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Results from the Superpole Race at the Portuguese WorldSBK at Portimao, round two of the 2026 season. Nicolo Bulega continued his domination of the start of the season in WorldSBK, winning the Superpole Race by almost two seconds. Iker Lecuona was sixth at the start of the race but quickly recovered to third, and then passed Miguel Oliveira for second on lap six. Oliveira stayed in touch after that but was never able to make a pass on Lecuona, and he finished third. Alex Lowes and Sam Lowes finished fourth and fifth, respectively, to make the top-five of the Superpole Race identical to that of Race 1. Yari Montella, Xavi Vierge, Axel Bassani, and Alvaro Bautista took the final points positions. Full WorldSBK results from Warm Up in Portugal are below.2026 World Superbike Championship | Portuguese Round | Autodromo Internacional do Algarve | Superpole Race | Result Pos Rider Nat. WorldSBK Team Superbike Timing 1 Nicolo Bulega ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R WIN 2 Iker Lecuona ESP Aruba.it Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 1.882 3 Miguel Oliveira POR ROKiT BMW Motorrad BMW M1000 RR 2.401 4 Alex Lowes GBR Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team Bimota KB998 2.781 5 Sam Lowes GBR Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R 4.706 6 Yari Montella ITA Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 5.596 7 Xavi Vierge ESP Pata Maxus Yamaha Yamaha R1 6.457 8 Axel Bassani ITA Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team Bimota KB998 6.896 9 Alvaro Bautista ESP Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 7.704 10 Lorenzo Baldassarri ITA Team Go Eleven Ducati Panigale V4 R 8.016 11 Andrea Locatelli ITA Pata Maxus Yamaha Yamaha R1 10.451 12 Danilo Petrucci ITA ROKiT BMW Motorrad BMW M1000 RR 10.523 13 Tarran Mackenzie GBR MGM Optical Express Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 10.801 14 Garrett Gerloff USA Kawasaki WorldSBK Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 11.427 15 Alberto Surra ITA Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 13.280 16 Remy Gardner AUS GYTR GRT Yamaha Yamaha R1 13.619 17 Stefano Manzi ITA GYTR GRT Yamaha Yamaha R1 16.327 18 Jonathan Rea GBR HRC Test Team Honda CBR1000RR-R 16.553 19 Tommy Bridewell GBR Superbike Advocates Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 21.769 20 Mattia Rato ITA Motoxracing Yamaha Yamaha R1 21.876 DNF Bahattin Sofuoglu TUR Motoxracing Yamaha Yamaha R1 DNF DNF Somkiat Chantra THA Honda HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R DNF Warm Up
2026 World Superbike Championship | Portuguese Round | Autodromo Internacional do Algarve | Warm Up | Result Pos Rider Nat. WorldSBK Team Superbike Timing 1 Nicolo Bulega ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 1:40.216 2 Sam Lowes GBR Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R 1:40.365 3 Alex Lowes GBR Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team Bimota KB998 1:40.543 4 Axel Bassani ITA Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team Bimota KB998 1:40.567 5 Iker Lecuona ESP Aruba.it Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 1:40.585 6 Yari Montella ITA Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 1:40.731 7 Xavi Vierge ESP Pata Maxus Yamaha Yamaha R1 1:41.089 8 Danilo Petrucci ITA ROKiT BMW Motorrad BMW M1000 RR 1:41.341 9 Andrea Locatelli ITA Pata Maxus Yamaha Yamaha R1 1:41.393 10 Alberto Surra ITA Motocorsa Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 1:41.396 11 Tarran Mackenzie GBR MGM Optical Express Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 1:41.405 12 Alvaro Bautista ESP Barni Spark Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 1:41.557 13 Lorenzo Baldassarri ITA Team Go Eleven Ducati Panigale V4 R 1:41.627 14 Remy Gardner AUS GYTR GRT Yamaha Yamaha R1 1:41.668 15 Miguel Oliveira POR ROKiT BMW Motorrad BMW M1000 RR 1:41.692 16 Jonathan Rea GBR HRC Test Team Honda CBR1000RR-R 1:41.752 17 Stefano Manzi ITA GYTR GRT Yamaha Yamaha R1 1:41.803 18 Garrett Gerloff USA Kawasaki WorldSBK Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1:41.835 19 Bahattin Sofuoglu TUR Motoxracing Yamaha Yamaha R1 1:42.110 20 Tommy Bridewell GBR Superbike Advocates Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R 1:42.293 21 Somkiat Chantra THA Honda HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R 1:42.621 22 Mattia Rato ITA Motoxracing Yamaha Yamaha R1 1:42.680
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