The first race in this weekend\u2019s 400th round in the history of the World Superbike Championship saw positive performances by both riders of the Aruba.it Racing \u2013 Ducati team.
Starting from a row-4, P12 grid slot, Chaz Davies ran a very aggressive race to step onto the podium once again after his win in the last round at Laguna Seca, this time in second place behind winner Rea (Kawasaki). In the tussle for supremacy in the first turn following the start, \u00c1lvaro Bautista almost made contact with his team-mate, unfortunately losing a lot of positions that put him down in sixteenth place at the end of the opening lap. The Spanish rider then made an incredible recovery to finish just a few seconds away from the podium in fourth place.
Tomorrow the ten-lap Superpole Race will be held at 11.00 CET, with Race 2 starting at 14.00.
Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing \u2013 Ducati #7) \u2013 2nd <\/b>
\u201cI\u2019m really happy with second place in today\u2019s race, especially after my poor Superpole qualifying performance and twelfth place on the grid. Portim\u00e3o is a strange track, different from Laguna Seca, and it\u2019s very tricky to pass around here, so for this reason I\u2019m happy to have got onto the podium again. I made a really good first lap, made the passes stick and went forward from there. The start wasn\u2019t that good but I did go very deep into turn 1 and I think I caused Alvaro to stand the bike up a bit so I apologize for that. It wasn\u2019t my intention to cause him any problems but it just happened, I saw the gap and was committed in the turn.\u201d
\u00c1lvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati #19) \u2013 4th <\/b>
\u201cI\u2019m really happy with the performance we showed today, even though unfortunately we missed out on a chance to fight for the victory in the first corner due to what happened at the first turn with my team-mate and I was lucky not to touch Lowes and crash. I lost a lot of positions so I tried to recover and do my best. It was difficult to overtake other riders because I didn\u2019t have much traction and I couldn\u2019t make my lines so I needed more time to overtake. When I was alone our pace was even faster than the winner, so I\u2019m happy with the performance but not the result. At least we have two races tomorrow to try and get better results than today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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