Portimao Test

[wull]

https://www.crash.net/wsbk/news/996216/ ... zgatlioglu

[KungFooBob]

https://www.crash.net/wsbk/news/996216/ ... zgatlioglu

So you're selling the GSXR to buy a Kawasaki like your hero rides

[wull]

https://www.crash.net/wsbk/news/996216/ ... zgatlioglu

So you're selling the GSXR to buy a Kawasaki like your hero rides

Ain’t going to lie, had a look, then kicked my own arse

[weeksy]

Lazy buggers

1 Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 1:40.621s
2 Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR PATA Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK +0.101s
3 Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.It Racing Ducati +0.132s
4 Michael Rinaldi ITA Aruba.It Racing Ducati +0.640s
5 Andrea Locatelli ITA PATA Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK +0.819s
6 Alex Lowes GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK +0.856s
7 Philipp Oettl GER GoEleven Ducati +1.086s
8 Christophe Ponsson FRA Gil Motor Sport Yamaha +2.546s
9 Luca Bernardi SM Barni Spark Ducati Team +3.432s

[mangocrazy]

So BMW/Redding are sitting out this test? I'd have thought they needed all the testing time they could get...

[Yorick]

So BMW/Redding are sitting out this test? I'd have thought they needed all the testing time they could get...

They all have the same number of days.

[wull]

https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2022/R ... the%20139s

First ever sub 1:40 laps at Portimao


WorldSBK times at the end of day two:
1 Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK) 1’39.616, 66 laps
2. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) 1’39.851s, 87 laps
3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 1’40.055, 68 laps
4. Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) 1’40.335s, 83 laps
5. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK) 1’40.674s, 79 laps
6. Philipp Oettl (Team GoEleven) 1’41.061s, 63 laps
7. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 1’41.143s, 52 laps
8. Christophe Ponsson (Gil Motor Sport-Yamaha) 1’42.374s, 51 laps
9. Luca Bernardi (Barni Spark Racing Team) 1’42.961s, 54 laps

[weeksy]

The big Ducati is looking good under Alvaro!

[Couchy]

So long as the lap times are all similar Toprak has them covered as no one can outbrake him. Gonna be interesting

[weeksy]

So long as the lap times are all similar Toprak has them covered as no one can outbrake him. Gonna be interesting

They both can, but not consistently. But it does open up an interesting discussion as to how! It's very rare we've seen a rider able to consistently out brake everyone.

Rossi for a while, Marquez too.

[wull]

It’s mind boggling! At least WSBK is exciting again after so many years of absolute boredom.

[Couchy]

So long as the lap times are all similar Toprak has them covered as no one can outbrake him. Gonna be interesting

They both can, but not consistently. But it does open up an interesting discussion as to how! It's very rare we've seen a rider able to consistently out brake everyone.

Rossi for a while, Marquez too.

I don’t think we’ve seen a rider in a series have such a consistent advantage like Toprak, you’d put money on him against any rider in WSB in a head to head battle on the brakes. He doesn’t seem to worry if anyone passes him as he knows he can get back even if he’s slightly slower over a lap.

[Skub]

I think this year we'll see Rea riding like a demon. Whether that's enough remains to be seen.

[wull]

I think this year we'll see Rea riding like a demon. Whether that's enough remains to be seen.

I genuinely thought Rea was riding like a demon last season and just as aggressive as others and more aggressive than I’ve ever seen him, I think because Toprak was so aggressive at times people were not not seeing some of the hard moves that Rea was pulling off as well, it made for exciting racing.