2026 January WorldSBK Test, Portimao: Day 2 Results

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Lap times from the second and final day of the January WorldSBK test at Portimao.

Nicolo Bulega was fastest on another wet day of testing, the Italian completing only 18 laps on the final day of the European section of this year's WorldSBK preseason.

Iker Lecuona made it a Ducati 1-2 at the top of the times, and he and Bulega were the only riders to lap below the 2:00 barrier.

Jake Dixon was third-fastest on the Honda, while fellow rookie Alberto Surra rounded out the top-five for Motocorsa.

Non-WorldSBK riders were on-track again on Thursday, including MotoAmerica's Cameron Beaubier, EWC's Team ERC BMW; BSB's Tommy Bridewell; and British Supersport rider Luke Stapleford, who was confirmed today for the Scars Racing Ducati team.

Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani were both present at the test, but Xavi Fores was the only Bimota rider to venture out on either day.

2026 World Superbike Championship \| 2026 January Portimao Test \| Autodromo Internacional do Algarve \| Thursday, 17:00 \| Times
Pos	Rider	Nat.	WorldSBK Team	Superbike	Timing
1	Nicolo Bulega 2	ITA	Aruba.it Racing Ducati	Ducati Panigale V4 R	1:59.144
2	Iker Lecuona	ESP	Aruba.it Racing Ducati	Ducati Panigale V4 R	1:59.183
3	Jake Dixon	GBR	Honda HRC	Honda CBR1000RR-R	2:00.111
4	Jake Dixon 2	GBR	Honda HRC	Honda CBR1000RR-R	2:00.184
5	Alberto Surra 2	ITA	Motocorsa Racing	Ducati Panigale V4 R	2:00.757
6	Team ERC		Team ERC	BMW M1000 RR	2:00.867
7	Cameron Beaubier	USA	Warhorse	Ducati Panigale V4 R	2:01.250
8	Lorenzo Baldassarri 2	ITA	Team Go Eleven	Ducati Panigale V4 R	2:01.610
9	Xavi Fores 2	ESP	Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team	Bimota KB998	2:01.807
10	Tommy Bridewell	GBR	Superbike Advicates Racing	Ducati Panigale V4 R	2:03.207
11	Tetsuta Nagashima 2	JPN	Honda HRC	Honda CBR1000RR-R	2:03.305
12	Yari Montella	ITA	Barni Spark Racing	Ducati Panigale V4 R	2:04.442
13	Xavi Fores	ESP	Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team	Bimota KB998	2:04.576
14	Luke Stapleford	GBR	Scars Racing	Ducati Panigale V2	2:08.051
15	Philipp Oettl 2	GER	Feel Racing Ducati	Ducati Panigale V2	2:08.736
16	Yari Montella 2	ITA	Barni Spark Racing	Ducati Panigale V4 R	2:09.465
17	Philipp Oettl	GER	Feel Racing Ducati	Ducati Panigale V2	2:17.907
18	Jonathan Rea	GBR	HRC Test Team	Honda CBR1000RR-R	No Time Set