Toprak Razgatlioglu ended the first day of the Portimão WorldSBK test as fastest on his first day back in the saddle of his BMW M1000RR. Despite an injured right index finger, which he hurt in a training crash and which forced him to wear a special glove, the reigning world champion mastered rather tricky conditions, with a lot of wind and a track that was still damp in patches, to just nip ahead of Bimota's Axel Bassani.
Bassani was just under three hundredths of a second off the best time set by Razgatlioglu late in the day, and seven hundredths faster than Nicolo Bulega on the factory Aruba.it Ducati. Remy Gardner had a good day on the GYTR Yamaha bike, a thousandth slower than 2024 championship runner up Bulega and a third of a second faster than Jonathan Rea on the Pata Yamaha. Rea was more competitive on Tuesday, ending the day in fifth, with Garrett Gerloff sixth quickest on the Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
The test continues tomorrow, before the WorldSBK paddock wraps up and heads to Phillip Island for a final test and the first round of 2025.
Times from Day 1 at Portimão:
| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
| 1 | 1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | BMW M1000RR | 1:40.650 | ||
| 2 | 47 | Axel Bassani | Bimota KB998 | 1:40.679 | 0.029 | 0.029 |
| 3 | 11 | Nicolo Bulega | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1:40.748 | 0.098 | 0.069 |
| 4 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1:40.749 | 0.099 | 0.001 |
| 5 | 65 | Jonathan Rea | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1:41.100 | 0.450 | 0.351 |
| 6 | 31 | Garrett Gerloff | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1:41.164 | 0.514 | 0.064 |
| 7 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Honda CBR1000 RR-R | 1:41.295 | 0.645 | 0.131 |
| 8 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1:41.369 | 0.719 | 0.074 |
| 9 | 14 | Sam Lowes | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1:41.580 | 0.930 | 0.211 |
| 10 | 60 | Michael Vd Mark | BMW M1000RR | 1:41.732 | 1.082 | 0.152 |
| 11 | 22 | Alex Lowes | Bimota KB998 | 1:41.819 | 1.169 | 0.087 |
| 12 | 19 | Alvaro Bautista | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1:42.141 | 1.491 | 0.322 |
| 13 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1:42.245 | 1.595 | 0.104 |
| 14 | 45 | Scott Redding | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1:42.260 | 1.610 | 0.015 |
| 15 | 17 | Ryan Vickers | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1:42.584 | 1.934 | 0.324 |
| 16 | 77 | Dominique Aergerter | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1:42.634 | 1.984 | 0.050 |
| 17 | 5 | Yari Montella | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1:42.964 | 2.314 | 0.330 |
| 18 | 99 | Bahattin Sofuoglu | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1:43.078 | 2.428 | 0.114 |
| 19 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1:43.222 | 2.572 | 0.144 |
| 20 | 95 | Tarran Mackenzie | Honda CBR1000 RR-R | 1:43.961 | 3.311 | 0.739 |
| 21 | 7 | Iker Lecuona | Honda CBR1000 RR-R | 1:44.841 | 4.191 | 0.880 |
| WorldSSP | ||||||
| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
| 1 | 94 | Lucas Mahias | Yamaha YZF R9 | 1:44.223 | ||
| 2 | 65 | Philipp Oettl | Ducati Panigale V2 | 1:44.747 | 0.524 | 0.524 |
| 3 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Ducati Panigale V2 | 1:44.769 | 0.546 | 0.022 |
| 4 | 21 | Michael Rinaldi | Yamaha YZF R9 | 1:45.357 | 1.134 | 0.588 |
| 5 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Kawasaki ZX-6R 636 | 1:45.529 | 1.306 | 0.172 |
| 6 | 50 | Ondrej Vostalek | Ducati Panigale V2 | 1:45.863 | 1.640 | 0.334 |
