Garrett Gerloff was the fastest on Friday during the Aragón round of the World Superbike Championship… by just 0.004s. The American, like several other riders, set his best time in the second free practice session.
That session was very eventful, and even featured a red flag following the crash of Tarran Mackenzie (Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team) with about ten minutes elapsed. At that time, Alex Lowes (Kawasaki) was in the lead after overtaking his brother Sam (Elf Marc VDS/Ducati). Upon resuming, Nicolò Bulega (Aruba.it Ducati) took the lead, which he maintained for about 18 minutes until being overtaken by teammate Álvaro Bautista.
The two-time world champion was then passed about two minutes later by Gerloff (Bonovo Action BMW), before Bulega regained the lead. However, at the end, Gerloff secured first place by recording a time of 1m49.017s, which was 0.136s faster than Bulega. Bautista finished in third.
After setting the pace in FP1, Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW) did not improve his time and ended up ninth in FP2. Nevertheless, his time in the opening session allowed him to finish second overall, just 0.004s behind Gerloff. Bulega was third overall, with Bautista in fourth and Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team/Ducati) in fifth.
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