Nicolo Bulega stormed to his tenth pole of the 2026 WorldSBK season by demolishing the lap document of the Estoril circuit.
After lacking out on pole place for the primary time in 2026 final day trip at Cremona, Bulega returned to his typical kind by breaking the lap document on his first flying try.
The world champion then went for a second run and have become the primary, and solely, rider to document a sub 1m34s lap time at Estoril which noticed him declare pole place,
Though Iker Lecuona acquired shut, he was unable to duplicate his team-mate’s lap time as he took second forward of Alex Lowes, who prevented a Ducati lockout by getting his Bimota on the entrance row.
Alberto Surra took fourth place after signing a brand new cope with the Motocorsa group, whereas Miguel Oliveira claimed fifth at his residence race.
Yari Montella took sixth over a formidable seventh for Jake Dixon on the Honda, as Axel Bassani was the ultimate rider inside a second of Bulega’s pole time in eighth.
Lorenzo Baldassarri was ninth forward of Sam Lowes, who accomplished the highest 10, with Garrett Gerloff taking eleventh and Alvaro Bautista in twelfth.
Xavi Vierge was thirteenth, edging forward of Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Locatelli on the grid, with Remy Gardner sixteenth.
Somkiat Chantra returned to WorldSBK motion after his MotoGP substitute experience in seventeenth, whereas Loris Baz was 18th and Tommy Bridewell nineteenth.
Stefano Manzi took the flag in twentieth, because the Motoxracing Yamaha riders accomplished the standings with Mattia Rato twentieth and Twan Smits twenty first.
