Scott Redding believes a P4 finish was there to be had in Race 2 at Mandalika before the 2020 WorldSBK runner-up made several costly mistakes, leaving him ‘angry’ in the aftermath.
Scott Redding is continuing to push BMW for significant upgrades following another tough WorldSBK outing in Portimao, saying ‘I want to be ready for next year’.
Iker Lecuona claims all new parts tested by Honda in recent weeks will be going towards the 2023 package and that nothing new is expected on the bike for the final few WorldSBK rounds of this season.
With Remy Gardner officially confirmed as his replacement at GRT Yamaha, Garrett Gerloff has agreed to a deal with BMW that is expected to see him line-up alongside Loris Baz in 2023.
Following his controversial battle with WorldSBK series leader Alvaro Bautista in race two at Magny-Cours, Jonathan Rea has hit out at the Spaniard’s team-mate Michael Ruben Rinaldi after the pair were involved in their own tussle that resulted in contact on several occasions.
For the first time in 2022 Garrett Gerloff finished as the top Yamaha rider in a WorldSBK race, after the American also claimed his first top five result in what’s been a disappointing season to this point.
On a day where his two title rivals faltered, Alvaro Bautista kept his cool to take an eighth WorldSBK victory of the season and extend his championship lead to over 50 points.
Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea have seen their WorldSBK title hopes suffer another damaging blow after suffering completely different, but equally costly crashes in race one at Magny-Cours.