Toprak Razgatlioglu maintains his FP1 advantage to finish two tenths clear of title rival Jonathan Rea in World Superbike FP2 at Mandalika.
Despite being 1.5 seconds down on Razgatlioglu’s overall best time from FP1, Alex Lowes quickly improved to go within two tenths of the Yamaha rider’s 1:34.985s.
Jonathan Rea, who lost considerable track time in FP1 due to a technical issue, then went quickest for this session, second overall.
Lowes then crashed at turn two – the same spot as replacement rider for Loris Cresson, Oliver Konig did this morning. While that was happening, Razgatlioglu went +0.003s down on Rea’s best FP2 time.
After following each other for a couple of laps, Razgatlioglu dropped back from Rea to then start another push lap, a lap that saw him go fastest, although not quite enough to beat his own time from earlier on.
However, Razgatlioglu did eventually go on to better his fastest lap of the day on his very next lap. A time of 1:34.815s put him -0.199s clear of Scott Redding who was just the second rider at this stage to set a sub 1m 35s lap.
After a brief return to pit lane, Razgatlioglu re-joined the track with team-mate Andrea Locatelli in close proximity. The Turkish rider went another fourth tenths faster which helped the Italian move up to second – six tenths behind the series leader.
Rea managed to split the two Pata Yamaha riders as he went just under two tenths down on Razgatlioglu, but this time it was sector one not four where the Kawasaki rider struggled to match Razgatlioglu.
Impressive efforts from Garrett Gerloff and Leon Haslam saw both riders jump up to third and fourth during the final five minutes. Haslam’s team-mate Alvaro Bautista then pipped the British rider to fourth place courtesy of a lap that was a tenth quicker.
WORLD SUPERBIKE MANDALIKA, INDONESIA – FREE PRACTICE RESULTS (2)
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha | 1:34.230s |
| 2 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +0.174s |
| 3 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha | +0.225s |
| 4 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Team HRC | +0.230s |
| 5 | Scott Redding | GBR | Aruba.It Ducati | +0.349s |
| 6 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Team HRC | +0.371s |
| 7 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +0.528s |
| 8 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha | +0.647s |
| 9 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +0.708s |
| 10 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +0.724s |
| 11 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Ducati | +0.727s |
| 12 | Isaac Vinales | SPA | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | +0.742s |
| 13 | Tom Sykes | GBR | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +1.181s |
| 14 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | GRT Yamaha | +1.186s |
| 15 | Chaz Davies | GBR | GoEleven Ducati | +1.206s |
| 16 | Leandro Mercado | ARG | MIE Honda Racing | +1.361s |
| 17 | Christophe Ponsson | FRA | Gil Yamaha | +1.407s |
| 18 | Tito Rabat | ITA | Kawasaki Puccetti | +1.620s |
| 19 | Samuele Cavalieri | SPA | Barni Ducati | +1.706s |
| 20 | Oliver Konig | CZE | Pedercini Kawasaki | +4.692s |
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