The 2024 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship’s last race day of the season has got underway with Warm Up, where it was Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) who managed to top the timesheets on Provec Racing’s last day as the official Kawasaki team. An emotional day for many riders and teams up and down the paddock, there’ll be plenty of aims to finish 2024 with a flurry.
Lowes topped the timesheets and was looking comfortable with a handful of laps to get him in the groove for 2024 whereas it was newly-crowned World Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) who was sitting in P2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), who is now confirmed in P2 for the Championship standings, was third as he looks to add to Saturday’s win. Completing the top five were Axel Bassani (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) and Jonathan Rea (Pata Prometeon Yamaha), both aiming for a strong end to difficult 2024 seasons.
Sixth place went the way of Garrett Gerloff (Bonovo Action BMW) as he embarks on the final day as a BMW and Bonovo Action team rider before his switch to Puccetti Kawasaki for 2025. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Prometeon Yamaha) was ahead of home-hero Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), whilst the best Honda was Iker Lecuona (Team HRC) in P9. Completing the top ten was Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team), just ahead of Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Team Motocorsa Racing), who looks set to start his last day as a WorldSBK rider and sign off with an impressive result.
