Álvaro Bautista (Ducati) directly won the Superpole session of the 2023 World Superbike Championship in Assen, however was punished. The Spaniard dealt with difficult challengers in Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha).
The Superpole of the Superbike World Championship is a conventional certifying session where all riders have 15 minutes to set their finest time. Pirelli’s SCQ tires, which can last approximately 10 laps, have actually been readily available given that2022 In theory, motorists can run the whole season with this tire. The soft SCX racing tire is typically utilized for warm-up.
After a night of rain, the sun smiled and, together with the fresh wind, made sure that the pitch was damp at the start of the Superpole. Nicolo Bulega (Ducati) showed that the scenario is still great with a record in the Superpole of the Supersport classification.
On his very first flying lap, Alex Lowes set an excellent time of 1: 33.741 from a standing start, a little slower than Kawasaki team-mate Jonathan Rea. Behind the Kawasaki duo at the front were Ducati star Álvaro Bautista and the Yamaha trio of Andrea Locatelli, Dominique Aegerter and Razgatlioglu.
For contrast: Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha) drove the fastest race in 2022 in the Superpole race with 1: 33.620 minutes. The Turk likewise holds the enduring record at 1: 32.934 minutes, run in the exact same year.
At the break, the whole field headed to the pit lane to place on soft certifying tires for the time trial. Rea began, who took the lead with a time of 1: 33.668 minutes, however might just enhance a little. When the six-time world champ went back to the pit lane, his colleagues tackled their very first effort.
With 2 minutes to go, Bautista crossed the line with a brand-new finest time of 1: 33.542 In his 2nd round, the Spaniard missed out on the boost. Rea, who completed his race third, completed second behind the Ducati rider, with Razgatlioglu 3rd. It remained that method– for a while.
Because after the Superpole, the FIM SBK Management Panel enforced a charge on Bautista and Axel Bassani: Both are returned 3 beginning positions for strolling on the very best line.
Scott Redding drove a strong Superpole for BMW. The Briton put his M1000 RR in 5th location, simply 0.2 seconds behind. Iker Lecuona in 10 th put on the grid provided the very best Honda outcome.
Superbike rider Dominique Aegerter (Yamaha) certified seventh on the grid with a time of 1: 33.956, 4 locations ahead of his stalwart team-mate Remy Gardner.
Qualifying did not go especially well for Philipp Öttl (Go Eleven Ducati). The Bavarian was just 14 th on the grid, 0.8 seconds behind.
Superpole was awkward routine chauffeurs Hafizh Syahrin (24 th, Honda) and Oliver König (25 th, Kawasaki), who needed to pave the way to the brand-new starter Gabriele Ruiu (23 rd, BMW).
| Times Superbike World Championship Assen, Superpole: | ||||
| area | the driver | bike | Time | distinction |
| 1. | Alvaro Bautista (E) | Ducati | 1: 33,542 | |
| 2. | Jonathan Rea (England) | Kawasaki | 1: 33,569 | + 0.027 sec |
| 3. | Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) | Yamaha | 1: 33,661 | + 0.119 |
| 4. | Alex Lowes (England) | Kawasaki | 1: 33,741 | + 0.199 |
| 5. | Scott Redding (England) | bmw | 1: 33,754 | + 0.212 |
| 6. | Andrea Locatelli (I) | Yamaha | 1: 33,799 | + 0.257 |
| 7. | Dominique Aegerter (CH) | Yamaha | 1: 33.956 | + 0.414 |
| of the 8th. | Axel Bassani (I) | Ducati | 1: 33.985 | + 0.443 |
| 9. | Danilo Petrucci (I) | Ducati | 1: 34,139 | + 0.597 |
| 10 | Iker Lecuona (E) | Honda | 1: 34.199 | + 0.657 |
| 11 | Remy Gardner (AUS) | Yamaha | 1: 34,203 | + 0.661 |
| 12 | Xavier Vierge (S) | Honda | 1: 34,260 | + 0.718 |
| 13 | Loris Baz (F) | bmw | 1: 34,310 | + 0.768 |
| 14 | Philipp Öttl (D) | Ducati | 1: 34,391 | + 0.849 |
| 15 | Michael v Mark (NL) | bmw | 1: 34,402 | + 0.860 |
| 16 | Michael Rinaldi (I) | Ducati | 1: 34,488 | + 0.946 |
| 17 | Garrett Gerloff (USA) | bmw | 1: 34,690 | + 1.148 |
| 18 | Bradley Ray (England) | Yamaha | 1: 34,795 | + 1.253 |
| 19 | Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) | Yamaha | 1: 34,919 | + 1.377 |
| 20 | Tom Sykes (England) | Kawasaki | 1: 35.152 | + 1,610 |
| 21 | Eric Granado (BR) | Honda | 1: 35,598 | + 2.056 |
| 22 | Isaac Vinales( E) | Kawasaki | 1: 35,977 | + 2,435 |
| 23 | Gabriele Ruiu( I) | bmw | 1: 36,043 | + 2,501 |
| 24 | Hafizh Syahrin (MAL) | Honda | 1: 36,078 | + 2,536 |
| 25 | Oliver Koenig (CZ) | Kawasaki | 1: 36,480 | + 2,938 |
Penalty has actually been moved 3 beginning positions back
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