2023 Donington Park World Superbike - Friday Practice Results
Friday Free Practice results for round six of the 2023 World Superbike championship at Donington Park in Great Britain.
| 2023 World Superbike, Donington Park - Free Practice 2 | ||||
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Pata Yamaha Prometeon | 1:27.639s |
| 2 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +0.142s |
| 3 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Yamaha Prometeon | +13.100s |
| 4 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAS | PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team | +14.781s |
| 5 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | ITA | GMT94 Yamaha | +15.995s |
| 6 | Eric Granado | BRA | PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team | +16.234s |
| 7 | Dominique Aegerter | SUI | GYTR GRT Yamaha Team | +16.298s |
| Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Team | No Time | |
| Philipp Oettl | GER | GoEleven Ducati | No Time | |
| Loris Baz | FRA | Bonovo Action BMW | No Time | |
| Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | No Time | |
| Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha Team | No Time | |
| Scott Redding | GBR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team | No Time | |
| Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba.it - Ducati | No Time | |
| Iker Lecuona | ESP | Team HRC | No Time | |
| Xavi Vierge | ESP | Team HRC | No Time | |
| Tito Rabat | ESP | Kawasaki Puccetti | No Time | |
| Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | No Time | |
| Oliver Konig | CZE | Orelac Racing MOVISIO | No Time | |
| Bradley Ray | GBR | Yamaha Motoxracing Team | No Time | |
| Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.it - Ducati | No Time | |
| Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | No Time | |
| Isaac Vinales | ESP | Pedercini Racing | No Time | |
| Tom Sykes | GBR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team | No Time | |
Donington Park: Official World Superbike Lap Records:
Best Lap:
Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki 1m 26.080s (2022)
Best Race Lap:
Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Yamaha 1m 26.767s (2022)
Worsening weather at Donington Park meant Jonathan Rea's 1m 27.627s morning time remained unbeaten in this afternoon's Free Practice 2, when only Toprak Razgatlioglu and Axel Bassani improved on their FP1 best and just seven riders recorded a lap time.
In a repeat of FP1, white and red flags were waved from the start of the afternoon session.
However, this time the rain spots soon intensified, sending all riders back to the pits, most without setting a flying lap, while Razgatlioglu had got to within a mere 0.012s of Rea's earlier best.
The continuing rain eventually soaked the track, prompting some riders to return on wet tyres in the closing stages.
Razgatlioglu's team-mate Andrea Locatelli was quickest on wets followed by Hafizh Syahrin, Lorenzo Baldassarri, Eric Granado and Dominique Aegerter.
The others elected to play safe and remain in the pits.
The short Free Practice 3 takes place on Saturday morning followed by the Superpole qualifying session and Race 1.
| 2023 World Superbike, Donington Park - Free Practice 1 | ||||
| RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME | |
1 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | 1:27.627s |
2 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Pata Yamaha Prometeon | +0.052s |
3 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GoEleven Ducati | +0.130s |
4 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +0.230s |
5 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Yamaha Motoxracing Team | +0.430s |
6 | Tom Sykes | GBR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team | +0.481s |
7 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba.it - Ducati | +0.516s |
8 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.it - Ducati | +0.925s |
9 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Yamaha Prometeon | +0.944s |
10 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Team HRC | +1.006s |
11 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | +1.010s |
12 | Scott Redding | GBR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team | +1.113s |
13 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Team | +1.149s |
14 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +1.169s |
15 | Loris Baz | FRA | Bonovo Action BMW | +1.300s |
16 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha Team | +1.522s |
17 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Team HRC | +2.044s |
18 | Dominique Aegerter | SUI | GYTR GRT Yamaha Team | +2.414s |
19 | Isaac Vinales | ESP | Pedercini Racing | +2.497s |
20 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | ITA | GMT94 Yamaha | +2.662s |
21 | Tito Rabat | ESP | Kawasaki Puccetti | +3.059s |
22 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAS | PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda | +3.221s |
23 | Eric Granado | BRA | PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda | +3.539s |
24 | Oliver Konig | CZE | Orelac Racing MOVISIO | +3.549s |
Donington Park: Official World Superbike Lap Records:
Best Lap:
Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki 1m 26.080s (2022)
Best Race Lap:
Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Yamaha 1m 26.767s (2022)
Jonathan Rea leads Toprak Razgatlioglu as raindrops torment riders during opening practice for the 2023 Donington Park World Superbike round.
Rain flags were hoisted from the start of the 45-minute session, but didn't prevent slick tyres being used.
Fresh was his newly announced KRT contract extension, Alex Lowes set the early pace before last year's triple winner Razgatlioglu took over at the top for Yamaha.
Worsening rain then sent most riders back to the pits during the middle stages.
But conditions improved just as quickly, with Rea recovering from some early technical issues to post a 1m 27.627s in the final five minutes, putting him a fraction clear of Razgatlioglu.
Philipp Oettl split the Kawasakis of Rea and Lowes with third and top Ducati. BSB champion Bradley Ray began his home weekend in style with fifth, just ahead of countryman, former world champion, BMW stand-in and Donington specialist Tom Sykes.
Reigning world champion and runaway 2023 title leader Alvaro Bautista was seventh for Ducati, just ahead of team-mate Michael Rinaldi.
Andrea Locatelli (Yamaha) and Iker Lecuona (Honda) completed the top ten.
Remy Gardner, riding with a special James Hunt-style helmet design, was the first faller of the weekend, in the opening ten minutes at the final turn.
FP2 takes place at 15:00 local time.
Donington Park has been resurfaced since the 2022 event, where Toprak Razgatlioglu took all three wins and eventual champion Alvaro Bautista suffered a rare retirement and managed just one podium.
Donington Park 2022:
Race 1 winner: Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Yamaha
Superpole Race winner: Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Yamaha
Race 2 winner: Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Yamaha
