Had Alami Crash, Bautista Appears Maximum At Barcelona

Archives - Aruba.it Racing-Ducati Alvaro Bautista accelerated when Race 2 WSBK 2023 at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit at the Mandalika SEZ, Praya, Central Lombok, NTB, Sunday (5/3/2023). (Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Was involved in an accident, two ALvaro Bautista (Aruba.It Ducati) and Iker Lecuona (HRC) racers performed optimally in the second trial session (testing) ahead of World Superbike (WSBK) Assen, Netherlands, which was held at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit, Spain.

Quoted from an official statement received on Saturday, the two riders were involved in an accident or minor crash while testing their motorbikes in Spain.

Bautista posted a time of 1 minute 40,459 seconds to top the time. The achievement was better than he did in the first session, and was only one-tenth behind the lap record set by Tom Sykes in 2021.

Meanwhile, Lecuona completed her second session in the runner-up position with a time of 1 minute 40.521 seconds even though she had an accident at Turn 14, and had received medical treatment. He was reported to be fine.

"I was lucky because I didn't have a fracture or any other serious injury. It was a quick crash. However, I am very confident to go to Assen and I am very ready for that, considering last year, I got my first podium there. I will fight," Lecuona said as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, April 1.

Furthermore, the top three positions are filled by six-time champion Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing) with the best time of 1 minute 40,659 seconds. His team-mate, Alex Lowes completed 0.194 seconds from Rea to take fifth place.

There is also another Aruba.It Ducati racer, Michael Ruben Rinaldi, in fourth place, finished 0.359 seconds adrift of his teammates.

On the other hand, Yamaha's best time was led by rookie racer Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha) who took sixth place on his first visit to the circuit.

Meanwhile, the Yamaha factory team finished the session with Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometee) in seventh place with 1 minute 41,196 seconds, and team-mate Andrea Locatelli was in 13th place.