It’s back to work at a hotter Motorland Aragón for Team HRC
Fresh from round 4 of the 2020 Superbike World Championship, Team HRC remain at the Motorland Aragón circuit in Spain for round 5, which got underway today in dry, sunny conditions.
By the end of the first 50-minute free practice opening practice, Leon Haslam had set a best of 1’50.978 to place ninth with Alvaro Bautista just behind him in tenth place with a 1’51.000.
The afternoon’s hotter second session saw the two Team HRC riders continue the hard work aboard their CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP along with their respective teams. Bautista almost immediately improved on his morning’s best to set a 1’50.736 while Haslam was able to lower his time later on in the session to close with a 1’50.890. Thanks to these results, the riders closed day one in, respectively, seventh and tenth place in the combined standings.
Alvaro Bautista 19
“It has been an interesting day and, all in all, a positive one. As we already had a good set-up from last week, this morning we tried something quite different but we didn't find anything so special so we went back to the set-up that we know works, preferring to concentrate on the tyre test to see if everything was ok also in the hotter weather conditions. The track is definitely a little less high-performing but I'm still happy with the feeling I got with the bike. I hope we can be faster in tomorrow’s Superpole to get a good starting place on the grid for Race1 and then we'll see.”
Leon Haslam 91
“This morning was quite positive. We’ve been working to improve our race pace and the difference between my laps this morning and my last lap this afternoon was just one tenth, so I think we’ve made a good step there. We also wanted to check the bike setting in the hotter conditions and found good feeling through the final stages this afternoon, also managing to maintain good lap times. So we still have work to do but things are looking more stable than they were last weekend.”
Free Practices Combined Results after FP2
Pos. | Rider | Num | Nation | Team | Constructor | Time/Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rinaldi Michael Ruben | 21 | ITA | Team GOELEVEN | Ducati | 1'49.840 |
2 | Rea Jonathan | 1 | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | Kawasaki | 0.001 |
3 | Lowes Alex | 22 | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | Kawasaki | 0.507 |
4 | Sykes Tom | 66 | GBR | BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | BMW | 0.697 |
5 | Razgatlioglu Toprak | 54 | TUR | PATA YAMAHA WorldSBK Official Team | Yamaha | 0.819 |
6 | Davies Chaz | 7 | GBR | ARUBA Racing - Ducati | Ducati | 0.884 |
7 | Bautista Alvaro | 19 | SPA | Team HRC | Honda | 0.896 |
8 | van der Mark Michael | 60 | NDL | PATA YAMAHA WorldSBK Official Team | Yamaha | 0.925 |
9 | Redding Scott | 45 | GBR | ARUBA Racing - Ducati | Ducati | 1.019 |
10 | Haslam Leon | 91 | GBR | Team HRC | Honda | 1.050 |
11 | Baz Loris | 76 | FRA | Ten Kate Racing Yamaha | Yamaha | 1.241 |
12 | Laverty Eugene | 50 | IRE | BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | BMW | 1.273 |
13 | Fores Xavi | 12 | SPA | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki | 1.363 |
14 | Scheib Maximilian | 77 | CHI | ORELAC Racing VERDNATURA | Kawasaki | 1.544 |
15 | Gerloff Garrett | 31 | USA | GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team | Yamaha | 1.609 |
16 | Caricasulo Federico | 64 | ITA | GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team | Yamaha | 1.773 |
17 | Melandri Marco | 33 | ITA | BARNI Racing Team | Ducati | 1.792 |
18 | Barrier Sylvain | 20 | FRA | Brixx Performance | Ducati | 2.004 |
19 | RAMOS Román | 40 | SPA | OUTDO Kawasaki TPR | Kawasaki | 2.599 |
20 | Takahashi Takumi | 13 | JPN | MIE Racing HONDA Team | Honda | 3.232 |
21 | Ferrari Matteo | 71 | ITA | Motocorsa Racing | Ducati | 3.287 |
Location Information
The MotorLand Aragon road racing circuit was opened in 2009 and in 2011 it became the fifth Spanish track to host the WorldSBK™ Championship. MotorLand Aragón Ctra. TE- V- 7033 KM. 1. 44600 Alcañiz (Teruel) – Spain motorlandaragon.com
Pole Position | Right |
Length | 5.077 Km |
Corners | 17 |
Right Corners | 7 |
Left Corners | 10 |
Records
Pole Record | 1'47.840 (169,484 Km/h) N. Bulega (Ducati Panigale V4 R, 2024) |
Race Record | 1'47.935 (169,335 Km/h) T.Razgatlioglu (BMW M 1000 RR, SPRC, 2024) |
All Time Record | 1'47.840 (169,484 Km/h) N. Bulega (Ducati Panigale V4 R, 2024) |
2024 Race 1 Winner | A. Iannone (Ducati Panigale V4 R) |
2024 Superpole Race Winner | A. Bautista (Ducati Panigale V4 R) |
2024 Race 2 Winner | A. Bautista (Ducati Panigale V4 R) |