2026 Phillip Island World SBK: Friday practice results

2026 title contender Nicolo Brega maintained his pre-season dominance in free observe 1 on the WorldSBK opening race at Phillip Island, Australia.

The Aruba.it Ducati rider was quickest in all 4 observe classes earlier this week, and quickest in all however the first minutes of FP1.

To the fear of his rivals, Nicolo Brega’s greatest time additionally got here on the penultimate lap of his 12-lap future.

Sam Lowes, who got here second within the Mark VDS check, was as soon as once more Brega’s closest rival, albeit with a distinction of half a second.

Bimota’s Axel Bassani was third, adopted by Jari Montella (Barni), teammate Alex Legal guidelines and Lorenzo Baldassarri (Go Eleven).

Garrett Geroff was the highest Kawasaki rider in seventh place, WorldSBK rookie Miguel Oliveira was the quickest BMW in ninth place, and main Yamaha’s Xavi Vierge was eleventh.

Jake Dixon was sidelined together with HRC teammate Somkiat Chantra after sustaining an harm throughout testing earlier this week.

Dixon is at the moment present process surgical procedure for a number of fractures in his left hand and wrist.

Wildcard Ryan Vickers completed fifteenth in FP1 and took the baton as Honda’s prime rider.

The second observe will happen from 4pm to 4:45pm native time…

2026 Phillip Island World Superbike – Friday Follow Outcomes (1)
POS	rider	NAT	crew	time
1	Nicolo Brega	ITA	Aruba.it – Ducati	1:28.858 seconds
2	sam lowes	GBR	ELF Mark VDS Racing Staff	+0.524 seconds
3	axel bassani	ITA	bimota by Kawasaki Racing Staff	+0.689 seconds
4	Yari Montella	ITA	verni spark racing crew	+0.703 seconds
5	Alex Legal guidelines	GBR	bimota by Kawasaki Racing Staff	+0.757 seconds
6	lorenzo baldassarri	ITA	crew goeleven	+0.811 seconds
7	Garrett Geroff	usa of america	kawasaki crew	+0.834 seconds
8	Alvaro Bautista	psychic	verni spark racing crew	+0.852 seconds
9	Miguel Oliveira	by	ROKiT BMW Bike Staff	+0.888 seconds
10	Iker Lecuona	psychic	Aruba.it – Ducati	+0.901 seconds
11	xavi vierge	psychic	Pata Maxus Yamaha	+0.951 seconds
12	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	ROKiT BMW Bike Staff	+1.034 seconds
13	Taran Mackenzie	GBR	MGM Optical Categorical Racing	+1.035 seconds
14	Alberto Seurat	ITA	ducati bike racing	+1.059 seconds
15	ryan vickers	GBR	Honda HRC	+1.455 seconds
16	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	Pata Maxus Yamaha	+1.561 seconds
17	Remy Gardner	out of	GYTR GRT Yamaha Staff	+1.696 seconds
18	Tetsuta Nagashima	Japan	Honda HRC	+1.702 seconds
19	Stefano Manzi	ITA	GYTR GRT Yamaha Staff	+1.719 seconds
20	Bahattin Sofoglu	ought to	motox racing crew	+2.192 seconds
twenty one	Mattia Lato	ITA	motox racing crew	+2.754 seconds