get close again before the six-time world champion had a momen𒁏t of his own on corner exit.
As riders went over mid-race distance, Lowes was the rider on the c𒁃harge as Razgatlioglu was slowest of the leadiꦚng quartet.
The lead group was down to just two on lap 13 as Razgatlioglu was dropp꧑ed 🔜by over a second by Bautista and Rea.
Vital f🗹or his attempts of closing back in on the leading duo, Lowes finally made the move stick with eight laps to go, although a big gap was now created.&꧒nbsp;
Over six tenths was the margin between Bautista and Rea with six laps to go wꦗhich was the most for many laps, however, Rea regrouped on the following lap in order to reduce the deficit t🥃o two tenths.
Just as𝓰 the battle for the win was heating up, a red flag was brought out due to a crash for Eugene Laverty.
With only five laps remaining it meant victory for the second time today for WorldSBK champio𓆉n Bautista, with Rea and Lowes finis💖hing on the podium.
