FP2 got off to a dreadful start fo🌠r Bonovo Action BMW as Garrett Gerloff lost control under braking at turn 18, which resulted in him taking down teammate Loris Baz. Gerloff went over to the Frenc❀h rider and apologised immediately for his mistake. 

At the front of the field, Jonathan Rea was🦋 the early pacesetter before Axel Bassani stuck in a 🎃time that was six tenths quicker. 

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The only rider under the 1m 48s barrier, Bass🙈ani then went even faster on his next lap around as he set a 1:47.675s. 

More drama unfolded a f꧙ew minutes later as Gabriele Ruiu crashed at the final chicane. The Italian avoided contact with any of the oncoming riders, but with debris lying on the circuit it 💖meant red flags were deployed.

After a brief delay, on-track action was back underway as Bautista made a quick restart. Down in P12, Bautista jumped up to sixth spot behind Bradley Ray who made a very strong sta📖rt to FP2.

As was t🦄he case with Ruiu, Rea was the next rider to bring out the red flags after going down at the final corner. Gravel was dragged onto the track which is why the session was stopped. 

At the♐ beginnin𓆉g of the second restart, Bassani consolidated his lead by setting a time of 1:47.523s.

Bassani then pumped in another fastest lap as Bautista and Rinaldi made it an ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚall-🍌Ducati top four.

With his teammate 💎having already completed several laps following their coཧllision, Gerloff eventually got out of pit lane with 17 minutes remaining. 

Threatening t🧔o take over top spot, Petrucci ended a lap that saw his post three red sectors in second. That was moments after Alex Lowes also made big gains by jumping ▨up to P3. 

Bassani’s time ܫwas very nearly beaten with five minutes to go as Razgatlioglu got within half a tenth of the Italian. 

With lap times getting faster and faster, the lea💜derboard finally saw a new name appear at the top as Lowes went quickest by close to three tenths. 

A third red flag was deployed when 💖Tito Rabat becam🐟e the latest to crash at the final corner.

The session got underway with just over two minutes remaining which was enough time for rider♔s to find improvements. 

One of those was Rinaldi as the Italian went quickest by over a tenth. Gerloff also found significant gains as he fi꧅nished ཧthird.

Imola WorldSBK Records 

Fastest Lap -  Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Ducati 2019 1:45.727s

2019 Race Winners

Race 1 - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 

Superpole Race - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 

Race 2 - Cancelled 

Managing to avoid crashes, Er✱ic Granado and Leon Haslam suffered off-track excursions that impacted their running. 

Weekend Schedule (UK time)

Friday 

Free Practice 1: 09:30-10:15

Free Practice 2: 14:00-14:45

Saturday 

Free Practice 3: 08:00-08:30

Superpole: 10:10-10:25

Race 1: 13:00

Sunday 

Warm-up: 08:00-08:15

Superpole Race: 10:00

Race 2: 13:00