Full Argentina WorldSBK warm-up results

Jonathan Rea has t🌼opped a 19-rider field in warm-up at the Argentina World Superbike round following the controversial opening race.

The newly-crowned five-time W🌺orld Superbike champion was just one of 12 riders to take part in Race 1 with six riders sitting out the race over safety concerns while Loris Baz was ruled out by injury.

Rea finished runner-up to Alvaro Bautista in the opener but starteꦡd stron﷽gly in cooler conditions to produce a late 1m 37.784s to lead nearest rival Toprak Razgatlioglu by over eight-tenths of a second in the 15-minute warm-up session.

Chaz Davies was one of the riders who opted to miss the opening race, with the six riders releasing a joint statement explaining the situation at Circuito San Juan Vil🦂licum, but𒈔 all World Superbike riders are expected to contest today’s Superpole sprint race and full distance Race 2.

The Aruba.it Racing Ducati rider ended warm-up third fastest ahead of Pata Yamaha’s Michael va🌃n der Mark and fellow protester San💦dro Cortese on the GRT Yamaha.

With Alex Lowes in sixth place for Pata Yamaha, Race 1 winner Bautista could only manage seventh plac♎e for the factory Ducati squad but ahead of BMW’s Tom Sykes, Barni🍬 Ducati’s Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Kawasaki’s Leon Haslam.

Home round hero Leandro Mercado claimed 11^th place in warm-up for Orelac Racing Kawasaki in front of leaꦿd Moriwaki Althea Honda ridꦬer Leon Camier.

GRT Yamaha’s Marco Melandri slotted into 13^th place with the recovering Baz in 14^th for Ten Kate Racing Yamaha aꦕs Jordi Torres rounded out the top 15 for Pedercini Kawasaki.

With Markus Reiterberger 16^th for BMW, Eugene Laverty (Team Goeleven Ducati), Ryuichi Kiyonari꧋ (Moriwaki Althea Honda) and Alessandro Delbianco (Althea Honda) completed the warm-up timesheet.