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Alvaro Bautista may have wrapped up the 2022 World Superbike title last weekend in Mandalika, but the Ducati star heads into the finale neck-and-neck with former champion Toprak Razgatlioglu on 14 wins for the season.
As well as fighting for the honour of most victories, Razgatlioglu will also be battling Kawasaki legend Jonathan Rea for title runner-up, with the Turkish star holding a 37-point advantage heading into race one. Although a potential 62-points are still available, Rea, seeking to end a 24-race win drought this weekend, has little to lose since he cannot mathematically drop lower than his present third in the standings.
Michael Rinaldi holds a 34-point lead for fourth but a much closer contest exists for fifth between Andrea Locatelli , Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani who are all covered by 15-points. After a dry Friday the forecast rain arrived on Saturday morning, with Rea Razgatlioglu and Lowes leading a wet FP3. Conditions then improved for qualifying - when Bautista took pole from Rea, Alex Lowes and Razgatlioglu - before further showers soaked the track ahead of the opening race...
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