Losing Fast, Toprak Razgatlioglu's Dominance Was Broken By Redding In FP3

JAKARTA - Toprak Razgatlioglu's slick record as the fastest in the free race (FP) 1 and 2 of the World Superbike (WSBK) 2021 had to run aground. The reason is, the smooth record of the Turkish racer was broken by Scott Redding in FP 3.

Taking place at the Mandalika Circuit, Lombok on Saturday, November 20 afternoon, Redding managed to record the fastest time. In this FP 3 session, he completed the track in just 1 minute 33.486 seconds.

From that note, Redding, who represents the Aruba.It Ducati manufacturer, managed to win over Razgatlioglu by a time difference of 0.082 seconds.

Redding's time score was a surprise because he was able to break Razgatlioglu's dominance. Where in the previous FP, Razgatlioglu had the best time record which was also able to outperform his strong rival, Jonathan Rea.

In addition to Redding's surprise, Christophe Ponsson also made a breakthrough in FP 3. Because, he was able to finish in eighth overall, while Gerloff maintained his place in the top three with third position.

1. Scott Redding GBR Aruba.It Ducati 1:33.486s2. Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR PATA Yamaha +0.082s3. Garrett Gerloff USA GRT Yamaha +0.552s4. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +0.611s5. Axel Bassani ITA Motocorsa Ducati +0.760s6. Alvaro Bautista SPA Team HRC +0.947s7. Andrea Locatelli ITA PATA Yamaha +0.959s8. Christophe Ponsson FRA Gil Yamaha +1.071s9. Chaz Davies GBR GoEleven Ducati +1.303s10. Tom Sykes GBR Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team +1.372s11. Isaac Vinales SPA Orelac Racing Kawasaki +1.661s12. Tito Rebate ITA Kawasaki Puccetti +1.859s13. Leandro Mercado ARG MIE Honda Racing +1.893s14. Michael Rinaldi ITA Aruba.It Ducati +1.897s15. Alex Lowes GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +1.987s16. Michael Van Der Mark NED Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team +2.190s17. Samuele Cavalieri SPA Barni Ducati +2.260s18. Kohta Nozane JPN GRT Yamaha +2.551s19. Oliver Konig CZE Pedercini Kawasaki +3.568s.