World Superbike results: Bautista wins again in Barcelona opener

After an early red flag caused by a crash for Eric Granado, poleman Bautista sauntered to another straightforward win aboard his V4 Panigale in the restarted 17-lap race, shrugging off the 250rpm rev limit decreased given to Ducati ahead of the start of the weekend.

Almost nine seconds back at the chequered flag, Yamaha's Toprak Razgatlioglu came out on top in a close battle for second with Kawasaki's Jonathan Rea.

Two more Yamaha riders, Andrea Locatelli and Dominique Aegerter, completed the top five.

The second factory Ducati of Michael Ruben Rinaldi was eliminated in a collision with the satellite machine of Axel Bassani, who went on to finish seventh after being handed a long lap penalty.

Scott Redding (BMW) and Lorenzo Baldassarri (GRT Yamaha) both crashed out on the opening lap of the restart at Turn 10, while Kawasaki's Alex Lowes was another faller later on.

World Superbike Barcelona - Race 1 results:

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Laps	Gap
1	1	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	17
2	54	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Yamaha	17	8.864
3	65	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki	17	8.927
4	55	Andrea Locatelli	Yamaha	17	13.992
5	77	Dominique Aegerter	Yamaha	17	14.206
6	7	Iker Lecuona	Honda	17	15.809
7	47	Axel Bassani	Ducati	17	18.222
8	97	Xavi Vierge	Honda	17	20.607
9	31	Garrett Gerloff	BMW	17	20.841
10	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	17	22.930
11	87	Remy Gardner	Yamaha	17	23.475
12	5	Philipp Oettli	Ducati	17	31.286
13	28	Bradley Ray	Yamaha	17	31.823
14	76	Loris Baz	BMW	17	32.859
15	35	Hafizh Syahrin	Honda	17	40.429
16	75	Ivo Miguel	BMW	17	46.947
17	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	17	50.828
18	34	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Yamaha	16
	22	Alex Lowes	Kawasaki	0
	32	Isaac Viñales	Kawasaki	0
	21	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Ducati	0
	45	Scott Redding	BMW	0
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