2025 Portuguese World Superbike: Friday Practice Results

After missing the whole of FP1, Toprak Razgatlioglu was the fastest rider in WorldSBK FP2 and the only rider in the 1:39s.

That was a distinction that Razgatlioglu also held in the World Superbike test two weeks ago in the Algarve, but the stand-out here was that the BMW rider was able to hold a consistent pace in the low-1:40s after the headline time was complete.

That put him seemingly ahead of the rest of the field, including Nicolo Bulega who was almost 0.3 seconds adrift on one-lap speed, too, in second place.

Michael van der Mark made it two BMWs in the top-three, but the Dutchman was over half-a-second behind his teammate.

Andrea Iannone and Alvaro Bautista put two more Ducatis in the top-five, while Yari Montella, Scott Redding, and Sam Lowes also took top-10 spots. 

Ryan Vickers was the only Ducati rider to not finish FP2 in the top-10, which was rounded out by Alex Lowes on the leading Bimota.

FP1

Nicolo Bulega was fastest in WorldSBK FP1 at the 2025 Portuguese Round, the Italian ending up as one of two riders in the 1:40s.

The second of the two was Alvaro Bautista, only 0.019 seconds behind his teammate, while Axel Bassani rounded out the top-three on the Bimota.

Michael van der Mark and impressive rookie Yari Montella completed the top-five, while Andrea Iannone was sixth after an early rear brake issue delayed his start to the session.

The session itself was delayed by a few minutes due to track conditions at turn one after the WorldSSP practice beforehand. Once it got underway, there were immediate issues for Toprak Razgatlioglu, who didn't set a time in the session due to an undiagnosed issue that was present from the beginning.

ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK team boss Shaun Muir told the international TV feed that Razgatlioglu was back using the engine from Race 2 in Australia last month, a race the Turkish rider retired from, having been using test engines during the pre-event test two weeks ago in Portimao.

Full lap times from World Superbike FP1 in Portimao are below.