Rinaldi heads the opening of WorldSBK practice in Mandalika

MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship 2023

Round Two – Mandalika, Indonesia

World Superbike FP1

For the inaugural World Superbike practice session, the track temperature was 43 degrees and the ambient temperature was 31 degrees. By the end of this afternoon, FP2’s tracking temperature could reach and possibly even exceed 60 degrees. This morning the track was very dirty and hard to find.

Loris Baz fell ten minutes into the session but was still able to return to the hole. Just minutes later, Iker Lecuona went down a little harder at the age of 16 and had to walk back to the pit. A few rounds later, Lorenzo Baldassari joined FP1 collision club with a fall on the sixth inning and then Michael Rinaldi fell on the tenth in just under 20 minutes into the session.

Many riders waited their time before heading out, waiting for the track to be clean and some of the rubber to be damaged. After 20 minutes of the session, many riders turned, including Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes.

In fact, Rea didn’t come out of the pit lane until just 18 minutes into a 45-minute session. At that time, Toprak Razgatlioglu led the way for Alvaro Bautista and Remy Gardner.

Michael Rinaldi recovered from an early fall to top the session with a 1m34,613 to push Razgatlioglu back to P2 and Alvaro Bautista to P3. It was three seconds behind the column record and 2.5 seconds behind the lap record, both of which were set here last year.

Jonathan Rea made only six laps but was fast enough to get ahead of P4 against Xavi Vierge and Remy Gardner.

World Superbike FP1 results

Super sports world FP1

Despite completing only nine laps in FP1, Aruba Ducati’s Nicolo Bulega started at Mandalika the same way he left Phillip Island, at the top.

Nicholas Spinelli finished second this morning ahead of fellow Yamaha rider Stefano Manzi. Marcel Schroetter finished fourth on the MV Agusta F3 800 RR ahead of Raffale De Rosa on the Ducati while Can Oncu topped Kawasaki in sixth place.

Oli Bayliss is 12th on the FP1 timesheet and has completed a significant 20 rounds in the session.

Honda’s Tarran Mackenzie has left behind his Phillip Island nightmare to start showing some of his promise in the early days of the Honda World Supersport project. The 2021 British Superbike champion may only be 14th fastest but compared to their dry spot at Phillip Island, it’s a serious improvement, especially since his bike is the slowest through. speed trap this morning at Mandalika.

The track temperature for the FP1 is 42 degrees and the ambient temperature is 31 degrees but for the FP2 track temperature is expected up to 60 degrees. This morning the track was very dirty and hard to find.

World Supersport FP1 Results

Mandalika WSBK . fixtures

World Superbike Championship Score

Schedule of Superbike FIM 2023 World Championship
Day	circuit	WSBK	WSSP600	WSSP300
February 24-26	Phillip Island	X	X
March 3-5	mandalika	X	X
April 21-23	Arsenic	X	X	X
May 5-7	Catalunya	X	X	X
June 2-4	Misano	X	X	X
30 Jun-02 Jul	Donington Park	X	X
July 14-16	strawberry	X	X	X
July 28-30	Autodrom the most	X	X	X
September 8-10	Magny-Cours	X	X	X
September 22-24	Aragon	X	X	X
29-Sep-01 Oct	Algarve	X	X	X
October 13-15	San Juan Villicum	X	X