WorldSBK Donington Park, Great Britain - Free Practice Results (1)
Fresh off a new two-year WorldSBK contract extension with Pata Yamaha, Toprak Razgatlioglu was second fastest behind Jonathan Rea after provisionally topping FP1.
| WorldSBK Donington Park, Great Britain - Free Practice Results (1) | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | 1:27.841s |
| 2 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha | +0.264s |
| 3 | Tom Sykes | GBR | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +0.361s |
| 4 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Ducati | +0.719s |
| 5 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha | +0.840s |
| 6 | Scott Redding | GBR | Aruba.It Ducati | +0.973s |
| 7 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Team HRC | +1.002s |
| 8 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +1.187s |
| 9 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +1.263s |
| 10 | Chaz Davies | GBR | GoEleven Ducati | +1.331s |
| 11 | Lucas Mahias | FRA | Kawasaki Puccetti | +1.664s |
| 12 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +1.766s |
| 13 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha | +1.905s |
| 14 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Team HRC | +2.091s |
| 15 | Jonas Folger | GER | Benovo BMW | +2.236s |
| 16 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Barni Ducati | +2.316s |
| 17 | Luke Mossey | GBR | Pedercini Kawasaki | +3.112s |
| 18 | Christophe Ponsson | FRA | Gil Yamaha | +3.738s |
| 19 | Isaac Vinales | SPA | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | +4.039s |
| 20 | Loris Cresson | BEL | Pedercini Kawasaki | +4.192s |
| 21 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | GRT Yamaha | +7.638s |
| 22 | Eugene Laverty | IRL | RC Squadra Corse BMW | |
After being stuck in pit lane for 15 minutes due to a technical issue, Razgatlioglu eventually headed out and was immediately on the pace. The 24 year-old went over a tenth quicker than Jonathan Rea on his final lap, however, the Yamaha rider's time was deleted for exceeding track limits once the session was over.
It means a time of 1:27.841s was good enough for Rea to retain top spot - only man under the 1m 28s barrier.
Nine-time WorldSBK race winner at Donington Park, Tom Sykes, suffered a cold tyre crash less than five minutes in at the Melbourne Loop. However, Sykes remounted to set some blistering laps at the front of the field.
Sykes was fastest for most of the session, before Rea took over with a quarter of FP1 remaining.
More lap times were deleted after the session finished, as Scott Redding who was fourth fastest for Aruba.it Ducati was instead relegated to sixth, behind team-mate Michael Rinaldi and Garrett Gerloff who claimed fifth.
British Superstock rider Luke Mossey is replacing Samuele Cavalieri at Pedercini Kawasaki after the Italian rider and team decided to end their partnership. Mossey finished FP1 17th fastest.
