Iker Lecuona fastest at Circuit de Catalunya

3rd edition of Catalonia World SBK Round officially launched today Circuit de Barcelona – CatalunyaWith all the participants of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship and the Yamaha R7 Super Finale Support Championship, the engines were running, the motorcycles were revving and after a few days of prepping, we started working on the track. In addition, Friday’s session was also the public’s first contact with the event, which already has access to the Catalan facility, so as not to miss any details of the event.

The most anticipated session was that of the WorldSBK category.The pageant became more and more exciting and attracted attention Alvaro Bautista, world cup leader. This Spaniard has failed to top his three times in one day, but he will surely know how to find his place in his Tissot Superpole tomorrow. The Ducati rider set his fourth fastest time in the second free practice session, stopping the clock at his 1:42.018. This time it was the fastest in the afternoon session, but not enough to dominate.

This advantage is today Iker LecuonaThe Valencian registered with the HRC team is winning in 1:41.396. This mark could not be surpassed by any of the opponents staying quite a distance, the closest being Alvaro Bautista boxing his partner Michael his Ruben his Rinaldi. Still, his time was him 1:41.931. His third and final driver to confirm that second was Toprak Razgatlioglu, who in 1:41.991.

In the battle between Bautista and Rhea, the Talavera de la Reina battle took a step forward today.in his fourth place he surpassed Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) finished 5th. Still, only 1 in 40,000 separated them, so everything seems to point to us meeting again tomorrow at the top of the classification without leaving the current champions out of the equation. Toprak Razgatriol (Yamaha leg with Brixx WorldSBK).

Another home pilot, Xabi Berger (Team HRC) also stood out on the Barcelona track. The Catalan finished seventh in total time, showing that Honda still has a lot to say in the World Championship. Confirmed for the final race in France to replace Leon Haslam, Oscar Gutierrez is now repeating his experience at his home circuit. The TPR team his Pedercini Racing players are adapting to this event and improving with each session.