Alvaro Bautista won WorldSBK Race One on his debut. Piloting the Aruba.it Racing Ducati V4 R motorcycle, the Spaniard won with more than 15 second-advantage over an early race leader Jonathan Rea.

Before half race distance, Bautista had a gap of over eight seconds, setting back-to-back fastest laps. Alvaro repeated the success of Max Biaggi, who won the debut race in 2007.

During the first half of the race, Jonathan Ray battled with his partner Leon Haslam. On the 13th lap Haslam crashed, and it helped the Irish to finish second with no worries. He had no chance to catch up with Bautista. The third place went to Marco Melandri, being ahead of Alex Lowes.

Here are the results of Race One:

1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 22 laps
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +14.983s
3. Marco Melandri ITA GRT Yamaha +16.934s
4. Alex Lowes GBR Pata Yamaha +16.984s
5. Michael van der Mark NED Pata Yamaha +19.179s
6. Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Kawasaki Puccetti Racing +21.203s
7. Tom Sykes GBR BMW WorldSBK Team +21.488s
8. Sandro Cortese GER GRT Yamaha +23.018s
9. Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Barni Racing Team Ducati +25.580s
10. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing – Ducati +27.124s
11. Jordi Torres ESP Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki +28.214s
12. Eugene Laverty IRE Team Go Eleven Ducati +30.055s
13. Markus Reiterberger GER BMW WorldSBK Team +31.859s
14. Leandro Mercado ARG Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki +34.793s
15. Leon Haslam GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +41.009s
16. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Moriwaki Althea Honda Team +45.523s
17. Alessandro Delbianco ITA Althea Mie Racing Team Honda +1 lap

DNF

• Troy Herfoss AUS Penrite Honda Racing
• Leon Camier GBR Moriwaki Althea Honda Team&

The final race of the 2019 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship went the way of Alvaro Bautista, who made a hat-trick at Philip Islands, Australia. On Sunday the Spaniard became the first rider to win both WorldSBK races on his debut weekend.

Bautista won the first-ever sprint race fending off a race-long battle with Jonathan Rea.At Race Two he took advantages of his superior pace and tire potential to win by more than 12 seconds. Unreal! Alvaro started from pole position and immediately became the leader, being ahead of Jonathan by more than 18 seconds. Then he slowed down a bit.

The Spaniard becomes the first rider to win both WorldSBK races on his debut weekend since John Kocinski(1996).

At both races Jonathan Rea finished second. His team-mate Leon Haslam also was in the top three at both sprint race and Race Two.

The Race Two results:

1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 10 laps
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +1.176s
3. Leon Haslam GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +5.072s
4. Alex Lowes GBR Pata Yamaha +6.713s
5. Michael van der Mark NED Pata Yamaha +6.800s
6. Marco Melandri ITA GRT Yamaha +7.904s
7. Sandro Cortese GER GRT Yamaha +8.224s
8. Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Barni Racing Team Ducati +10.944s
9. Eugene Laverty IRE Team Go Eleven Ducati +12.416s
10. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing – Ducati +14.068s
11. Tom Sykes GBR BMW WorldSBK Team +14.710s
12. Markus Reiterberger GER BMW WorldSBK Team +16.994s
13. Leon Camier GBR Moriwaki Althea Honda Team +20.012s
14. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Moriwaki Althea Honda Team +24.013s
15. Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Kawasaki Puccetti Racing +36.851s
16. Troy Herfoss AUS Penrite Honda Racing +48.731s
17. Jordi Torres ESP Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki +58.942s

DNF

• Leandro Mercado ARG Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki
• Alessandro Delbianco ITA Althea Mie Racing Team Honda

And here are the best shoots from the first stage of 2019 WSBK.

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