ROUND 9 – The last round begins now with Toprak ever closer to success.
ROUND 8 – Two laps at the end of the race with Toprak flying one second ahead of Bulega while Alex Lowes is third followed by Locatelli, Iannone and Bassani. 7th Lecuona, 11th Rinaldi.
ROUND 7 – Toprak escapes and takes eight tenths off Bulega while Bassani is sixth behind Iannone. Rea moves up to eighth place ahead of Petrucci while Rinaldi is 10th. 20th Bautista restarted after the crash.
Here is the ranking with Toprak ahead of Bulega.
ROUND 4 – Toprak sharpens his weapons and passes Bulega. The Turk takes command of the race while Alvaro Bautista ends up sensationally on the ground. The world champion, however, manages to restart. 4th Locatelli then Iannone, Bassani and Lecuona.
ROUND 3 – Toprak moves to 235 thousandths of a second from the top while Alex Lowes takes a second. 6th Iannone, three seconds from the top.
ROUND 2 – Bulega ahead of Toprak with two tenths of an advantage while Gerloff and Gardner touched each other, both ending up on the ground. Sam Lowes also falls. 3rd Alex Lowes followed by Bautista, Locatelli, Iannone and Bassani. Axel is four seconds from the top, Petrucci 10th, Rinaldi 12th.
ROUND 1 – Bulega super: from fourth to first! Nicolà loses three positions at the start but then makes a super recovery to take the lead ahead of Toprak. 3rd Lowes followed by Bautista, Locatelli and Iannone. 9th Rea then Bassani, Petrucci and Lecuona. 18th Pyrrhus
GO!
Warmup lap starts now!
10.58 Here we are, everything is ready for these 10 laps of fire in Misano!
10.55am Just five minutes and then it will be Superpole Race!
Some shots from the grid ahead of the Superpole Race.
10.50am Only 10 minutes until the start of the Superpole Race! The anticipation rises in Misano where there are 28 degrees in the air and 36 degrees on the asphalt
10.45am The pit lane opens at this moment in view of the start of the SBK Superpole Race with Toprak and the BMW who will start in front of everyone
The SBK Superpole Race will start at 11am in Misano. 10 hot laps await us with Toprak starting from pole. The Turk proved to be the fastest of all also during the Sunday morning warmup, setting the time of the session in 1’33”048 ahead of Nicolò Bulega (+0.195).
The Aruba rider will start alongside him with Remy Gardner closing the front row. In this morning’s session the Australian achieved the fifth fastest time behind Alvaro Bautista, fourth, seven tenths from the top.
For the reigning world champion we expect an all-out Superpole Race after yesterday’s third place in Race 1. Returning to the warmup, Iannone was only 14th behind Danilo Petrucci while Rea was 15th.
