Razgatlioglu led on Friday in Portugal
Championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) made the most of the small advantage of a dry track to take first place after the two free practice sessions in Estoril, setting his best lap of 1m 37s 355m obtained in the afternoon session. It was a day that featured rain in the morning session and in the afternoon there was a mix of dry and wet track at times.
After the first training session, which was also for Razgatlioglu in the rain, the afternoon rehearsal had a drier floor so the records where Toprak established his time improved significantly. Halfway through the training session it rained again so no one could improve the time. of the Turkish pilot.
He was escorted by Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) at 710m, third Alex Lowes (Kawasaki) at 719m, fourth Alvaro Bautista (Ducati) at 892m, fifth Iker Lekuona (Honda) at 894m, sixth Nicolo Bulega (Ducati) at 1s 040m, seventh Axel Bassani ( Kawasaki) in 1s 082m, Garret Gerloff (BMW) was eighth in 1s 083m, Xavier Verge (Honda) was ninth in 1s 091m and Jonathan Rea (Yamaha) was tenth in 1s 217m.
In the first five places are four of the five factories. The exception is Yamaha, which had a difficult day where the best representative placed. As has been happening in recent times, Honda placed its two drivers again in the top ten.
Today after the third training session the qualification will take place and then the first competition. Tomorrow everything will begin with the short race that organizes the grid for the second competition.
If Razgatlioglu finishes tomorrow with a difference of 62 points or more over his second runner-up, he will become champion with one date remaining, being his second title in World SBK, after the first obtained in 2021.
World WCR: Ana Carrasco took pole position
Ana Carrasco obtained her second pole in the Women’s World Championship by being the fastest in Estoril, in the fifth round of the first year of the exclusive category for women. Qualifying began with wet ground and then it dried out so the drivers went to the pits to change tires.
From that moment on, the two ladies fighting for the championship moved the dispute to the track for the first starting place, setting the pace of the session.
So Ana Carrasco with a time of 1m 51s 706m will start ahead, behind her will María Herrera at 359m, completing the first row Beatriz Neila at 1s 907m, fourth Sara Sánchez at 1s 918m, (1-2-3-4 of Spanish), fifth Tayla Replh at 2s 232m and sixth Roberta Ponziani at 2s 291m.
In seventh place was the Mexican Astrid Madrigal, eighth Francisca Ruiz, ninth Mallory Dobb, tenth Jessica Howden. In 16th place came the Chilean Isis Carreño who returned after her injury and 18th came the Colombian Sara Baron.
Today will be the first competition and tomorrow the second will be held.