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Cycle News 2022 Issue 43 October 25

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Rea, Axel Bassani (Ducati) and Iker Lecuona (HRC) capitalized in fine style, with the Honda rider fast at the beginning and fast enough to score well at the end of 21 tense laps. Bautista went from fourth to third on lap four, by which time Bassani was in the lead, with Rea trying to get past his high-speed mobile obstacle ap- proach. Bautista would be the one to finally take Bassani's lead, not Rea, and from lap eight to lap 21 Bautista gave another controlled front-running masterclass of pace, almost always inside the 1:37 second. On lap 19, Rea had shown enough prowess to go into second, and he eased off on the final lap to guarantee the 20 points, with Bassani 1.5 seconds adrift in a privateer podium slot. Lecuona earned his fourth- place finish, complete with a (small) stage one of Honda's re- cent greater chassis adjustment freedoms under an early version of the 2023 Superconcessions rules. Top BMW finisher was Scott Redding in seventh place. With no Razgatlioglu fighting Bautista, the main action came from the young upstart Bassani and the old master Rea chewing away at each other, and occa- sionally touching. No overall Ducati "team" order or favors asked so far, but Bas- sani's race was one of almost complete defense. Razgatlioglu lined up for the Superpole race from pole position and took the early lead, determined to make up for his Saturday fall. He fought for the early lead with Rea initially, with Bautista third. The true 2022 trio of factory powers pulled a gap on the rest with Rinaldi, Alex Lowes (Kawa- saki Racing Team) and Lecuona creating their own off-podium fight. VOLUME 59 ISSUE 43 OCTOBER 25, 2022 P37 The top four blast off for the Superpole race with Toprak Razgatlioglu leading the charge.

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