Results from the Superpole session at the 2026 Portuguese WorldSBK at Portimao, the second round of the 2026 season.

Nicolo Bulega took pole position in Superpole at Portimao, setting a new lap record by almost 0.6 seconds.

The session was led from the start by Iker Lecuona, Bulega’s teammate, who was the first rider to go into the 1m38s on his second run. 

His 1m38.637s seemed to have secured him pole position after Bulega failed to beat it on his first lap of his second tyre. But the Italian found time on his final attempt and took pole with a 1m38.495.

Lecuona secured second, while Yari Montella made it a Ducati front row lockout.

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On the second row, Miguel Oliveira proved what he can do in Superpole when he actually sets a lap time, which fo course he didn’t do in Australia thanks to a crash on his first timed lap. Fourth for the BMW rider in Portimao, and he’ll be joined by Sam Lowes and Xavi Vierge on the second row.

Alex Lowes was only seventh on the leading Bimota, and will have Lorenzo Baldassarri and Danilo Petrucci alongside him on the third row.

Axel Bassani rounded out the qualifying top-10, while Alvaro Bautista and Remy Gardner complete the fourth row.

Full World Superbike results from Superpole are below.

2026 World Superbike Championship | Portuguese Round | Autodromo Internacional do Algarve | Superpole | Result

PosRiderNat.WorldSBK TeamSuperbikeTiming1Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:38.4952Iker LecuonaESPAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:38.6373Yari MontellaITABarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:38.9334Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:39.0685Sam LowesGBRMarc VDS Racing TeamDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.0906Xavi ViergeESPPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:39.1397Alex LowesGBRBimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:39.1678Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Go ElevenDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.2289Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:39.25410Axel BassaniITABimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:39.37511Alvaro BautistaESPBarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.47712Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:39.50013Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki WorldSBK TeamKawasaki ZX-10RR1:39.59314Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:39.72515Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.75116Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.94817Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:40.20318Jonathan ReaGBRHRC Test TeamHonda CBR1000RR-R1:40.29819Somkiat ChantraTHAHonda HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1:40.32520Tommy BridewellGBRSuperbike Advocates RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:40.45621Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:40.63822Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:40.904

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Portimao WorldSBK Lap RecordsAll-time lap record: 1m39.081s (Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025, Superpole)Race lap record: 1m39.441 (Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025, Superpole Race)