2023 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship
Spherical Two – Mandalika, Indonesia
WorldSBK Superpole Race
Remy Gardner missed Saturday as a result of gastro thus he needed to begin from the again of the grid for the Sunday morning Superpole race at Mandalika.
Toprak Razgatlioglu on pole alongside his Pata Yamaha team-mate Andrea Locatelli and race one victor Alvaro Bautista. Michael Rinaldi headed row two and hoped for extra success as we speak after taking place at flip one on Saturday.
Razgatlioglu and Locatelli began the Superpole Race with an SC2 entrance and SCX-A rear whereas Bautista was on an SC1 entrance and SC0 rear. The observe temperature was 44-degrees and the ambient 31-degrees.
Bautista acquired an ideal launch however Toprak was bravest into flip one to take the early lead. Tumbling out of the race behind them was Loris Baz and Alex Lowes, whose incident additionally despatched Danilo Petrucci off observe however Petruci rejoined in the back of the sphere after working by the gravel lure.
Lowes was gesturing in direction of Petrucci when he acquired to his ft, deeming the Italian to have squeezed him on the entry to that flip. Baz was an harmless bystander skittled by the ZX-10RR of Lowes.
On the finish of the opening lap it was Razgatlioglu main Bautista, Locatelli and Bassani whereas Jonathan Rea was fifth and Michael Rinaldi sixth. At flip one on that second lap Jonathan Rea went down after which gestured that flags needs to be out as a result of one thing on the observe floor. Officers responded shortly with a purple flag.
There was some delay for observe cleansing earlier than riders gridded up as soon as once more. The observe temperature had elevated to 48-degrees by the point issues acquired underway once more. Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes had taken the chance to alter to an SCX-A rear whereas Michael Rinaldi slotted a more durable SC0 into the again of the Aruba Ducati for the re-start.
Alvaro Bautista took the lead into flip one however then ran in a little bit deep which gave Razgatlioglu the early lead within the shortened eight-lap race.
Michael Rinaldi was in third place on the opening lap and Andrea Locatelli fourth, however Jonathan Rea first picked off Locatelli earlier than instantly shifting to problem Rinaldi for third. Rea acquired the higher of the Italian and Locatelli then adopted him by a couple of turns later to push the Ducati man again to fifth.
Loris Baz was seventh however Alex Lowes then clipped the dangling proper leg of the Frenchman which compelled Baz to retire. He returned to the BMW pits the place he was carried into the pit bay. He was later identified with a fracture of the correct proximal fibula and proper ankle fracture (suspected medial talus), topic to affirmation by way of CT scans.
With 5 laps to run it was Razgatlioglu, Bautista, Rea, Locatelli, Lowes fifth and Bassani sixth.
Jonathan Rea slung his ZX-10RR underneath Bautista on a right-left change of route which despatched the Spaniard off-line. The Ducati spun up on the soiled a part of the observe and flicked Bautista over the bars. His unbeaten run coming to an finish as we speak at Mandalika.
Rea had additionally ran a little bit huge and virtually suffered the identical destiny however held on to it, the Northern Irishman did lose a few positions because of this although, each Andrea Locatelli after which Alex Lowes demoting him to fourth.
Benefitting from the Rea and Bautista conflict was Toprak Razgatlioglu, the Turk having fun with a useful lead with 4 laps to run over his team-mate Andrea Locatelli. The Italian nonetheless had Alex Lowes in shut firm however managed to carry him off to safe that second place.
Toprak Razgatlioglu the victor and Andrea Locatelli made it a Pata Yamaha 1-2.
A KRT 3-4 with Lowes third whereas Jonathan Rea simply managed to carry of Axel Bassani to assert fourth place.
Xavi Vierge sixth forward of Michael Rinaldi and Michael van der Mark.
Dominique Aegerter crossed the road in tenth place however was later relegated to eleventh after being penalised for irresponsible using.
Remy Gardner crossed the road 13.5-seconds behind the winner to assert 14th place forward of Lorenzo Baldassarri and Iker Lecuona.
WorldSBK Superpole Race Outcomes
| Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Hole | Velocity |
| 1 | T. Razgatlioglu | Yamaha YZF R1 | 12m26.052 | 285.7 |
| 2 | A. Locatelli | Yamaha YZF R1 | +1.110 | 287.2 |
| 3 | A. Lowes | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | +1.372 | 289.5 |
| 4 | J. Rea | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | +3.073 | 291.1 |
| 5 | A. Bassani | Ducati Panigale V4R | +3.234 | 292.7 |
| 6 | X. Vierge | Honda CBR1000 RR-R | +4.251 | 291.1 |
| 7 | M. Rinaldi | Ducati Panigale V4R | +4.617 | 293.5 |
| 8 | M. Van Der Mark | BMW M1000 RR | +4.792 | 290.3 |
| 9 | S. Redding | BMW M1000 RR | +5.797 | 290.3 |
| 10 | D. Aegerter | Yamaha YZF R1 | +8.068 | 288.0 |
| 11 | D. Petrucci | Ducati Panigale V4R | +8.347 | 295.1 |
| 12 | G. Gerloff | BMW M1000 RR | +8.442 | 293.5 |
| 13 | P. Oettl | Ducati Panigale V4R | +10.592 | 290.3 |
| 14 | R. Gardner | Yamaha YZF R1 | +13.534 | 287.2 |
| 15 | L. Baldassarri | Yamaha YZF R1 | +16.839 | 286.5 |
| 16 | I. Lecuona | Honda CBR1000 RR-R | +17.365 | 289.5 |
| 17 | H. Syahrin | Honda CBR1000 RR-R | +18.881 | 284.2 |
| 18 | O. Konig | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | +33.614 | 276.9 |
| 19 | E. Granado | Honda CBR1000 RR-R | +42.022 | 277.6 |
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| RET | T. Sykes | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 3 Laps | 281.3 |
| RET | A. Bautista | Ducati Panigale V4R | 5 Laps | 292.7 |
| RET | L. Baz | BMW M1000 RR | 6 Laps | 287.2 |
World Superbike Championship Factors
| Pos | Rider | Factors |
| 1 | Alvaro Bautista | 87 |
| 2 | Andrea Locatelli | 59 |
| 3 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | 55 |
| 4 | Jonathan Rea | 44 |
| 5 | Axel Bassani | 43 |
| 6 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | 34 |
| 7 | Xavi Vierge | 27 |
| 8 | Danilo Petrucci | 26 |
| 9 | Iker Lecuona | 26 |
| 10 | Philipp Oettl | 23 |
| 11 | Dominique Aegerter | 20 |
| 12 | Alex Lowes | 19 |
| 13 | Michael Van Der Mark | 16 |
| 14 | Scott Redding | 11 |
| 15 | Remy Gardner | 10 |
| 16 | Garrett Gerloff | 10 |
| 17 | Loris Baz | 6 |
| 18 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 1 |
| 19 | Hafizh Syahrin | 1 |
2023 FIM Superbike World Championship Calendar |
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| Date | Circuit | WSBK | WSSP600 | WSSP300 |
| 24-26 Feb | Phillip Island | X | X | |
| 3-5 Mar | Mandalika | X | X | |
| 21-23 Apr | Assen | X | X | X |
| 5-7 Might | Catalunya | X | X | X |
| 2-4 Jun | Misano | X | X | X |
| 30 Jun-02 Jul | Donington Park | X | X | |
| 14-16 Jul | Imola | X | X | X |
| 28-30 Jul | Autodrom Most | X | X | X |
| 8-10 Sep | Magny-Cours | X | X | X |
| 22-24 Sep | Aragón | X | X | X |
| 29-Sep-01 Oct | Algarve | X | X | X |
| 13-15 Oct | San Juan Villicum | X | X | |
