Alvaro Bautista Champions Race 1 At The World Superbike Argentina

Alvaro Bautista (Instagram @abautista19)

JAKARTA - Alvaro Bautista, who is a racer from the Aruba.it Racing Ducati team, won the 2022 Argentine World Superbike (WSBK) Race 1 at the San Juan Vilicum Circuit, Saturday (22/10) local time (Sunday WIB).

Quoted from Antara, the Spaniard finished fastest followed by Kawasaki Racing Team rider Jonathan Rea in second place and Motocorsa Racing Ducati rider Axel Bassani in third.

Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider Toprak Razgatlioglu fell on the opening lap and was ultimately only able to finish 15th. That way, Bautista is getting stronger at the top of the standings with an 80-point advantage.

Bautista himself was ranked third in qualifying sessions. Meanwhile Toprak was at the forefront of qualifying, but was only able to add one point in this race after he fell on the opening lap at the ninth corner.

Argentina's Race 1 WSBK results did not change much in the standings ahead of the next two races (Superpole Race and Race 2) on Sunday local time.

Bautista is now top of the standings with 473 points, followed by Toprak with 393 points and Rea with 386 points in the drivers' standings.

Bautista's victory further emphasized the chances of the former MotoGP racer becoming the 2022 WSBK champion. However, there is still one other racing session and two series remaining, including in Mandalika, which will determine the steps to the podium.

Here are the results of Race1 SWBK Argentina 2022:1. Alvaro Bautista - Aruba.it Racing Ducati2. Jonathan Rea - Kawasaki Racing Team3. Axel Bassani - Motocorsa Racing Ducati4. Iker Lecuona - Team HRC5. Michael Ruben Rinaldi - Aruba.it Racing Ducati6. Alex Lowes - Kawasaki Racing Team7. Scott Redding - BMW Motorrad WorldSBK8. Andrea Locatelli - Pata Yamaha with Brixx9. Xavi Vierge - Team HRC10. Michael van der Mark - BMW Motorrad WorldSBK11. Lucas Mahias - Puccetti Kawasaki12. Xavi Fores - Barni Spark Racing Team13.▁pelayanan Gerloff - GRT Yamaha WorldSBK14. Eugene Laverty - Bonovo Action BMW15. Toprak Razgatlioglu - Pata Yamaha with Brixx16. Loris Baz - Bonovo Action BMW17. Philipp Oettl - Team GoEleven Ducati18. Kotah Nozane - GRT Yamaha WorldSBK19. Oliver Konig - Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki20. Maximilian Scherib - MIE Racing Honda21. Marco Solorxa - TPR Team Pedercini Racing

failed to finish: Leandro Mercado - MIE Racing Honda