Next round is at Barcelona-
Catalunya circuit, between
March 22-24.
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WorldSBK Race 1
1. Nicolo Bulega (Duc)
2. Andrea Locatelli (Yam) +2.280s
3. Andrea Iannone (Duc) +2.630s
4. Alex Lowes (Kaw) +4.728s
5. Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW)
+5.706s
WorldSBK Superpole Race
1. Alex Lowes (Kaw)
2. Andrea Locatelli (Yam) +1.157s
3. Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) +1.738s
4. Alvaro Bautista (Duc) +1.812s
5. Nicolo Bulega (Duc) +2.838s
WorldSBK Race 2
1. Alex Lowes (Kaw)
2. Alvaro Bautista (Duc) +0.048s
3. Danilo Petrucci (Duc) +1.178s
4. Andrea Iannone (Duc) +1.275s
5. Nicolo Bulega (Duc) +2.346s
Aussie support-class machine
was nerve-wracking, and some
riders signaled to delay the race
yet again after riding over the
affected area's concrete dust on
the sighting lap. So, there was
another delay for more cleaning.
The race finally got underway but
over only nine laps.
Once more, Montella proved
to have an unbeatable pace,
with Schroetter second this time
and Huertas back on a function
-
ing machine third.
Fourth
once again was
Caricasulo, with Valentin Debise
(Evan Bros Yamaha) making up
for his race-one fall. Sofuoglu
was again sixth.
In the championship points,
Montella has 50, Schroetter 36
and Caricasulo 26. Manzi's race-
two double falls and no-score
puts him fourth on 20 points.
alty. The pole man and potential
debut winner for Aruba Ducati,
Adrian Huertas, had his bike go
wrong on the start line and had
been dragged off to pitlane and
eventual DNS status.
The racing action was even
more mad, with Yari Montella
(Barni Spark Ducati) winning
the race by over six seconds
from Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate
Yamaha) and his chasing
red-and-white shadow, Marcel
Schroetter (MV Agusta). Ka
-
wasaki's top runner, Can Oncu
(Puccetti
Racing), was sent wide
and eventually DNF'd via Glenn
van Strallen's Yamaha.
Federico Caricasulo (Motozoo
ME AIR MV Agusta) was fourth,
and, for his best result to date, Oli
Bayliss (D34G Ducati) was fifth.
In the second race, the long
delay for an oil spill caused by an
ROUND 1 / FEBRUARY 23-25, 2024
PHILLIP ISLAND / VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
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Yari Montella made the
most of the other rider's
misfortunes by taking two
superb race wins.
