Locatelli tops opening session as last pre-season check will get underway at P.I.

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WorldSBK 2023

Phillip Island pre-season Take a look at Day One


Completely wonderful circumstances welcomed World Superbike to Phillip Island this morning as the ultimate pre-season check received underway simply earlier than noon.

The ambient temperature had simply handed 20-degrees and was climbing in direction of a forecast prime of 29-degrees.

The monitor temperature on the Phillip Island tarmac was already over 40-degrees and can possible get a lot hotter for the afternoon session until some breeze will get as much as take the sting out of the tarmac.

Proper on the finish of the primary two-hour session held on Monday Andrea Locatelli knocked Alvaro Bautista out of prime spot.  A 1m31.008 besting Bautista’s 1m31.148, however it’s noteworthy that the Ducati man recorded a string of low 1m31s and accomplished probably the most laps of any rider, 46 laps a good workload for the morning.

Jonathan Rea was third quickest on 1m31.260 forward of Michael Rinaldi and Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Early indicators are good for Remy Gardner with a 1m31.697 putting him P6 for the morning. Remy could be on dwelling turf, so to talk, however loads of his rivals have lots extra laps below their belts than Remy does right here at Phillip Island.

Whereas the Honda riders solely ranked P12 and P14 they topped the velocity charts. Vierge clocking 321.4 km/h and Lecuona 318.6 km/h.

Riders can have one other two hour session beginning at 1540 this afternoon. On Tuesday WorldSBK riders once more have two classes, the primary two-hour session begins 0910 earlier than the ultimate outing at 1340 on Tuesday afternoon.

WorldSBK Take a look at Instances
Monday FP1

Pos Rider Nat Time Hole Laps
1 A. LOCATELLI ITA 1m31.008 37
2 A. BAUTISTA ESP 1m31.148 0.140 46
3 J. REA GBR 1m31.260 0.252 32
4 M. RINALDI ITA 1m31.543 0.535 40
5 T. RAZGATLIOGLU TUR 1m31.564 0.556 32
6 R. GARDNER AUS 1m31.697 0.689 41
7 D. AEGERTER SUI 1m31.907 0.899 41
8 P. OETTL GER 1m31.950 0.942 32
9 L. BAZ FRA 1m32.293 1.285 32
10 A. LOWES GBR 1m32.328 1.320 32
11 D. PETRUCCI ITA 1m32.382 1.374 34
12 I. LECUONA ESP 1m32.391 1.383 38
13 M. VAN DER MARK NED 1m32.466 1.458 28
14 X. VIERGE ESP 1m32.472 1.464 25
15 G. GERLOFF USA 1m32.654 1.646 37
16 O. KONIG CZE 1m32.829 1.821 29
17 T. SYKES GBR 1m32.880 1.872 24
18 A. BASSANI ITA 1m32.900 1.892 39
19 L. BALDASSARRI ITA 1m32.905 1.897 35
20 S. REDDING GBR 1m33.051 2.043 34
21 H. SYAHRIN MAS 1m34.045 3.037 33
22 E. GRANADO BRA 1m34.235 3.227 35

WorldSBK Take a look at FP1 High Speeds

SPEED
Pos Rider Bike km/h
1 X. VIERGE Honda CBR1000 RR-R 321.4
2 I. LECUONA Honda CBR1000 RR-R 318.6
3 G. GERLOFF BMW M1000 RR 318.6
4 L. BAZ BMW M1000 RR 318.6
5 M. VAN DER MARK BMW M1000 RR 317.6
6 D. PETRUCCI Ducati Panigale V4R 317.6
7 A. BAUTISTA Ducati Panigale V4R 316.7
8 S. REDDING BMW M1000 RR 315.8
9 A. LOWES Kawasaki ZX-10RR 315.8
10 T. RAZGATLIOGLU Yamaha YZF R1 314.9
11 M. RINALDI Ducati Panigale V4R 314.9
12 R. GARDNER Yamaha YZF R1 314.0
13 A. BASSANI Ducati Panigale V4R 312.1
14 J. REA Kawasaki ZX-10RR 312.1
15 T. SYKES Kawasaki ZX-10RR 312.1
16 D. AEGERTER Yamaha YZF R1 310.3
17 A. LOCATELLI Yamaha YZF R1 310.3
18 P. OETTL Ducati Panigale V4R 310.3
19 H. SYAHRIN Honda CBR1000 RR-R 307.7
20 O. KONIG Kawasaki ZX-10RR 305.1
21 L. BALDASSARRI Yamaha YZF R1 304.2
22 E. GRANADO Honda CBR1000 RR-R 303.4

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