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2025 Phillip Island World Superbike FP2 Result: Bulega Still Quickest

By Jared Earle |

After topping all the tests here, Bulega adds both Friday sessions to his belt, ending the day over four tenths ahead of the rest of the field, Andrea Iannone was second quickest ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu, but Razgatlioglu's second session was not as quick as those of Alvaro Bautista and Danilo Petrucci who ended the day third and fourth quickest overall.

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2025 Phillip Island World Superbike FP1 Result: Bulega Leads Four Ducati Charge

By Jared Earle |

Nicolo Bulega led Andrea Iannone, Alvaro Bautista and Danilo Petrucci in an all-Ducati top four, Bulega over a third of a second quicker than Iannone. Dominique Aegerter and Toprak Razgatlioglu, resplendent with the number one plate on his BMW, rounded out the top six with Alex Lowes almost a second off Bulega's best time on the new Kawasaki-powered Bimota.

With the races split in half to save the tyres, riders focussed on short ten lap runs instead of the usual twenty-lap shakedowns. 

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2025 Phillip Island World Superbike Day 2 Results: Bulega Leads A Ducati Clean Sweep

By David Emmett |

Nicolo Bulega leaves preseason testing for the WorldSBK class very much in control. The Aruba.it Ducati rider topped both days of testing at Phillip Island with a comfortable lead over the competition, lapping consistently in the 1'29s, promising much for the race.

2025 Phillip Island World Superbike Day 1 Results: Bulega Takes Charge As Razgatlioglu And Rea Crash

By David Emmett |

It has been a tough start to the WorldSBK season for both Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea. Razgatlioglu broke a finger in a training crash and missed the first test at Jerez, then started off the first session at Phillip Island with a highside, forcing him to miss the morning session.  He returned in the afternoon and ended up third fastest

Portimão WorldSBK Test Round Up: Toprak Is Back, Redding Is Hungry, Rea Turns To New Crew Chief

By Steve English |

The WorldSBK paddock decamped to the Iberian Peninsula for four days of winter testing. Unfortunately, rain and wind followed the paddock from Jerez to Portimão. Teams were severely hampered with running at both tests and the majority could only use two days of running to try and get ready for the start of the coming campaign.

While the tests wasn’t as efficient as manufacturers would have hoped it certainly wasn’t a waste of time. The majority of the field felt that enough was done to be ready for Phillip Island, because we’ll have two days testing at the thrilling Australian venue, and a mid-March test at Portimão will allow them to get fully ready for the start of the European season at the Portuguese venue.

BMW’s talisman is back on track

After missing the Jerez test a week previously Toprak Razgatlioglu was back on track at Portimao. The Turkish rider arrived mid-afternoon on Monday and was immediately the centre of attention. Speaking to him as he left the garage he was relaxed but obviously concerned about his finger injury.

2025 Portimão WorldSBK January Test Day 2 Times: Rain Disrupts Testing

By David Emmett |

The weather has not looked kindly on testing for the WorldSBK series so far in 2025. After a windy but relatively dry day on Tuesday, testing on Wednesday was mostly wet, with only occasional dry spells. Even when the track was dry, the times were 1.6 seconds off Toprak Razgatlioglu's best time.

As a result, nine of the 21 WorldSBK riders who rode on Tuesday decided to sit out the Wednesday session and save their testing days, while Philipp Oettl was the only WorldSSP rider of the six who rode on Tuesday to take to the track on Wednesday.

2025 Portimão WorldSBK January Test Day 1 Times: Razgatlioglu Back On Top

By David Emmett |

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. 

Jerez WorldSBK Test Round Up: Lessons Learned Despite The Rain

By Steve English |

In four weeks time the lights will go out at Phillip Island and the 2025 WorldSBK season will start. The campaign is already underway, as WorldSBK is in the middle of the Iberian Winter Test season. Two days at Jerez followed by two days at Portimao are ideal for getting ready for the new season. Four days of running will be complimented by two days of testing in Australia before the first race of the season.

It’s hard to find a better way to prepare for the year. The south of Spain offers the promise of good weather and the Algarve almost guarantees it. These winter sun destinations are popular tourist traps at the time of year. What could go wrong?

Quite a bit it seems. Two days of rain-interrupted testing saw the value of the Jerez days questioned by teams. WorldSBK regulations limit teams to just ten days of testing throughout the season for their race riders. Was it better to get track time now to be ready for Australia or to save the days for later in the year? The majority of teams opted to sit it out. The expense of travelling to Jerez was balanced by the value of running.

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