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2023 Portimao World Superbike – Free Practice 3 Results
At the Portimao World Superbike weekend, Jonathan Rea was the early pacesetter in FP3 but was overtaken by Alvaro Bautista, who led a Ducati 1-2 ahead of Danilo Petrucci. Rea set a time of 1:41.250s, a tenth quicker than Petrucci. Bautista then broke the 1m 40s barrier, with Toprak Razgatlioglu close behind. A technical issue affected Axel Bassani’s performance, and Bautista ultimately put a four-tenths gap between himself and Rea. Garrett Gerloff set an even faster time, and the morning qualifying runs saw Michael Rinaldi take the top spot. Bautista became the first rider to break into the 1m 39s barrier. In terms of race winners, Razgatlioglu won Race 1 and the Superpole Race, while Bautista took victory in Race 2. The big news of the weekend was Kawasaki’s signing of Axel Bassani. The weekend schedule included practice sessions, Superpole, and two races.
Source: Crash
