Danilo Petrucci can now add World Superbike podium finisher alongside accolades such as double MotoGP race winner, Dakar stage victor and MotoAmerica title runner-up.
Reigning Kwik Fit British Touring Car champion Tom Ingram and series veteran Tom Chilton were the two leading lights during the Goodyear Tyre Test which was staged at Donington Park today.
Toprak Razgatlioglu secured his second WorldSBK win of the season during the Superpole Race, however, he had no answer to Alvaro Bautista’s pace again in the longer race.
Alex Lowes felt he rode well for a trio of sixth places at his home Donington Park World Superbike round as the ‘Kawasaki characteristic’ left him in a spin.
Alvaro Bautista emerged from his and Ducati’s worst circuit on the current World Superbike calendar with two wins and a second place at Donington Park, increasing his title lead to a mighty 93 points.
Toprak Razgatlioglu was left in awe of Alvaro Bautista’s “unbelievable acceleration” as the Ducati star took his first ever Donington Park World Superbike win on Saturday.
Jonathan Rea topped the World Superbike timesheets on day one at Donington Park, but dodgy weather means he goes into a ‘crucial’ Saturday feeling ‘a bit underprepared’.