SATURDAY, Danilo Petrucci He made history by winning his first race in the Superbike World Championship, at the Cremona circuit. With this victory, the Italian from Barni Ducati became the first rider in history to win in MotoGP, MotoAmerica, WorldSBK and a stage of the Dakar Rally.
He was also well placed for this Sunday's Superpole Race, having started the first race of the day from the front row of the grid. Your brand companion, Nicolas Bulegastarted the short 10-lap test from pole, with Andrea Iannone in second position.
In Superpole, Petrucci immediately takes the advantage and widens the gap with his pursuersnamely Iannone second, with Bulega, Alex Lowes And Andrea Locatelli fight for third place. 'Petrux' suffered a little towards the end of the race due to his choice of softer tires, but built up enough margin to take his second consecutive victory.
Lowes overtook Iannone for second, while Bulega had to settle for fourth. Iker Lecuona He was the best Honda driver, in fifth position, in advance Alvaro Bautistawho dropped from 13th place after being hampered in Saturday qualifying by a broken rib that he suffered at Magny-Cours. Locatelli, Xavi Virgo, Garrett Gerloff And Tito Rabat They complete the Top 10.
Bautista takes podium at WSBK Race 2 in Cremona
Petrucci started the second long race in Cremona from pole position. The Italian once again made a good start and retained the lead, ahead of Iannone and Bulega. The latter overtook the GoEleven driver at the end of the first lap. Iannone himself went wide in turn 11 on lap seven, opening the door for Bautista to steal third. Subsequently, 'Maniac' fell even further in the rankings and eventually retired with 7 laps to go.. At that point, Petrucci already had a gap of about two seconds on Bulega, who Bautista was closing in on.
With three laps remaining, the Talavera de la Reina man managed to overtake his teammate for second place. This happened well behind Petrucci, who completed the perfect weekend with his third victory. Gerloff was fourth, more than eight seconds behind. Lowes crossed the line fifth, followed by Lecuona and Van der Mark, who moved up from 16th place. The Top 10 was completed by Virginie, Locatelli and Rabat, while Sam Lowes, Scott ReddingMichael Rubén Rinaldi, Bradley Ray And Markus Reiterberger They added the rest of the points.
The World Superbike season continues next week at Motorland Aragón. There, Toprak Razgatlioglu will become leader despite his injury absence in Italy. With 365 points, he is ahead of Bulega by 13 and Bautista by 82 with three days remaining, although it is not yet confirmed whether he can be in Spain.
