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Superbike race-2 in Teruel in real time. Follow the second round live and the great challenge between Jonathan Rea and Scott Redding for the world title.
Jonathan Rea achieves victory number 96 and consolidates his leadership in the world Superbike classification. Michael Rinaldi, after a close race, takes a deserved second place. Third step of the podium for Scott Redding. Following Haslam and Lowes.
-2 turns: Jonathan manages to make another stop, with the back of his Kawasaki bouncing off the asphalt. The champion takes a risk to secure his leadership in the world rankings.
-3 turns: Rea at turn 5 hands over the winning leg and takes the lead.
-4 turns: Rea tries to overtake Rinaldi, then veers off and risks losing front. What a risk for Jonnhy!
-5 laps: Redding tries to get closer, while Rinaldi has to defend himself against the Northern Irishman.
-6 laps: Cade Chaz Davies, Haslam 4th.
-7 laps: Rinaldi left with force, but Rea is now his shadow.
-8 laps: Openly challenged between Rinaldi and Rea, Redding seems to want to settle for third place. But the race is still long … Nothing changes behind them with Davies fourth ahead of Haslam, Lowes and van der Mark.
-10 laps: Rea presents a few tenths and approaches Rinaldi. Redding seven tenths of a second behind the five-time Superbike champion. Federico Caricasulo 9th, Marco Melandri 10th.
-11 laps: Michael Rinaldi tries to repeat the historic feat of yesterday and takes a minimum advantage of half a second to Rea. 4th Davies ahead of Haslam and Lowes.
-13 laps: Dangerous crossroads between Redding, Rea and Rinaldi. The Italian goes ahead and gets behind Redding and Rea.
-14 laps: Cade Bautista, as the first three take off.
-15 laps: Cade Scheib, led Rinaldi to attack Rea but the company is not easy.
-16 laps: Top 10: Redding, Rea, Rinaldi, Bautista, Davies, Haslam, Lowes, Toprak, van der Mark, Baz
-17 laps: Rinaldi approaches Rea, Tom Sykes must be stopped.
-18 laps: Rea runs in front of the two Ducatis, fourth Bautista in front of Davies. Few curves and Redding takes the lead …
13:59 – Start of the warm-up tour in Aragon.
13:55 – 24 ° from the air, 40 ° the temperature of the asphalt. Race 2 will be a bit cooler than Saturday.
13:50 – Michael Rinaldi will try to repeat himself in race 2 after yesterday’s historic victory. The Romaña driver aims for the official team in the 2021 season. Much will depend on whether Chaz Davies renews or not.
13:45 – Yamaha in trouble this Sunday Superbike. Toprak is the best R1 on the grid in seventh place. After the victory in Superpole Scott Redding is close to Jonathan Rea in the standings: 27 points behind the two champions.
The pre-Race 2 in Teruel
On Saturday of Superbikes in Teruel Michael Rinaldi achieved a dream feat. In the Superpole Race on Sunday morning the Romaña rider approaches the podium, but this time he had to deal with Scott Redding and Jonathan Rea who set his pace. The two great WorldSBK contenders gave life to an effervescent challenge in which the British Ducati rider finally won. Álvaro Bautista, Chaz Davies and Alex Lowes will start from the second row. From the third Toprak Razgatlioglu, Leon Haslam and Tom Syjes, with van der Mark’s Yamaha closing the top-10. 12 ° Federico Caricasulo.
After yesterday’s accident in Race 1, Scott Redding was thirsty for revenge and, with a furious overtaking, he surpassed the Northern Irishman in Superbike with an impressive maneuver to scream. Archived the defeat on Saturday, will try to repeat today. “We try something else and try to win. This is great to get us closer to this afternoon, hopefully the feeling remains the same said Redding in the parc fermé. While yesterday after a few laps I felt on the edge, today I was able to keep up for many laps. I hope to have the same pace to get a good result in Race-2“.
Jonathan Rea knows that he has to play defense in Aragon and gets another second place, very important for the Superbike classification. The Ninja ZX-10RR can do little against Ducati’s power on the long straights of the Spanish track and under braking. “We got off to a good start but Redding came right away, really set a great pace – Summarizes Jonnhy -. I found it difficult to find a place to pass. We were strong in the first part of the track, then in the sections he was faster. We still have a springy effect, I enjoyed it, the second starting position is good and I am looking forward to the second race.“.
