The final 2026 World Superbike pre-season test concluded at Phillip Island in Australia on Tuesday afternoon.

The two-day outing saw sessions alternate between the WorldSBK and WSS classes, with the Tuesday schedule as follows:

09:10-11:10 – WorldSBK Free Practice 3
13:40-15:40 – WorldSBK Free Practice 4

After setting the pace on day one, title favourite Nicolo Bulega broke into the 1m 28s during Tuesday morning’s FP3 – when Jake Dixon was injured in an early highside.

Bimota’s Axel Bassani then turned the tables on Bulega for much of the final FP4 session. 

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However, the Aruba.it Ducati rider responded dominantly in the closing stages, completing a perfect sweep of the timesheets with several best laps of the test.

Second went to Sam Lowes, after a back-and-forth with fellow satellite Ducati rider Lorenzo Baldassarri. The late flurry saw Bassani pushed down to fourth.

The next time riders will be on track is for Friday morning’s opening practice at the Phillip Island season-opener.

(Bold below = Rider set their best lap of the test in FP4)

2026 Phillip Island World Superbike Test – Results: Day 2 (End of FP4)POSRIDERNATTEAMTIME1Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it – Ducati1:28.630s2Sam LowesGBRELF Marc VDS Racing Team+0.666s3Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Goeleven+0.698s4Axel BassaniITAbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.852s5Alex LowesGBRbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.945s6Yari MontellaITABarni Spark Racing Team+1.030s7Iker LecuonaSPAAruba.it – Ducati+1.238s8Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.275s9Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express Racing+1.327s10Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki Team+1.456s11Alvaro BautistaSPABarni Spark Racing Team+1.550s12Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.566s13Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.639s14Xavi ViergeSPAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.762s15Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.798s16Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa Ducati+1.814s17Ryan VickersGBRHonda HRC+1.816s18Tetsuta NagashimaJPNHonda HRC+1.883s19Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.999s20Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing Team+2.496s21Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing Team+3.342s

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Fastest FP3 Time:
Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 28.880s.

Fastest Day 1 Time:
Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 29.345s.

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

Axel Bassani, 2026 Phillip Island WorldSBK Test (Gold&Goose).

Axel Bassani, 2026 Phillip Island WorldSBK Test (Gold&Goose).

The opening hour of the final session at the Phillip Island WorldSBK test sees Axel Bassani last out of the pits but then straight to the top of the timesheets.

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The Bimota rider starts the final hour with a 0.249s advantage over Nicolo Bulega, although the Ducati star’s FP3 lap remains the best of the test so far…

2026 Phillip Island World Superbike Test – Results: Day 2 (FP4, Hour 1)POSRIDERNATTEAMTIME1Axel BassaniITAbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team1:29.482s2Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it – Ducati+0.249s3Sam S. LowesGBRELF Marc VDS Racing Team+0.290s4Yari MontellaITABarni Spark Racing Team+0.340s5Iker LecuonaSPAAruba.it – Ducati+0.386s6Alex LowesGBRbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.478s7Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki Team+0.604s8Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Goeleven+0.905s9Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+0.935s10Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus Yamaha+0.946s11Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa Ducati+0.962s12Xavi ViergeSPAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.054s13Alvaro BautistaSPABarni Spark Racing Team+1.122s14Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.256s15Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.555s16Ryan VickersGBRHonda HRC+1.569s17Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing Team+1.644s18Tetsuta NagashimaJPNHonda HRC+1.882s19Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express Racing+2.163s20Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+2.327s21Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing Team+2.650s

Fastest FP3 Time:
Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 28.880s.

Fastest Day 1 Time:
Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 29.345s.

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 FP3 ——-

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

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

FP3 ends with Nicolo Bulega back on top with the fastest lap of the week so far, finishing almost half-a-second clear of next best Yari Montella and Axel Bassani.

Honda HRC rookie Jake Dixon suffered a fractured wrist in his early accident and will miss this weekend’s season-opener. Stefano Manzi – who also brought out red flags on the final morning – has been declared fit to continue…

2026 Phillip Island World Superbike Test – Results: Day 2 (End of FP3)POSRIDERNATTEAMTIME1Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it – Ducati1:28.880s2Yari MontellaITABarni Spark Racing Team+0.471s3Axel BassaniITAbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.493s4Sam LowesGBRELF Marc VDS Racing Team+0.532s5Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Goeleven+0.533s6Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+0.796s7Iker LecuonaSPAAruba.it – Ducati+0.889s8Xavi ViergeSPAPata Maxus Yamaha+0.932s9Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki Team+0.943s10Alex LowesGBRbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.946s11Alvaro BautistaSPABarni Spark Racing Team+0.981s12Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.026s13Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa Ducati+1.089s14Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.230s15Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.325s16Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express Racing+1.597s17Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing Team+1.860s18Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.932s19Tetsuta NagashimaJPNHonda HRC+1.964s20Ryan VickersGBRHonda HRC+2.363s21Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing Team+3.827s22Jake DixonGBRHonda HRCNo Time

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Fastest Day 1 Time:
Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 29.345s.

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

Day two began with Axel Bassani putting Bimota on top until Bulega set the best lap of the test so far with a 1m 29.086s. Jake Dixon is the only rider without a lap time after an early crash…

2026 Phillip Island World Superbike Test – Results: Day 2 (Free Practice 3, Hour 1)POSRIDERNATTEAMTIME1Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it – Ducati1:29.086s2Axel BassaniITAbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.287s3Sam LowesGBRELF Marc VDS Racing Team+0.326s4Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Goeleven+0.327s5Alex LowesGBRbimota by Kawasaki Racing Team+0.740s6Yari MontellaITABarni Spark Racing Team+0.834s7Iker LecuonaSPAAruba.it – Ducati+0.905s8Alvaro BautistaSPABarni Spark Racing Team+0.905s9Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.024s10Xavi ViergeSPAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.045s11Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki Team+1.223s12Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.321s13Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW Motorrad Team+1.492s14Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express Racing+1.554s15Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa Ducati+1.566s16Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus Yamaha+1.693s17Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT Yamaha Team+1.887s18Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing Team+2.422s19Tetsuta NagashimaJPNHonda HRC+2.548s20Ryan VickersGBRHonda HRC+2.620s21Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing Team+3.659s22Jake DixonGBRHonda HRCNo Time

Fastest Day 1 Time:
Nicolo Bulega, Ducati, 1m 29.345s.

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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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