2025 Phillip Island World Superbike check – Session 1 Outcomes (Tuesday) | ||||
POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME |
1 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.it – Ducati | 1:28.680s |
2 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Crew Pata Go Eleven | +0.482s |
3 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Crew | +0.499s |
4 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad Crew | +0.701s |
5 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Aruba.it – Ducati | +0.797s |
6 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Maxus Yamaha | +0.813s |
7 | Alex Lowes | GBR | bimota by Kawasaki Racing Crew | +0.854s |
8 | Axel Bassani | ITA | bimota by Kawasaki Racing Crew | +0.947s |
9 | Xavi Vierge | SPA | Honda HRC | +1.132s |
10 | Scott Redding | GBR | MGM BONOVO Racing | +1.182s |
11 | Sam Lowes | GBR | ELF Marc VDS Racing Crew | +1.193s |
12 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | ROKiT BMW Motorrad Crew | +1.268s |
13 | Ryan Vickers | GBR | Motocorsa Ducati | +1.312s |
14 | Yari Montella | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Crew | +1.463s |
15 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha Crew | +1.565s |
16 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Kawasaki Crew | +1.670s |
17 | Tetsuta Nagashima | JPN | Honda HRC | +1.931s |
18 | Dominique Aegerter | SWI | GYTR GRT Yamaha Crew | +1.937s |
19 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Yamaha Motoxracing Crew | +1.958s |
20 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | Honda HRC | +1.962s |
21 | Bahattin Sofuoglu | TUR | Yamaha Motoxracing Crew | +2.411s |
22 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Crew | +2.450s |
Quickest Day 1 time:
Nicolo Bulega Ducati 1m 28.765s
Official Phillip Island WorldSBK information:
Pole: Nicolo Bulega Ducati 1m 27.916s (2024)
Quickest race lap: Nicolo Bulega Ducati 1m 28.564s (2024)
The ultimate day of WorldSBK pre-season testing started at Phillip Island on Tuesday morning.
Nicolo Bulega was quickest from fellow Ducati rider Andrea Iannone on day one, with reigning champion Toprak Razgatlioglu recovering to 3rd after an enormous morning highside.
Bulega then continued his reign within the Tuesday morning session, bettering his greatest lap time and main an all-Ducati prime three forward of Razgatlioglu’s BMW.
Jonathan Rea is lacking after struggling a number of fractures to his left foot on Monday, which may even rule him out of the upcoming Australian race weekend.
The check sees observe time break up with the Supersport class, with every class having two classes per day.
Schedule – Tuesday (18th February):
09:10-11:10 – WorldSBK Free Apply 1
13:40-15:40 – WorldSBK Free Apply 2