The predicted rain did indeed arrive and, at 11 a.m., there were few who wanted to try opening a track at 5° and wet…
Honda warming up Haslams in pitlane pic.twitter.com/zKlZFKFDIW
— Steve English (@SteveEnglishGP) January 22, 2020
Half an hour later, Sylvain Barrier (Brixx Performance Ducati) rushed first, followed by Scott Redding (Ducati Aruba) et Michael van der Mark (Yamaha Pata), the latter establishing a first reference in 2'12.453.
Quickly, the times dropped to the 2'06 zone, then 2'03 around noon under the impetus of Christophe Ponsson (Nuova M2 Racing) came to test the Aprilia with which he should participate in the Italian championship.
A quarter of an hour later, Alvaro Bautista (Honda Racing) caused the brand new Honda CBR 1000RR to experience its first fall, without the slightest gravity, in the Dani Pedrosa curve.
Some pics of the 2020 Fireblade #WorldSBK pic.twitter.com/3SHdziI1rv
— Steve English (@SteveEnglishGP) January 22, 2020
In the wake, Loris Baz (Team Ten Kate) seized the leadership in 1'54.882 before being dethroned by Scott Redding in 1'54.207.
In the first turn, Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha Pata) then made the Yamaha R1 suffer the same fate as the Honda ofAlvaro Bautista before the French driver took back command in 1'53.794.
A little half an hour later, Michael van der Mark lowered the provisional benchmark to 1'53.675, with 4 hours of testing remaining for this first day.
No timer for Stefan Bradl.
See you this evening for the summary of the day!
Pole position record: Rea 1'38.247
Best lap in the race: Bautista 1'39.004
November Test: Rea 1'38.3
