The 15 minutes that determine the starting grid have concluded: here are the positions of all the riders.
The Superpole SBK at Portimao ends: the Algarve track, known for its tricky and at the same time adrenaline-pumping ups and downs for the riders, has delivered its results.
A very fast session, where there is no time for mistakes. Toprak Razgatlioglu flies, and on his first lap, he lowers his own track record set in FP3 by another three-tenths: alongside him, Michael van der Mark’s BMW also performs very well and finishes in seventh position, with both of them set to fight for the front row of Race 2 during tomorrow’s Superpole Race.
The Italians are divided into two groups: Bulega, Petrucci, and Locatelli finish in second, third, and fourth positions, respectively, while Montella, Iannone, and Bassani are further back, between twelfth and fourteenth place. At the end, the number 5 rider from the Barni team crashes, causing a yellow flag that penalizes Alex Lowes: the Briton, who was initially in sixth place, has his time cancelled and ends the Superpole without a valid lap, also affected by a fall at the start of the session and the difficult situation with the Bimota of the Kawasaki Racing Team.
Starting grid: from first to ninth position.
- Toprak Razgatlioglu
- Nicolò Bulega
- Danilo Petrucci
- Andrea Locatelli
- Sam Lowes
- Xavi Vierge
- Michael van der Mark
- Dominique Aegerter
- Alvaro Bautista
The starting grid: from tenth to twenty-third position.
10. Remy Gardner
11. Iker Lecuona
12. Yari Montella
13. Andrea Iannone
14. Axel Bassani
15. Scott Redding
16. Garrett Gerloff
17. Bahattin Sofuoglu
18. Tito Rabat
19. Ryan Vickers
20. Tarran Mackenzie
21. Jason O’Halloran
22. Zaqhwan Zaidi
23. Alex Lowes
Andrea Iannone, however, will start in sixteenth position in Race 1 due to a penalty received in this morning’s FP3.
Photo: Toprak Razgatlioglu
