2024 World Superbike Catalunya - Friday Free Practice Results

Tito Rabat suffered a crash on just his first flying lap before depositing gravel on the circuit at turn ten.

After topping FP1, Toprak Razgatlioglu again made a hot start to the afternoon’s running as he led the way from Remy Gardner.

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But it was a short lived stay at the top for the BMW rider as Nicolo Bulega eclipsed his time by over four tenths.

As Bulega continued to pump in the fast lap times, Alvaro Bautista made it a factory Ducati 102 as he moved into P2.

With race simulations dominating FP2, Bulega was the man to beat as he continuously lapped quicker than anyone else.

With 20 minutes remaining Danilo Petrucci made it a Ducati 1-2-3 as he split the two factory riders.

After momentarily closing to within half a tenth of Bulega, Bautista saw the gap to his rookie team-mate grow once again as Bulega dipped into the 1m 40s barrier with ten minutes remaining.

Free Practice 1 results

Like day-one of the WorldSBK test last week, Remy Gardner and Jonathan Rea showed good early speed aboard their Yamaha machines as they slotted into P1 and P2, respectively.

Nicolo Bulega then banged in a lap time three tenths faster than Gardner before Andrea Locatelli and Andrea Iannone also moved ahead of Gardner, relegating the Australian to fourth place.  

A low 1m 41s lap from Toprak Razgatlioglu saw top spot change hands yet again, as the BMW rider built on his impressive test last week.

Despite threatening his own fastest time, Razgatlioglu was unable to improve on his ensuing laps although he remained fastest.

Following a slow start to the session, Danilo Petrucci began showing his potential as he jumped up to sixth place aboard his Barni Ducati.

Late improvements were made by Michael Van Der Mark and Rea as they moved up to second and third, behind Razgatlioglu who closed out the session on top.