2026 Official Phillip Island WorldSBK Test: Results - Day 1 (FINAL)

The final 2026 World Superbike pre-season test began at Phillip Island in Australia on Monday morning.

The two-day test sees track sessions alternate between the WorldSBK and WSS classes.

Monday’s WorldSBK schedule:
11:10-13:10 – WorldSBK Free Practice 1
15:40-17:40 – WorldSBK Free Practice 2

—– End of FP2 —-

Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Phillip Island WorldSBK Test (Gold&Goose).

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Aruba.it Ducati’s reigning title runner-up Nicolo Bulega confirmed his favourite status for the 2026 season by leading both Monday sessions at Phillip Island.

Bulega set his best lap of the day on his 33rd and final lap of the afternoon with Bimota’s Axel Bassani best of the rest, 0.291s behind.

However, Bulega did eleven laps that were quicker than the best lap by Bassani.

Bulega, Bassani, Sam Lowes and Yari Montella (FP1), were the only riders to break into the 1m 29s on day one.

Alvaro Bautista had an early crash at Turn 5, then Sam Lowes, Bahattin Sofuoglu and Mattia Rato at Turn 4. Ryan Vickers was the final faller in the session, at Turn 10.

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(Bold font below = Rider faster than their best lap time in FP1)

2026 Phillip Island World Superbike Test – Results: Day 1 (Free Practice 2, FINAL)POSRIDERNATTEAMTIME1Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it – Ducati1:29.345s2Axel BassaniITAbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.291s3Sam LowesGBRELF Marc VDS Racing Team+0.562s4Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki Team+0.670s5Alex LowesGBRbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.914s6Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Goeleven+0.935s7Alvaro BautistaSPABarni Spark Racing Team+0.952s8Yari MontellaITABarni Spark Racing Team+1.143s9Jake DixonGBRHonda HRC+1.147s10Xavi ViergeSPAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.178s11Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.218s12Iker LecuonaSPAAruba.it – Ducati+1.241s13Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.278s14Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.303s15Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa Ducati+1.757s16Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.814s17Tetsuta NagashimaJPNHonda HRC+1.830s18Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express Racing+1.833s19Ryan VickersGBRHonda HRC+1.910s20Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+2.005s21Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing Team+2.606s22Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing Team+3.215s2026 Phillip Island World Superbike Test – Results: Day 1 (COMBINED FP1 & FP2)POSRIDERNATTEAMTIME1Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it – Ducati1:29.345s2Axel BassaniITAbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.291s3Sam LowesGBRELF Marc VDS Racing Team+0.562s4Yari MontellaITABarni Spark Racing Team+0.576s5Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki Team+0.670s6Alex LowesGBRbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.914s7Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Goeleven+0.930s8Alvaro BautistaSPABarni Spark Racing Team+0.952s9Xavi ViergeSPAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.075s10Jake DixonGBRHonda HRC+1.147s11Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.218s12Iker LecuonaSPAAruba.it – Ducati+1.241s13Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.278s14Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.303s15Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa Ducati+1.686s16Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express Racing+1.747s17Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing Team+1.771s18Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.814s19Tetsuta NagashimaJPNHonda HRC+1.830s20Ryan VickersGBRHonda HRC+1.910s21Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+2.005s22Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing Team+3.215s

Fastest Free Practice 1 Time:
Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 29.415s.

Official Phillip Island WorldSBK Records:
Best lap: Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 27.916 (2024)
Fastest race lap: Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 28.564 (2024)

Fastest 2025 WorldSBK Superpole Qualifying laps – by manufacturer:
Ducati: Nicolo Bulega, 1m 28.824s.
BMW: Toprak Razgatlioglu, 1m 28.918s.
Yamaha: Andrea Locatelli, 1m 29.783s.
Bimota: Alex Lowes, 1m 29.859s.
Honda: Xavi Vierge, 1m 29.924s.
Kawasaki: Garrett Gerloff, 1m 30.768s.

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Halfway through Free Practice 2 and it’s Nicolo Bulega back on top, by a massive 0.682s from Axel Bassani, after setting the best lap of the day so far…

(Bold font below = Rider faster than their best lap time in FP1)

2026 Phillip Island World Superbike Test – Results: Day 1 (Free Practice 2, Hour 1)POSRIDERNATTEAMTIME1Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it – Ducati1:29.400s2Axel BassaniITAbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.682s3Alex LowesGBRbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.892s4Alvaro BautistaSPABarni Spark Racing Team+0.897s5Sam LowesGBRELF Marc VDS Racing Team+1.001s6Yari MontellaITABarni Spark Racing Team+1.112s7Xavi ViergeSPAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.123s8Iker LecuonaSPAAruba.it – Ducati+1.290s9Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.363s10Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Goeleven+1.397s11Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki Team+1.424s12Jake DixonGBRHonda HRC+1.571s13Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.688s14Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.724s15Tetsuta NagashimaJPNHonda HRC+1.775s16Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.950s17Ryan VickersGBRHonda HRC+2.200s18Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus Yamaha+2.214s19Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa Ducati+2.490s20Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing Team+2.551s21Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express Racing+2.811s22Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing Team+3.160s

Fastest Free Practice 1 Time:
Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 29.415s.

Official Phillip Island WorldSBK Records:
Best lap: Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 27.916 (2024)
Fastest race lap: Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 28.564 (2024)

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—– End of FP1 —–

Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Phillip Island WorldSBK Test (Gold&Goose).

These are the results at the end of Free Practice 1, which saw Nicolo Bulega improve his best time at the very end of the session, to finish almost half-a-second clear of Yari Montella.

Bulega, who won all three races at Phillip Island last season, moved to the top of the timesheets after 15 minutes and was never headed.

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In terms of incidents, Honda rookie Jake Dixon ran through the gravel early at Turn 2, Stefan Manzi then crashed at Turn 6, where Ryan Vickers also took to the gravel just before the halfway stage.

There were brief red flags for birds on track and a technical issue for Sam Lowes, before a crash at Turn 10 for Tarran Mackenzie at the very end of FP1.

2026 Phillip Island World Superbike Test – Results: Day 1 (End of Free Practice 1)POSRIDERNATTEAMTIME1Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it – Ducati1:29.451s2Yari MontellaITABarni Spark Racing Team+0.470s3Axel BassaniITAbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.788s4Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Goeleven+0.824s5Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki Team+0.833s6Alex LowesGBRbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.835s7Alvaro BautistaSPABarni Spark Racing Team+0.882s8Xavi ViergeSPAPata Maxus Yamaha+0.969s9Sam LowesGBRELF Marc VDS Racing Team+1.030s10Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.169s11Jake DixonGBRHonda HRC+1.204s12Iker LecuonaSPAAruba.it – Ducati+1.310s13Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa Ducati+1.580s14Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express Racing+1.641s15Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing Team+1.665s16Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.892s17Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.934s18Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+2.003s19Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+2.083s20Tetsuta NagashimaJPNHonda HRC+2.092s21Ryan VickersGBRHonda HRC+2.097s22Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing Team+3.398s

Official Phillip Island WorldSBK Records:
Best lap: Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 27.916 (2024)
Fastest race lap: Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 28.564 (2024)

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These are the lap times after the first hour of testing, at the halfway stage of Free Practice 1.

2026 Phillip Island World Superbike Test – Results: Day 1 (Free Practice 1, Hour 1)POSRIDERNATTEAMTIME1Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it – Ducati1:29.668s2Alex LowesGBRbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.618s3Xavi ViergeSPAPata Maxus Yamaha+0.752s4Axel BassaniITAbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.774s5Yari MontellaITABarni Spark Racing Team+0.785s6Alvaro BautistaSPABarni Spark Racing Team+0.838s7Sam LowesGBRELF Marc VDS Racing Team+0.850s8Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki Team+0.980s9Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Goeleven+1.085s10Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.251s11Iker LecuonaSPAAruba.it – Ducati+1.535s12Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express Racing+1.581s13Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing Team+1.770s14Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.790s15Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.933s16Jake DixonGBRHonda HRC+1.950s17Ryan VickersGBRHonda HRC+2.395s18Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus Yamaha+2.559s19Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa Ducati+2.575s20Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+2.611s21Tetsuta NagashimaJPNHonda HRC+2.705s22Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing Team+4.171s

Official Phillip Island WorldSBK Records:
Best lap: Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 27.916 (2024)
Fastest race lap: Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 28.564 (2024)

2026 Official Phillip Island WorldSBK Test: Results – Day 1 (FINAL)

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