Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2024 Aragon WorldSBK. - Gold and Goose.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2024 Aragon WorldSBK. - Gold and Goose.
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Estoril World Superbike: Friday Practice LIVE UPDATES

Live coverage of the WorldSBK FP1 session from the Estoril World Superbike round.

11 Oct 2024
11:11

Bautista was on a fastest lap but ran wide at turn six. Petrucci was looking good, too, and went up to second with his final lap, only 0.029s behind Razgatlioglu.

11:08

There's also been a crash for Sam Lowes. Less than one minute remaining in FP1.

11:07

Jonathan Rea, Tarran Mackenzie and Alex Lowes have all crashed now, too. Looks like we're getting towards the limit of these conditions.

11:06

Bautista now up to third place, just over half-a-second off Razgatlioglu.

11:04

Ivo Lopes has also crashed on the second MIE Honda.

11:04

Michael Ruben Rinaldi has crashed. He's ninth at the  moment and was on a personal best lap after the second sector.

11:01

Bautista up to sixth now, 0.903s behind Razgatlioglu.

11:00

Into the final 10 minutes now and it's still Razgatlioglu leading from Alex Lowes, and Tarran Mackenzie has fired the MIE Honda into third place, in front of Petrucci.

10:55

Locatelli's got his bike back to the pits, which is where the majority of riders are at the moment, with 14 minutes to go.

10:53

Andrea Locatelli was on a personal best lap but has crashed braking for the tight left-hander in the final sector.

10:50

Petrucci up to third with his latest lap, 0.778s off the pace.

10:46

Razgatlioglu back to the top again, 0.4s clear of Lowes. Looks like these times are going to keep scrolling.

10:46

Nicolo Bulega has crashed, seemingly at the Interior Parabolica. Meawhile, Alex Lowes has returned to the top and lowered the benchmark into the 1:52s.

10:44

Toprak Razgatlioglu to the top now, 0.002s ahead of Lowes.

10:43

Lowes faster again on his latest lap, almost a second clear of the field now.

10:42

Most riders back on track now and Alex Lowes has hit the top, despite having to pass Philipp Oettl in the final corner.

10:36

The session has returned to green; Scott Redding and Alex Lowes are both heading out on track.

10:33

Confirmed that 'safety conditions' are the reason for the red flag.

10:32

The red flag is out. Not entirely sure the cause but no one seems to have crashed. Looks like this one might be for conditions.

10:29

Xavi Vierge up to second with his latest lap, he and Rea now both within a second of Locatelli but the times are still scrolling at the moment as the riders continue to acclimatise to the conditions.

10:27

Locatelli improves to a 55.469, and Rea (+1.218) is now the only rider within three seconds of the Italian.

10:26

It's Andrea Locatelli who's set the early pace in Estoril, his 1:57.644 has him over one second clear of Jonathan Rea in second.

10:23

Some riders continuing on after their outlaps to start a timed lap, others entering pit lane immediately.

10:21

Riders heading out on track now as the session goes green. Everybody on full wets to begin with.