2024 World Superbike Catalunya Test - Results (Day-one, Final)

The afternoon was dominated by Ducati as WorldSBK rookie Nicolo Bulega topped the times.

Bulega set a stunning time of 1:40.304s to put himself seven tenths clear of team-mate Alvaro Bautista, who held a five tenth advantage over Toprak Razgatlioglu in third.

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Jonathan Rea was fastest early on after a battle for top spot with Remy Gardner, and as a result of the increased pace was pushed down to P4.

Alex Lowes was one of several riders to crash as he brought out a red flag inside the last hour.

Gardner, Michael Rinaldi and Tito Rabat also crashed during the afternoon in Catalunya.

In a bid to improve his position late on, Razgatlioglu set his best time of the day to split the Aruba.it Ducati riders.

Morning running topped by Jonathan Rea

Day-one of the Catalunya WorldSBK test got underway with Bautista going fastest with a low 1m 43s time.

However, the two-time world champion’s effort was quickly beaten by Razgatlioglu, who broke into the 1m 42s barrier. 

30 minutes later and a new name popped up to the top of the leaderboard as six-time world champion Jonathan Rea put the woes of Phillip Island behind him.

Just over a tenth clear of Razgatlioglu, Rea held on top top spot briefly before Gardner smashed the personal best time by over half a second.

But Rea responded as the two Yamaha riders exchanged places at the front of the leaderboard.

Prior to that, yellow flags were deployed when Razgatlioglu had a fall at turn ten. Razgatlioglu was able to get his M 1000 RR back to the garage. Bradley Smith also crashed his BMW machine at turn five.

Both Bautista and factory Ducait team-mate Bulega then found more time as they moved into third and fourth ahead of Razgatlioglu.

However, the margin to both Yamaha riders was still a significant four tenths.