WSBK Superbike Portugal FP3: Toprak Razgatlioğlu breaks the record.

Soil Razgatlioson broke the Portimão record in the third practice session: Half a second ahead of everyone on racing tires!

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Soil Razgatlioson a pulvérisé le record à Portimão lors de la troisième séance d’essais : Une demi-seconde d’avance avec les pneus de course ! Le brillant champion en titre a imprimé un fantasmagorique 1’40″121, un dixième sous le record de la Superpole d’il y a un an, en utilisant le pneu SCX, qui ne peut être utilisé que dans la course de sprint lors de cette manche, mais qui, dans les courses précédentes, a été la solution la plus populaire pour couvrir les distances normales. Ce n’était pas un éclair isolé : Toprak a poursuivi son attaque avec d’autres passes en très petits 1’40”. Jonathan Rhea et Alvaro Bautista, pour le moment, semblent être pris au dépourvu.

 

 

Problems encountered by Michael Rinaldi
Smoky session, literally, for Michael Rinaldi : The Ducati stopped suddenly, leaving a large white wake. The rider from Rimini was the fastest on Friday morning. Behind a literally unleashed Toprak comes his teammate Andrea Locatelli : The two Yamahas are followed by the Kawasaki duo on Jonathan Rea before alex lowes. Fifth beat for Alvaro Bautista : More than the position, it's the gap that worries you, a good seven tenths. The Spaniard was not up to par during FP2, with a hotter track. These are the expected conditions for this afternoon's challenge.

 

 

Watch out for tires
For the Portimão round, Pirelli did not remove from the allocation the soft SCX tires, which were the majority during the previous eight rounds. Only two solutions are available for the rear: SC0 range and SC0 B0624 development. This is a remarkable redistribution of the cards, which could have strong repercussions on the values ​​of the peloton which had been consolidated during the last outings. Remember that among the three drivers competing for the world championship, Jonathan Rhea has not won since May 22, that is to say since the Estoril round. A very heavy fast which is unprecedented for the six-time world champion since (2015) he has been racing with Kawasaki.

At 12:10 p.m., the qualification
The starting grid will be defined by the Superpole, which will begin at 12:10 p.m. Portuguese time, fifteen minutes early. The general record is 1'40″291 established last year by Soil Razgatlioğlu. A cette occasion, le pneu ultra-tendre SCQ n’est pas disponible, mais étant donné la limite que les meilleurs pilotes ont atteint lors de la FP3 en pneus de course, il n’est pas difficile d’imaginer que la barrière des 1’40” pourrait tomber de façon tonitruante. La course 1 est programmée à 15h00, le temps est parfait : La température attendue est d’environ 25 °C.

 

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Paul Gozzi