De Luigi Ciamburro / Corsedimoto.com
Jonathan Rea wins the Superpole race at Aragon and moves back to 2 points behind Scott Redding in the Superbike standings. At 14:00 p.m., he will try to overtake her in Race 2.
Johnny constantly ran roughly 1'49 without ever breaking the 1'50 wall, before managing his advantage at the end. For him, it is the fourth victory of the season in the Superpole Race, and he gains three points in the standings, coming back to 2 points behind Scott Redding. " It is good to have gained a place on the grid for today, but we knew that Kawasaki is doing better than us in these cool conditions » said the English Ducati rider. “ All the Ducatis struggled at the start, but this afternoon will be a long race »
Behind the two usual championship matadors, van der Mark, Lowes and Bautista are competing for the lowest step of the podium, with the Dutchman from Yamaha in the lead. Next we find Álvaro Bautista, Chaz Davies and Alex Lowes, ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu and Michael Rinaldi. Race in the form of a recovery for Chaz Davies who does not find grip at the rear and struggles to return to the top positions in the first laps, but still finishes 5th: this afternoon, he will start from the front and the scenario could change.
The start of the race was marred by an incident at Turn 9 with Tom Sykes going out into the gravel and, on the way back, hitting Tati Mercado.
💥 Drama on the first lap of Tissot Superpole Race! #AragonWorldSBK pic.twitter.com/ANjYxGqUTo
- WorldSBK (@WorldSBK) August 30
The Superbikes will return to Aragón MotorLand at 14:00 p.m. for Race 2, where Jonathan Rea will attempt to regain control of the WorldSBK leadership.
4️⃣/4️⃣@jonathanrea takes his 4th Tissot Superpole Race win of 2020 🏆@KRT_WorldSBK #AragonWorldSBK pic.twitter.com/YYJzU9x0lG
- WorldSBK (@WorldSBK) August 30
