WorldSBK Donington Park, Great Britain - Free Practice Results (2)
Day-one of WorldSBK free practice at Donington Park belonged to circ🎃uit debutant Garrett Gerloff.
The American’s stunning time-attack lap of 1:27.524s was over three tenthsꦐ quicker than top two in the champioꦿnship Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu.
| WorldSBK Donington Park, Great Britain - Free Practice Results (2) | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha | 1:27.524s |
| 2 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +0.329s |
| 3 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha | +0.524s |
| 4 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +0.607s |
| 5 | Scott Redding | GBR | Aruba.It Ducati | +0.626s |
| 6 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Ducati | +0.800s |
| 7 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Team HRC | +0.871s |
| 8 | Lucas Mahias | FRA | Kawasaki Puccetti | +0.938s |
| 9 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +1.025s |
| 10 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha | +1.070s |
| 11 | Tom Sykes | GBR | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +1.145s |
| 12 | Chaz Davies | GBR | GoEleven Ducati | +1.540s |
| 13 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +1.835s |
| 14 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Barni Ducati | +1.890s |
| 15 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Team HRC | +2.044s |
| 16 | Isaac Vinales | SPA | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | +2.256s |
| 17 | Luke Mossey | GBR | Pedercini Kawasaki | +2.451s |
| 18 | Eugene Laverty | IRL | RC Squadra Corse BMW | +2.564s |
| 19 | Jonas Folger | GER | Benovo BMW | +2.694s |
| 20 | Christophe Ponsson | FRA | Gil Yamaha | +2.729s |
| 21 | Loris Cresson | BEL | Pedercini Kawasaki | +3.879s |
| 22 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | GRT Yamaha | |
Rea and Alex Lowes were the early pacesetters for Kawasaki, before Razgatlioglu took over top spot✱ with 20 minutes remaining.
As was the case in FP1, Tom Sykes’ session began with a second crash of the day. Razgatlioglu th✱en had a huge moment on the brakes heading into turn 12, but was able to stay aboard his Yamaha R1 after running through the grass.
Tito Rabat had a♒n excursion through the gravel at turn eight as he gets reacquainted with the British circuit - last visit to Donington Park was 2009.
Free Practice One
Fresh off a new two-year WorldSBK contract extension with Pata Yamaha, Razgatlioglu was second fastest behind Rea after provisionally topp💃ing FP1.
After being stuck in pit lane for 15 minutes due to a technical issue, Razgatlioglu eventually headed out and was immedia๊tely on the pace. The 24 year-old went over a tenth quicker than Rea on his final lap, however, the Yamaha rider's time was deleted for exceeding track limits once the session was over.
It means a time of ꩵ1:27.841s was good enough for Rea to retain top spot - only man under the 1m 28s barrier.
Nine-time WorldSBK race winner at Donington Park, Sykes, su♔ffered a cold tyre crash less than five minutes in at the Melbourne Loop. However, Sykes remounted to set 🦄some blistering laps at the front of the field.
Sykes was fastest for most of the sessioဣn, before Rea took over with a quart🐻er of FP1 remaining.
More lap time🐭s were deleted after the session finished, as Scott Redding who was fourth fastest for Aruba.it Ducati was instead relegated to sixth, behind team-mate Michael Rinaldi and Garrett Gerloff who claimed fifthꦰ.
British Superstock rider Luke Mossey is replacing Samuele Cavalieri at Pedercini Kawasaki after the Italian rider and 💫team decided to end their partnership. Mossey finished FP1 17th fastest.
