Light rain moments before FP1 resulted in a damp start to the British WorldSBK round at Donington Park, as Alex Lowes, fresh off a new deal with K💫awasaki was the early pacesetter.

Although lap times weren’t that far off the expected race pace in dry conditions, more dro💦ps began to fall in sectors one and four, as Remy Gardner suffered an early fall at the final corner.

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Lowes’ time at the top of the timings🐻heets was ended after ten minutes when Razgatlioglu, despite a wobble at the final corner, managed to ov𒆙erhaul the Kawasaki rider by -0.149s. 

Razgatlioglu and Lowes were the only riders under the 1m 28s barrier, while reigning world champion Alvaro Bautista was the only other rider within a seco🃏nd of Razgatlioglu. 

After sitting out the opening stages, Rea took to the track with just 🔥under the session gone. 

Sixth after h༺is first f💖lying lap, Rea then began to challenge Razgatlioglu after a strong opening sector.

However, t🍰he six-time champion lost time as the lap went on before slotting into fourth behind Bಞautista. 

Following a brief dry spell, more rain fell with 20 minutes remaining which led to the entire grid returning to pit 💖lane.

After confirming he wants to stay with BMW in the lead up to his home round, Scott Redding was one of the first riders to head back out on circuit, alongside Razgatli꧃oglu and Bautista. 

As conditions changed once again, the end of FP1 resulted in🐽 Razgatlioglu bettering his top time.

Rea was next to set a personal best as he joined Razgatliogl🐭u and Lowes by dipping underneath the 1m 28s barrier. 

The factory Kawasaki rider then produced a brillian♚t final sector on his next lap around in order to narrowly jump ahead of Razgatlioglu.

Despite the tricky conditions, no other ride🍌r aside from Gardner suffered a crash during FP1.