WorldSBK Portimao test - Day 1 AS IT HAPPENED
Live coverage of the 2025 WorldSBK Portimao test.
WorldSBK's preseason continues this week with a two-day test in Portimao.
Jonathan Rea arrives in Portugal having topped the second day at last week's Jerez test, albeit in wet conditions that many riders decided against riding in.
Nicolo Bulega was fastest in the dry first day of the Jerez test.
Toprak Razgatlioglu is back in action this week after missing Jerez through a finger injury he picked up enduro riding.
Iker Lecuona should also be back for Honda this week after missing Jerez through injury himself.
That's the end of day one of this week's Portimao WorldSBK test, and it's Toprak Razgatlioglu who's fastest at the close of play. Axel Bassani and Nicolo Bulega round out the top three, with 0.098s separating them.
We're into the 1:40s now and it's Gardner who is back on top - a 1:40.749 puts him just under a tenth clear of Razgatlioglu.
The times have continued to scroll. It's Razgatlioglu now back to the top on a 1:41.195, with Xavi Vierge and Danilo Petrucci second and third, both within 0.2s of the BMW rider.
We have a change at the top! Remy Gardner pops in a 1:41.762 to take the top spot by 0.087s from Razgatlioglu, who is finally joined in the 1:41s with just over an hour remaining.
Lowes up to second now, ahead of Bulega. A 1:42.010, though, means that it's still only Razgatlioglu in the 1:41s with just under one hour and 20 minutes remaining today.
Nicolo Bulega up to second place now, 0.333s off Razgatlioglu. Lowes has improved, too, and is now 0.457s off the top. Razgatlioglu still the only rider in the 1:41s, though.
It's been a much busier afternoon in Portimao and everyone is on the board now with at least one bike.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, in that case, it's Toprak Razgatlioglu who is fastest at the moment on a 1:41.849. He's 0.866s ahead of Alex Lowes, who heads a Bimota 2-3 with Axel Bassani third-fastest at the moment.
The track finally seems to be drying out now; Garrett Gerloff has gone to the top on a 1:44.851 and leads the test now by 2.580s over Reiterberger.
Bassani and Mackenzie both down into the 1:57s now: Bassani leading on a 1:57.524, Mackenzie 0.3s further back.
Toprak Razgatlioglu's bike has been out, but it seems that it was actually Markus Reiterberger riding it - possibly just shaking it down before Razgatlioglu heads out.
Lap times are now within the two-minute barrier - Axel Bassani now fastest for Bimota on a 1:59.616.
Xavi Fores and Sylvain Guintoli have also headed out, Guintoli without setting a time. Fores now leads the session by 2.3 seconds over Mackenzie on a 2:02.367.
For reference, Jonathan Rea's pole record at Portimao is a 1:39.610 from 2022, and Toprak Razgatlioglu set the race lap record in 2023 at a 1:39.826.
We have our first rider out on track - Tarran Mackenzie has ventured out on the MIE Honda.
Welcome to live coverage of this week's WorldSBK test from Portimao. Weather conditions look fairly okay today, but we're starting this morning with a damp track and thus not much running. No one has been out so far in the opening 15 minutes, but there's still over six-and-a-half hours remaining today.
