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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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