SBK | Barcelona GP Qualifying: Bautista again, pole is his

SBK GP Barcelona Qualifying – Alvaro Bautista wins the pole of the Catalan Grand Prix, fourth stage of the 2023 world championship.

Thanks to his time, the Ducati rider preceded an excellent Dominique Aegerter (GRT Yamaha) by 473 thousandths and Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) by 0.497s

Fourth time for Michael Ruben Rinaldi ahead of Iker Lekuona (Honda HRC) and Alex Lowes (Kawasaki).

Remy Gardner (Yamaha) opens the third row ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha) and Garrett Gerloff (BMW). Andrea Locatelli (Yamaha) completes the top ten.

Danilo Petrucci closes out of the ten and will start from eleventh place, while Axel Bassani will start 14th ahead of Lorenzo Baldassarri who will start 17th.

WorldSBK Barcelona Qualifying - Final times

1. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 1'40.264s 2. Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK) +0.473s 3. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) +0.497s 4. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba. it Racing – Ducati) +0.507s 5. Iker Lecuona (Team HRC) +0.519s 6. Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) +0.707s