2025 Jerez WorldSBK January Test Day 1 Times: Bulega Fastest As Testing Resumes

By David Emmett |

Niccolo Bulega ended as fastest on the first day of testing for the WorldSBK class of 2025. In dry weather at Jerez, the Aruba.it Ducati rider led GoEleven's Andrea Iannone by nearly half a second. Scott Redding made a welcome return to Ducati, putting his MGM Bonovo bike into third place under a tenth behind Iannone.

Garrett Gerloff, now on the Kawasaki after BMW cut back to two bikes, was fourth fastest after the first day, finishing ahead of Axel Bassani on the Bimota, what is now Kawasaki's factory effort in World Superbikes. 

Major absentee is reigning world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu. The Turkish BMW rider is forced to miss the test after injuring a finger in a training crash. 

In the WorldSSP class, Marcel Schrötter was quickest on the Ducati Panigale V2, ahead of Kaito Toba on the Honda. Niki Tuuli and Raffaele de Rosa were also present, riding the current QJMOTOR WorldSSP bike, as well as a new prototype.

Times:

Pos No Rider Bike Time Diff Prev
1 11 Niccolo Bulega Ducati Panigale V4R 1:38.731    
2 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Panigale V4R 1:39.181 0.450 0.450
3 45 Scott Redding Ducati Panigale V4R 1:39.280 0.549 0.099
4 31 Garret Gerloff Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1:39.332 0.601 0.052
5 47 Axel Bassani Bimota KB998 1:39.463 0.732 0.131
6 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati Panigale V4R 1:39.548 0.817 0.085
7 97 Xavi Vierge Honda CBR1000 RR-R 1:39.916 1.185 0.368
8 19 Alvaro Bautista Ducati Panigale V4R 1:40.135 1.404 0.219
9 14 Sam Lowes Ducati Panigale V4R 1:40.207 1.476 0.072
10 22 Alex Lowes Bimota KB998 1:40.270 1.539 0.063
11 60 Michael Vd Mark BMW M1000RR 1:40.285 1.554 0.015
12 87 Remy Gardner Yamaha YZF R1 1:40.293 1.562 0.008
13 65 Jonathan Rea Yamaha YZF R1 1:40.368 1.637 0.075
14 17 Ryan Vickers Ducati Panigale V4R 1:40.586 1.855 0.218
15 55 Andrea Locatelli Yamaha YZF R1 1:40.989 2.258 0.403
16 99 Bahattin Sofuoglu Yamaha YZF R1 1:41.296 2.565 0.307
17 5 Yari Montella Ducati Panigale V4R 1:41.308 2.577 0.012
18 77 Dominique Aergerter Yamaha YZF R1 1:41.488 2.757 0.180
19 245 Tetsuya Nagashima Honda CBR1000 RR-R 1:41.498 2.767 0.010
20 53 Tito Rabat Yamaha YZF R1 1:41.591 2.860 0.093
21 95 Tarran Mackenzie Honda CBR1000 RR-R 1:41.715 2.984 0.124
             
    WorldSSP        
1 23 Marcel Schrötter Ducati Panigale V2 1:43.289    
2 27 Kaito Toba Honda CBR600RR 1:43.504 0.215 0.215
3 52 Jeremy Alcoba Kawasaki ZX-6R 636 1:43.811 0.522 0.307
4 50 Ondrej Vostalek Ducati Panigale V2 1:44.079 0.790 0.268
5 103 QJ Proto QJMOTOR 1:44.344 1.055 0.265
6 6 Corentin Perolari Honda CBR600RR 1:44.416 1.127 0.072
7 101 QJ Moto 1 QJMOTOR 1:44.435 1.146 0.019
8 22 Ana Carrasco Honda CBR600RR 1:48.582 5.293 4.147
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Comments

Iker Lecuona seems to be absent? Or has he lost his ride?

Zaqhwan Zaidi the Malaysian rider hasn't turned up yet. Apparently due to visa problems.

Toprak is definitely going to be on the back foot. Didn't he miss the test and the end of the year as well due to another injury?

I also read about some updates to the BMW being deemed not satisfactory under the rules so they might have to change some bits on the chassis.

I think they had a non production standard chassis last year as part of superconcessions, which are gone. So the other Manus called them out on trying to run it again since it isn't the same on the production bike. Didn't see the particular detail of what they had done to it, but we can guess changing some flex somewhere.

Bet Toprak does fine. The racing might be a touch closer?