Catalunya World Superbike Results summary: Total domination of Alvaro Bautista

This is the fourth time in his World Superbike career, Alvaro Bautista has managed to wipe out 3 races in 1 series.

Autos.id – The 2022 World Superbike season is entering its eighth series. In the series that took place at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, ​​Spain, the Aruba Ducati rider and the host, Alvaro Bautista, won 3 races held last weekend while staying away from his 2 main ones. rivals, Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha) and Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki).

Bautista is also ahead of Razgatlioglu by 59 points which make him the world title of the 2022 season even closer to him.

The way of running throughout the weekend

During the weekend there are 3 races, i.e. 2 main races and 1 Superpole Race. In the first race held on Saturday (24/9/2022), Alvaro Bautista, who started from position 4, managed to take him to the front of the first corner, overtaking 3 riders at the same time, including pole position winner Iker Lecuona (HRC Honda).

So Toprak Razgatlioglu, who started from position 8, managed to climb up to fourth position until the first lap. Then, as the race progressed, this Turkish driver started climbing up to position 2 and started chasing Bautista. Behind him was Jonathan Rea who also managed to climb back to 3rd position after passing Lecuona a few laps from the finish.

Razgatlioglu, who was starting to struggle to overtake Bautista, had to drop to 3rd position after Rea managed to overtake him. Then in the following laps Razgatlioglu’s position continued to decline until he had to be content with finishing fifth. Until the end of the race, Bautista was not overtaken and won the first race behind Rea. Rounding out the podium was GRT Yamaha rider Garett Gerloff, who managed to win the duel against Motocorsa Ducati rider Axel Bassini for the last podium.

The following day, Sunday (25/9/2022), 2 races were held, namely the Superpole Race in the morning and the second main race in the afternoon. In the Superpole Race that took place in the morning, Alvaro Butilitsta once again demonstrated his qualities by winning again in this short 10-lap race.

Bautista managed to beat 2 Kawasaki team riders, Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes who had to be content with finishing 2nd and 3rd in a fairly tight duel. Meanwhile, Toprak Razgatlioglu had to be content with finishing in 4th place ahead of Aruba’s Ducati rider Michael Ruben Rinaldi. The results of this Superpole Race marked the starting position in the second main race which took place in the afternoon.

In the second main race, Alvaro Bautista once again proved his qualities by winning again and getting all the victories in the 3 races. This is the result of a hat-trick or a clean sweep of 3 games in 1 series for the fourth time after he won the Australian, Thai and Aragonese series in 2019.

In the race that lasted 20 laps, Bautista immediately left his opponents after the starting lights went out. There have been several accidents as happened to Alex Lowes (Kawasaki) who lost control of his bike and crashed as he entered Turn 10 on the first lap. Likewise BMW Motorrad team rider Scott Reading crashed at the start of the race.

An exciting duel took place during the race for second place between Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Jonathan Rea where the two drivers overtook each other. Axel Bassani was also involved in the duel for second position. Until Rinaldi recovered the second position from Rea and managed to keep it up to the finish line.

Jonathan Rea also had to lose another position after Toprak Razgatlioglu managed to overtake him in a rather interesting duel. Until the end of the race, Bautista was not overtaken and made a clean sweep of 3 races over the past weekend. His Aruba Ducati teammate Michael Ruben Rinaldi finished second and Toprak Razgatlioglu secured the final podium by finishing third ahead of Jonathan Rea.

With this result, the gap of Bautista on Razgalioglu increases to 59 points, while with Rea the gap of points also goes away with 67 points with 4 remaining series and 12 decisive races until the end of the season. The next World Superbike series will take place from 8 to 9 October at the Algarve circuit in Portimao, Portugal.