WorldSBK Most Superpole Results | Jonathan Rea brushes off title rivals for pole
Jonathan Rea gets the better of his 2022 WorldSBK title rivals in Superpole for Round 6 at Most, the Ulsterman securing third pole of year.
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54 years 8 monthsJonathan Rea landed his third pole position of the 2022 WorldSBK Championship season with a record-breaking lap around the Most Autodrom, the Ulsterman comfortably clear of title rivals Toprak Razgatlioglu and Alvaro Bautista.
A circuit on which he crashed twice during the series’ inaugural visit to the Czech venue last year, Rea put that all behind him with an excellent charge on his last effort to stop the clock at 1m 30.947s.
It was enough to upset defending champion Toprak Razgatlioglu, the triple Donington Park race winner having come into Superpole looking like the man to beat following free practice.
Despite losing three tenths to Rea on the timesheets, Razgatlioglu remains poised on the front row in second position, where he will also be joined by Michael Ruben Rinaldi, who produced his best qualifying performance of the year in third.
His effort was enough to nudge series leader Alvaro Bautista onto the second row in fourth position, the Spaniard - who comes to Most with a 17 point margin over Rea in the standings - certainly on the back foot relative to his title rivals over a single lap at least.
Alex Lowes gets underway from fifth place, while Garrett Gerloff enjoyed a step forward in pace to get a place on the back of the second row in sixth position.
Top BMW rider Scott Redding heads up row three in seventh, the British rider joined alongside by the second factory Yamaha of Andrea Locatelli in eighth and Motocorsa Ducati’s Axel Bassani in ninth. Puccetti Kawasaki’s Lucas Mahias completes the top ten.
Elsewhere, Honda have work to do coming into the first of the weekend’s three races this afternoon with Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge down the order in 12th and 13th respectively, while ‘BSB visitors’ Peter Hickman and Ryan Vickers get underway from 21st and 24th.
2022 WorldSBK Championship | Most, Czechia | Superpole Qualifying RESULTS
2022 WorldSBK Championship | Most, Czechia | Superpole Qualifying RESULTS | Round 6 / 12 | |||||
Pos | Rider | Nat. | WorldSBK Team | Superbike | Timing |
1 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 30.947 |
2 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Pata Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1m 31.277 |
3 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 31.506 |
4 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 31.567 |
5 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 31.622 |
6 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha Team | Yamaha R1 | 1m 31.627 |
7 | Scott Redding | GBR | BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | 1m 31.684 |
8 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1m 31.718 |
9 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 32.051 |
10 | Lucas Mahias | FRA | Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 32.272 |
11 | Loris Baz | FRA | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | 1m 32.282 |
12 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1m 32.359 |
13 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1m 32.367 |
14 | Luca Bernardi | SMR | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 32.396 |
15 | Kohta Nozane | JPN | GRT Yamaha Team | Yamaha R1 | 1m 32.455 |
16 | Philipp Oettl | ESP | Team GoEleven | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 32.501 |
17 | Roberto Tamburini | ITA | Motoxracing Team | Yamaha R1 | 1m 33.044 |
18 | Christophe Ponsson | FRA | Gil Motor Sport | Yamaha R1 | 1m 33.266 |
19 | Oliver Konig | CZE | Orelac VerdNatura | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 33.286 |
20 | Eugene Laverty | IRL | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | 1m 33.297 |
21 | Peter Hickman | GBR | BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | 1m 33.373 |
22 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAL | MIE Racing Team | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1m 33.456 |
23 | Leandro Mercado | ARG | MIE Racing Team | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1m 33.481 |
24 | Ryan Vickers | GBR | TPR Pedercini Racing | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 34.049 |
25 | Michel Prasek | CZE | Rohac & Fejta Motoracing | BMW M 1000 RR | 1m 35.766 |