Superbike FIM World Championship 2022
Round 12 – Phillip Island
WorldSBK . sixth practice report
When the pit lane opened for the second and final practice session for the World Superbike competitors on Friday afternoon, the temperature was just under 20 degrees at Phillip Island, with 70% humidity and road temp. race is 42 degrees.
Jonathan Rea overtook Alvaro Bautista for bragging rights on Friday in his final round of the FP2 session to take the Spaniard’s best for P1.
Alex Lowes had a good practice with many quick laps to finish in fourth on Friday ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu and Andrea Locatelli.
A bit of a surprise in P6 was Tetsuta Nagashima, who was standing at Honda in place of the injured Iker Lecuona. Nagashima finished Friday fastest ahead of Oettl, Gerloff, Redding and Rinaldi.
Despite excellent conditions, fast time has not come today… In the same weather conditions here last time, February 2020, almost three years ago, Friday’s pace was faster. Sure, the track temperature was cooler that day, but it still looks like the Phillip Island track was pretty green today. The riders are two seconds away from the lap record set by Tom Sykes in 2020 here and not much faster than local local Superbikes. And that’s not comparing apples to apples, the World Superbike is far from the Aussie Superbike, for all intensive purposes, barely in line compared to the World Superbike. Looks like the track doesn’t offer enough grip to utilize their superior horsepower and brakes here today.
World Superbike riders will return to the track in a 30-minute FP3 session on Saturday at 10:50, followed by a Superpole session at 13:10. Race one will begin at 16:00 on Saturday, at the time, the forecast suggested it could get pretty wet here at Phillip Island…
WorldSBK Friday Practice Combined Time
| posture | horseman | Bicycle | Time/Distance |
| first | J. Rea | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m31.127 |
| 2 | A. Bautista | Ducati Panigale V4R | +0.105 |
| 3 | A. Low | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | +0.289 |
| 4 | T. Razgatlioglu | Yamaha YZF R1 | +0.477 |
| 5 | A. Locatelli | Yamaha YZF R1 | +0.594 |
| 6 | T.Nagashima | Honda CBR1000 RR-CHEAP | +0.742 |
| 7 | P. Oettl | Ducati Panigale V4R | +0.869 |
| 8 | G.Gerloff | Yamaha YZF R1 | +0.931 |
| 9 | S. Redding | BMWM1000RR | +1.122 |
| ten | M. Rinaldi | Ducati Panigale V4R | +1.202 |
| 11 | A. Bassani | Ducati Panigale V4R | +1,391 |
| twelfth | M. Van Der Mark | BMWM1000RR | +1.402 |
| 13 | L. Mahias | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | +1.593 |
| 14 | X.Vierge | Honda CBR1000 RR-CHEAP | +1,653 |
| 15 | X. Fores | Ducati Panigale V4R | +1,687 |
| 16 | L.Baz | BMWM1000RR | +1.875 |
| 17 | H. Syahrin | Honda CBR1000 RR-CHEAP | +1,884 |
| 18 | E. Laziness | BMWM1000RR | +1,991 |
| 19 | O. König | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | +2,357 |
| 20 | K. Nozane | Yamaha YZF R1 | +2.421 |
| 21 | L. Mercado | Honda CBR1000 RR-CHEAP | +3.024 |
| 22 | K.Smith | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | +3.495 |
WorldSBK . Championship Score
| posture | horseman | the point |
| first | Alvaro Bautista | 553 |
| 2 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | 487 |
| 3 | Jonathan Rea | 450 |
| 4 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | 279 |
| 5 | Andrea Locatelli | 245 |
| 6 | Alex Lowes | 234 |
| 7 | Axel Bassani | 230 |
| 8 | Scott Redding | 190 |
| 9 | Iker Lecuona | 189 |
| ten | Xavi Vierge | 154 |
| 11 | Garrett Gerloff | 129 |
| twelfth | culi baz | 112 |
| 13 | Philipp Oettl | 77 |
| 14 | Lucas Mahias | 56 |
| 15 | Michael Van Der Mark | 42 |
| 16 | Eugene Laverty | 36 |
| 17 | Roberto Tamburini | 36 |
| 18 | Luca Bernardi | 35 |
| 19 | Xavi Fores | 29 |
| 20 | Kohta Nozane | 15 |
| 21 | Illia Mykhalchyk | ten |
| 22 | Christophe Ponsson | 9 |
| 23 | Hafizh Syahrin | 9 |
| 24 | Leon Haslam | 4 |
| 25 | Tarran Mackenzie | 3 |
| 26 | Peter Hickman | 2 |
| 27 | Leandro Mercados | 2 |
| 28 | Oliver Konig | first |
| 29 | Jake Gagne | first |
WorldSSP Friday Practice
Aruba.it Ducati racer Nicolo Bulega topped Friday’s FP2 sessions with 1m34,027 at the end of FP2, putting him more than four-tenths ahead of Dominique Aegerter in that session.
FP1 speed driver Federico Caricasulo was only tenth in FP2 but his most polite time in the morning came in second in combined time, which pushed Aegerter back into third place.
Yari Monetella led FP2 for quite some time before finishing fourth in combinations ahead of Stefano Manzi on the Dynavolt Triumph.
Home here, Oli Bayliss finished the opening day of practice in tenth place on the overall timesheet.
WorldSSP’s Friday Practice Combined Time
| posture | horseman | Bicycle | Time/Distance |
| first | N. Bulega | Ducati Panigale V2 | 1m34,027 |
| 2 | F. Caricasulo | Ducati Panigale V2 | +0.040 |
| 3 | D. Aegerter | Yamaha YZF R6 | +0.431 |
| 4 | Y. Montella | Kawasaki ZX-6R | +0.505 |
| 5 | S. Man Tzu | Triumph Street Triple RS | +0.590 |
| 6 | C. Oncu | Kawasaki ZX-6R | +0.646 |
| 7 | L. Baldassarri | Yamaha YZF R6 | +0.710 |
| 8 | R. De Rosa | Ducati Panigale V2 | +0.738 |
| 9 | N.Tuuli | MV Agusta F3 800 RR | +0.756 |
| ten | O.Bayliss | Ducati Panigale V2 | +0.796 |
| 11 | A. Verbena | Yamaha YZF R6 | +0.832 |
| twelfth | J. Cluzel | Yamaha YZF R6 | +1.097 |
| 13 | M. Schroetter | MV Agusta F3 800 RR | +1.284 |
| 14 | M. Brenner | Yamaha YZF R6 | +1,305 |
| 15 | H. Somer | Triumph Street Triple RS | +1,330 |
| 16 | P. Sebestyen | Yamaha YZF R6 | +1,647 |
| 17 | U. Orradre | Yamaha YZF R6 | +1,684 |
| 18 | A. Huertas | Kawasaki ZX-6R | +1,892 |
| 19 | L. Bernardi | Ducati Panigale V2 | +1,993 |
| 20 | O. Vostatek | Yamaha YZF R6 | +2,081 |
| 21 | T. Booth-Amos | Kawasaki ZX-6R | +2.267 |
| 22 | S. Jespersen | Yamaha YZF R6 | +2,330 |
| 23 | G. Van Straalen | Yamaha YZF R6 | +2.614 |
| 24 | L. Taccini | Yamaha YZF R6 | +3.105 |
WorldSSP Championship Points
| posture | horseman | the point |
| first | Dominique Aegerter | 462 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 359 |
| 3 | can be oncu | 248 |
| 4 | Nicolo Bulega | 210 |
| 5 | Stefano Manzi | 207 |
| 6 | Federico Caricasulo | 191 |
| 7 | Niki Tuuli | 152 |
| 8 | Yari Montella | 136 |
| 9 | Raffaele De Rosa | 127 |
| ten | Jules Cluzel | 127 |
| 11 | Glenn van Straalen | 111 |
| twelfth | Adrian Huertas | 110 |
| 13 | Hannes Soomer | ninety four |
| 14 | Bahattin Sofuoglu | 72 |
| 15 | Andy Verdoia | 59 |
| 16 | Oliver Bayliss | 53 |
| 17 | Valentin Debise | 43 |
| 18 | Kyle Smith | 35 |
| 19 | Leonardo Taccini | 35 |
| 20 | Peter Sebestyen | 34 |
| 21 | Marcel Brenner | 32 |
| 22 | Simon Jespersen | thirty first |
| 23 | Mattia Casadei | 25 |
| 24 | Isaac Vinales | 22 |
| 25 | Patrick Hobelsberger | 21 |
| 26 | Thomas Booth-Amos | 21 |
| 27 | Ondrej Vostatek | 20 |
| 28 | Steven Odendaal | 16 |
| 29 | Unai Orradre | 9 |
| 30 | Tom Edwards | 7 |
| thirty first | Luca Ottaviani | 5 |
| 32 | Bradley Smith | 2 |
| 33 | Maximilian Kofler | 2 |
| 34 | Nicholas Spinelli | first |
| 35 | Curry Benjamin | first |
Phillip Island WSBK/ASBK Fixtures
| Friday, November 18 | ||
| 0850 | ASBK SS 300 FP1 | 20 minutes |
| 0915 | ASBK SS FP1 | 25 minutes |
| 0945 | ASBK SBK FP1 | 30 minutes |
| 1030 | WorldSSP FP1 | 45 mins |
| 1130 | WorldSBK FP1 | 45 mins |
| 1225 | Pit Walk / Pillion Rides | 30 minutes |
| 1305 | Qualifiers ASBK SS300 | 20 minutes |
| 1335 | Qualifiers ASBK SS | 20 minutes |
| 1405 | ASBK SBK FP2 | 30 minutes |
| 1500 | WorldSSP FP2 | 45 mins |
| 1600 | WorldSBK FP2 | 45 mins |
| 1705 | ASBK SS300 Race One | 8 rounds |
| Saturday, November 19 | ||
| 0850 | Qualifiers ASBK SBK | 30 minutes |
| 0940 | ASBK SS300 Second race | 8 rounds |
| 1015 | ASBK SS race one | 10 rounds |
| 1050 | WorldSBK FP3 | 30 minutes |
| 1140 | ASBK SBK Race One | 12 rounds |
| 1225 | WorldSSP Super Extreme | 20 minutes |
| 1310 | WorldSuper pole SBK | 15 minutes |
| 1340 | Pit Walk / Pillion Rides | 30 minutes |
| 1430 | WorldSSP race one | 18 rounds |
| 1515 | Safety wheel | 20 minutes |
| 1600 | WorldSBK Race One | 22 rounds |
| 1720 | ASBK SS Second race | 10 rounds |
| Sunday, November 20 | ||
| 0850 | Billions of trips | 20 minutes |
| 0920 | ASBK SS300 Race Three | 8 rounds |
| 0950 | ASBK SBK Second race | 12 rounds |
| 1030 | SBK World starts | 15 minutes |
| 1055 | WorldSSP starts up | 15 minutes |
| 1130 | ASBK SS Triple Race | 10 rounds |
| 1205 | Pit Walk / ASBK SS . Trophy Presentation | 30 minutes |
| 1300 | WorldSuper extreme race SBK | 10 rounds |
| 1340 | ASBK SBK Three Races | 12 rounds |
| 1430 | Second WorldSSP race | 18 rounds |
| 1505 | Safety Car Circuit / Presentation ASBK SS & SBK | 25 minutes |
| 1600 | WorldSBK Second race | 22 rounds |
