2021 WorldSBK Championship - Round 3: Italy (Misano)

Chaz Davies has a weekend to forget in Misano as he leaves round three of the 2021 WorldSBK championship scoreless.

Round three of the 2021 WorldSBK championship at Misano was a case of deja vu for Honda as Alvaro Bautista struggled with ‘braking and corner entry’.

Andrea Locatelli secures three ninth place finishes at home round in Misano, but was outshone by fellow WorldSBK rookie Axel Bassani.

Much like Scott Redding, it was a consistent Misano WorldSBK weekend for Kawasaki rider Alex Lowes, but not one in terms of race results he hoped for.

Scott Redding loses more ground to WorldSBK championship rivals Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu after three fourth place results in Misano. 

Italian rookie Axel Bassani betters his WorldSBK points tally of Aragon and Estoril combined, with three top ten performances in Misano.

Garrett Gerloff produced one of his better WorldSBK performances on Sunday in Misano, as he overcame two back of the grid starts (pit lane in race one) to claim an eighth and fifth place.

Michael Rinaldi says Misano was ‘almost’ the perfect home weekend as he claimed his first wins of the 2021 WorldSBK season, but couldn’t hold off Toprak Razgatlioglu in race two.

Toprak Razgatlioglu’s impressive run of second place WorldSBK finishes in 2021 comes to an end with brilliant Misano race two victory.

Jonathan Rea comes away from round three of the 2021 WorldSBK championship at Misano with three third place finishes, but a reduced championship lead.

Results from race two at Misano, round 3 of the 2021 World Superbike Championship.

Results from race two at Misano, round 3 of the 2021 World Supersport Championship.

Results from the Superpole race at Misano, round 3 of the 2021 World Superbike Championship. 

Results from the warm-up session at Misano, round 3 of the 2021 World Supersport Championship.

Results from the warm-up session at Misano, round 3 of the 2021 World Superbike Championship.

Jonathan Rea saves a big front-end moment on his way to a podium finish in Misano race one; 'I was completely off the bike! It was lucky."

Michael Rinaldi dominates World Superbike race one at Misano for a memorable home victory, team-mate Scott Redding settles for points as risk level rises.

Results from race one at Misano, round 3 of the 2021 World Supersport Championship

Results from race one at Misano, round 3 of the 2021 World Superbike Championship.

Results from the Superpole Qualifying session at Misano, round 3 of the 2021 World Superbike Championship.

Results from the Superpole Qualifying session at Misano, round 3 of the 2021 World Supersport Championship.

Results from the third practice session at Misano, round 3 of the 2021 World Superbike Championship.

Jonathan Rea finished fourth fastest overall on day-one of WorldSBK action at Misano, after losing most of FP1 to a rear brake failure.

Home favorite Michael Rinaldi dominates FP2 to finish fastest on day-one of WorldSBK action at Misano.