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Italian World Superbike Race 1 Results: Petrucci takes maiden win in red flagged first race | World Superbikes
Danilo Petrucci took victory in WorldSBK Race 1 at Cremona Circuit, his first victory in the championship.
Petrucci’s win came after a red flag for technical issues at the circuit, indicated by the loss of trackside cameras around lap 15.
Regardless, the Italian had pulled away to the tune of 2.5 seconds over Nicolo Bulega, after taking the lead from Andrea Iannone on lap five.
Iannone would follow Petrucci, but ultimately crash out at turn seven, as would Alex Lowes a few laps later from what had become third place.
Bulega remained in second until the end, but the battle for third place was more complicated.
Alvaro Bautista started 13th and took multiple laps to break into the top 10. Eventually, he was able to get into the podium battle, just as Iker Lecuona was escaping in third place.
The Honda rider had taken it from Andrea Locatelli, who encountered problems just before the red flag came out and was eventually classified in 12th. Lecuona, meanwhile, would eventually be caught and passed by Bautista, who also cut through Garrett Gerloff, Bradley Ray, Axel Bassani, and Xavi Vierge on his way to the podium.
Lecuone would take third place, ahead of Bassani and Vierge, while Michael van der Mark – perhaps the rider who put up the toughest fight against Bautista – was seventh.
Gerloff, Michael Ruben Rinaldi, and Remy Gardner rounded out the top 10.
Alex Lowes headed to pit lane after his crash but was classified a lap down thanks to the red flag.
There were DNFs for Tarran Mackenzie, Niccolo Canepa, Tito Rabat, and Sam Lowes in addition to the aforementioned Iannone.
| 2024 WorldSBK Championship | Italian Round | Cremona Circuit | Race 1 Result | Rd 9/13 | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat. | WorldSBK Team | Superbike | Timing |
| 1 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | WIN |
| 2 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 2.225 |
| 3 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 6.487 |
| 4 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 7.187 |
| 5 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 9.753 |
| 6 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 9.449 |
| 7 | Michael van der Mark | NED | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | 10.003 |
| 8 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | 11.727 |
| 9 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Motocorsa Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 16.397 |
| 10 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 16.537 |
| 11 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Motoxracing Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 16.991 |
| 12 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 18.465 |
| 13 | Scott Redding | GBR | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | 26.010 |
| 14 | Markus Reiterberger | GER | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | 27.573 |
| 15 | Alessandro Delbianco | ITA | Motoxracing Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 29.539 |
| 16 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GMT94 Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 34.671 |
| 17 | Marvin Fritz | GER | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 36.989 |
| 18 | Tommy Bridewell | GBR | Honda Racing UK | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 44.093 |
| 19 | Ivo Lopes | POR | Petronas MIE Racing Team | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 44.584 |
| 20 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1L |
| DNF | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Team Go Eleven | Ducati Panigale V4 R | DNF |
| DNF | Sam Lowes | GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team | Ducati Panigale V4 R | DNF |
| DNF | Tito Rabat | ESP | Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | DNF |
| DNF | Niccolo Canepa | ITA | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | DNF |
| DNF | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | Petronas MIE Racing Team | Honda CBR1000RR-R | DNF |
