2022 World Superbike Misano, Italy - Free Practice Results (1)

Results from Free Practice 1, round four of the 2022 World Superbike Championship in Misano, Italy.

Updated: 23 Jan 2024

Toprak Razgatlioglu, Yamaha World Superbike Estoril

Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the way after getting the better of team-mate Andrea Locatelli during World Superbike FP1 at Misano.

2022 World Superbike Misano, Italy - Free Practice Results (1)
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	PATA Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	1:34.603s
2	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	PATA Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK	+0.241s
3	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+0.264s
4	Michael Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	+0.360s
5	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+0.477s
6	Iker Lecuona	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+0.483s
7	Xavi Vierge	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+0.493s
8	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	+0.769s
9	Philipp Oettl	GER	GoEleven Ducati	+1.038s
10	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+1.134s
11	Garrett Gerloff	USA	GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+1.153s
12	Scott Redding	GBR	BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+1.202s
13	Eugene Laverty	IRL	Bonovo Action BMW	+1.389s
14	Loris Baz	FRA	Bonovo Action BMW	+1.432s
15	Christophe Ponsson	FRA	Gil Motor Sport Yamaha	+1.492s
16	Hafizh Syahrin	MAL	MIE Honda Racing	+2.011s
17	Gabriele Ruiu	ITA	Bmax Racing	+2.259s
18	Kohta Nozane	JPN	GRT Yamaha	+2.375s
19	Tito Rabat	SPA	Puccetti Kawasaki	+2.595s
20	Luca Bernardi	SM	Barni Spark Ducati Team	+3.328s
21	Oliver Konig	CZE	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	+3.601s
22	Ilya Mychalchyk	UKR	BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+4.154s
23	Leandro Mercado	ARG	MIE Honda Racing	+4.255s
24	Alesandro Delbianco	ITA	Pedercini Kawasaki	+4.290s
25	Roberto Tamburini	ITA	Motoxracing Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+9.651s

With rain expected for FP1, track conditions instead remained dry as Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu could only be separated by +0.005s after their initial flying laps.

As the only riders under the 1m 36s barrier, Rea further extended his lead over Razgatlioglu after setting a time of 1:35.489s - 0.333s clear off the reigning world champion.

As two-time Misano race winner (2021) Michael Rinaldi joined the fun at the front, Razgatlioglu set a blistering time of 1:34.975s to go fastest by three tenths from the Ducati rider.

Making their return from injury, Garrett Gerloff and Philipp Oettl both made impressive starts to FP1 with the latter settling into fourth place.

Competing at their home round, Ducati’s pace was evident as Rinaldi, Oettl, Axel Bassani and championship leader Alvaro Bautista occupied positions 2-6 early on.

As the opening stints came to a close, Rea jumped back to the top of the leaderboard by a tenth.

With rain eventually falling around mid-session, track action became limited until the final 15 minutes.

In what was a crucial session for Scott Redding and BMW given their poor start to the season, FP1 soon turned into a disaster for the former MotoGP rider as Redding failed to set a flying lap until 10 minutes were remaining.

Electronics issues were the cause for Redding missing out on most of FP1, similar issues that cost Michael Van Der Mark at times in 2021.

Regarding Van Der Mark, the Dutch rider remains sidelined for this weekend and is being replaced by World Endurance rider Ilya Mychalchyk.

As Bassani went third quickest late on, Rea was once again demoted to second as Razgatlioglu bounced back with a time of 1:34.603s.

Misano World Superbike Records

Fastest ever lap - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 1:33.416s (2021)

Fastest Race lap - Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Aruba.it Ducati 1:34.356s (2021)

2021 Race Winners

Race 1 - Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Aruba.it Ducati

Superpole Race - Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Aruba.it Ducati

Race 2 - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha

World Superbike Misano schedule

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