Estoril World Superbike Friday Practice Results: Razgatlioglu dominant on Friday

Toprak Razgatlioglu topped both WorldSBK practice sessions on Friday at the Estorl World Superbike round.

After topping the wet morning session, Razgatlioglu was fastest in the dry in the afternoon by 0.710 seconds ahead of Danilo Petrucci, while Alex Lowes rounded out the top three.

Alvaro Bautista was fourth-fastest, ahead of Iker Lecuona, Nicolo Bulega, Axel Bassani, Garrett Gerloff, Xavi Vierge, and Jonathan Rea who completed the top 10.

Although FP2 began dry, it was effectively cut short at the end by some light rain. Only Alvaro Bautista, Jonathan Rea, and Bradley Ray ventured out on wet tyres in the final couple of minutes.

FP1

Toprak Razgatlioglu was fastest in WorldSBK FP1 at the Estoril World Superbike round, after a flurry of crashes late on.

As the times tumbled towards the end, there were crashes for Alex Lowes, Sam Lowes, Jonathan Rea, Michael Ruben Rinaldi, Tarran Mackenzie, Ivo Lopes, and Nicolo Bulega.

Razgatlioglu was one of the riders who did not fall, and he ended the morning over 0.3 seconds clear of the field.

Danilo Petrucci was second with his final lap, ahead of Alex Lowes whose late crash came on what was set to be his fastest lap of the session.

Tarran Mackenzie was fourth despite his late crash, ahead of Jonathan Rea and Alvaro Bautista who rounded out the top six. Nicolo Bulega was seventh, and Andrea Locatelli - who set the early pace - ended up in the gravel, and eighth on the timesheets.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Xavi Vierge rounded out the top 10.