Ducati's Alvaro Bautista gets his quest to wrap up the WorldSBK title this weekend at Mandalika off to a strong start in Friday practice:
Bautista, who has a strong chance of wrapping up his maiden WSBK title with a round to spare at the Indonesian venue, unseated his nearest championship rival Razgatlioglu at the top of the timesheets at the very end of the afternoon's second 45-minute session with a best time of 1m33.626s.
As the track gripped up throughout the day, Razgatlioglu was able to lower the benchmark in the afternoon to a 1m34.088s, which stood as the best time until Bautista's chart-topping effort with a minute left on the clock. Michael Ruben Rinaldi was third-fastest on the second of the works V4 Rs on a 1m34.590s, beating Kawasaki rider Jonathan Rea by a mere 0.005s.
Honda's other factory rider, Iker Lecuona, was second-fastest in the morning session, within two tenths of Razgatlioglu's fastest time, and was in a similar position early in the afternoon until suffering a highside crash at Turn 4.
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