Results from FP1 session at the 2026 Emilia-Romagna WorldSBK round at Misano.

Nicolo Bulega was fastest in the opening practice at the Emilia-Romagna WorldSBK. The Italian traded fastest times early on with Sam Lowes before establishing himself at the top after 10 minutes or so. 

Bulega led by over 0.3 seconds for much of the session but Iker Lecuona trimmed that down to 0.059 seconds by the finish. the two factory Ducati riders were the only ones to lap in the 1m32s bracket.

Sam Lowes rounded out the top-three, and an all-Ducati top-six was completed by Yari Montella, Alberto Surra, and Lorenzo Baldassarri.

Yamaha’s Xavi Vierge was the leading non-Ducati rider, 0.7 seconds slower than Bulega. Behind the Spaniard, Axel Bassani, Garrett Gerloff, and Remy Gardner completed the top-10.

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Miguel Oliveira returns from injury this weekend, and the Portuguese rider ended FP1 in 17th.

Full WorldSBK results from FP1 at Misano are below.

2026 World Superbike Championship | Emilia-Romagna Round | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | FP1 | Result

PosRiderNat.WorldSBK TeamSuperbikeTiming1Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:32.7332Iker LecuonaESPAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:32.7923Sam LowesGBRMarc VDS Racing TeamDucati Panigale V4 R1:33.0394Yari MontellaITABarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:33.1155Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:33.1356Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Go ElevenDucati Panigale V4 R1:33.3347Xavi ViergeESPPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:33.4468Axel BassaniITABimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:33.6379Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki WorldSBK TeamKawasaki ZX-10RR1:33.64010Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:33.67911Alex LowesGBRBimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:33.68712Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:33.79213Alvaro BautistaESPBarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:33.91914Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:34.05115Michael van der MarkNEDROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:34.09216Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:34.10617Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:34.12518Tommy BridewellGBRSuperbike Advocates RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:34.19619Somkiat ChantraTHAHonda HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1:34.35620Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:34.54921Ryan VickersGBRHonda HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1:35.36222Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:35.543