{"id":672726,"date":"2026-05-15T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672726\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:25:10","slug":"2026-czech-worldsbk-results-friday-practice-gerloff-beats-bulega-to-top-fp2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672726\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Czech WorldSBK Results, Friday Practice: Gerloff beats Bulega to top FP2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Results from the FP2 session at the 2026 Czech WorldSBK at Autodrom Most.<\/p>\n<p>A late time attack from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/995206\/garrett-gerloff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Gerloff<\/a> saw the Kawasaki rider end FP2 fastest, beating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/1043899\/nicolo-bulega\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolo Bulega<\/a> who crashed at turn one and finished the session second.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/1044091\/sam-lowes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Lowes<\/a> completed the top-three ahead of Iker Lecuona, the top-four also being the only riders to lap in the 1m30s.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Lowes was completed the top-five then Danilo Petrucci, Axel Bassani, Yari Montella, Lorenzo Baldassarri, and Michael van der Mark rounded out the top-10, van der Mark riding this weekend in place of Miguel Oliveira.<\/p>\n<p>Full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WorldSBK<\/a> results from FP2 at Most are below.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">2026 World Superbike Championship | Czech Round | Autodrom Most | FP2 | Result<\/p>\n<p>PosRiderNat.WorldSBK TeamSuperbikeTiming1Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki WorldSBK TeamKawasaki ZX-10RR1:30.7912Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:30.8573Sam LowesGBRMarc VDS Racing TeamDucati Panigale V4 R1:30.9334Iker LecuonaESPAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:30.9995Alex LowesGBRBimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:31.0666Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:31.2177Axel BassaniITABimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:31.2448Yari MontellaITABarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:31.2499Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Go ElevenDucati Panigale V4 R1:31.28810Michael van der MarkNEDROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:31.35411Xavi ViergeESPPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:31.54312Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:31.55513Alvaro BautistaESPBarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:31.63814Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:31.68815Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:31.76316Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:31.82117Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:31.84118Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:31.89019Tommy BridewellGBRSuperbike Advocates RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:32.04120Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:32.63621Somkiat ChantraTHAHonda HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1:32.70622Yuki KuniiJPNHonda HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1:33.780FP1    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1309967_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Hungarian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Hungarian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/p>\n<p>FP1 saw Nicolo Bulega end the morning fastest ahead of Sam Lowes and Iker Lecuona.<\/p>\n<p>The session was briefly stopped when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/995628\/alex-lowes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Lowes<\/a> suffered a fast crash at turn 20, as his Bimota was stuck in the tyre barriers.<\/p>\n<p>But when FP1 got back underway, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/1043899\/nicolo-bulega\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulega<\/a> was unchallenged as he set multiple fastest laps. The Italian ultimately topped the session with a time of 1m31.130s, which was two tenths clear of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/1044091\/sam-lowes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Lowes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Third fastest was Bulega&#8217;s team-mate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/995269\/iker-lecuona\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iker Lecuona<\/a>, as Ducati rounded out the top five with Yari Montella in fourth and Lorenzo Baldassarri in fifth spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Results from the FP1 session at the Czech WorldSBK from Autodrom Most, round five of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WorldSBK<\/a> results from FP1 at Most are below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">2026 World Superbike Championship | Czech Round | Autodrom Most | FP1 | Result<\/p>\n<p>PosRiderNat.WorldSBK TeamSuperbikeTiming1Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:31.1302Sam LowesGBRMarc VDS Racing TeamDucati Panigale V4 R1:31.3883Iker LecuonaESPAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:31.4434Yari MontellaITABarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:31.5605Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Go ElevenDucati Panigale V4 R1:31.7196Axel BassaniITABimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:31.7277Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:31.9948Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:32.0009Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki WorldSBK TeamKawasaki ZX-10RR1:32.01010Alvaro BautistaESPBarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:32.03211Alex LowesGBRBimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:32.05712Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:32.16113Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:32.40814Xavi ViergeESPPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:32.43615Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:32.47916Michael van der MarkNEDROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:32.52417Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:32.80318Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:32.81719Tommy BridewellGBRSuperbike Advocates RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:32.82220Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:33.32121Somkiat ChantraTHAHonda HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1:34.06022Yuki KuniiJPNHonda HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1:34.836<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Results from the FP2 session at the 2026 Czech WorldSBK at Autodrom Most. 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