{"id":731697,"date":"2026-06-12T11:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/731697\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T11:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:07:08","slug":"2026-misano-worldsbk-results-friday-practice-nicolo-bulega-leads-ducati-top-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/731697\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Misano WorldSBK Results, Friday Practice: Nicolo Bulega leads Ducati top six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Results from FP1 session at the 2026 Emilia-Romagna WorldSBK round at Misano.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/1043899\/nicolo-bulega\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolo Bulega<\/a> was fastest in the opening practice at the Emilia-Romagna WorldSBK. The Italian traded fastest times early on with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/1044091\/sam-lowes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Lowes<\/a> before establishing himself at the top after 10 minutes or so.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bulega led by over 0.3 seconds for much of the session but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/995269\/iker-lecuona\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iker Lecuona<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Lowes rounded out the top-three, and an all-Ducati top-six was completed by Yari Montella, Alberto Surra, and Lorenzo Baldassarri.<\/p>\n<p>Yamaha&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Miguel Oliveira returns from injury this weekend, and the Portuguese rider ended FP1 in 17th.<\/p>\n<p>Full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WorldSBK<\/a> results from FP1 at Misano are below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">2026 World Superbike Championship | Emilia-Romagna Round | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | FP1 | Result<\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Results from FP1 session at the 2026 Emilia-Romagna WorldSBK round at Misano. 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