14:08
Razgatlioglu having his usual late start to the session. He's just done his first flying lap at a 1:41.208 to go second and 0.666s behind Lowes.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Hungarian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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2025 Hungarian WorldSBK: Friday Practice LIVE UPDATES
Live coverage of the FP2 session from the 2025 Hungarian WorldSBK.
The Hungarian WorldSBK marks the eighth stop on the 2025 World Superbike calendar.
FP2 this afternoon is set to begin at 15:00 local time.
Toprak Razgatlioglu enters the weekend off the back of six straight wins and with the points lead for the first time since he won the title in October last year. The Turkish rider was also fastest this morning in FP1.
Nicolo Bulega, on the other hand, comes into Balaton with a points deficit for the first time this season, four points behind Razgatlioglu.
The Balaton Park track is sure to be a talking point this weekend - a new circuit on the calendar and a layout that has generated mixed reviews so far since a production bike test back in June.
25 Jul 2025
14:07
Lowes improves to a 1:40.542 on his next lap. Bulega there in P2 at the moment, he's just improved to a 1:41.296, so a 0.7s advantage for Lowes at the moment.
14:05
Sam Lowes with the early benchmark - a 1:40.819, so still 0.7s off his best from this morning.
14:00
FP2 start
Pit lane is open in Balaton now and FP2 is underway.
13:57
Conditions
Dry conditions, as this morning, for FP2. 31C air temperature and 45C track temperature with just a few minutes before FP2 gets underway in Balaton.
13:53
Bulega
There were five Ducatis in the top-six this morning but Nicolo Bulega was second-slowest of them in fifth place.
The Italian was 0.8s slower than Razgatlioglu, and will clearly be hoping to reduce that margin this afternoon.
13:50
Razgatlioglu
It was Toprak Razgatlioglu fastest in this morning's FP1 session. He beat Sam Lowes by 0.4s and was the only rider in the 1:39s by the end of the 45 minutes.
He will defend a four-point championship lead in tomorrow's Race 1.
13:45
FP2
Welcome back to live coverage of today's WorldSBK action from Balaton Park.
FP2 will be getting underway in around 15 minutes at 15:00 local time.
10:10
10:06
Razgatlioglu fastest in FP1
Toprak Razgatlioglu tops FP1 in Balaton. He improved to a 1:39.743 at the end, an 0.002s improvement over his previous best.
Sam Lowes second from Iannone, Bautista, Bulega, and Petrucci who round out the top-six.
Alex Lowes seventh, then Lecuona, Gerloff, and Vickers complete the top-10.
10:04
Montella the first crasher of the weekend at turn two. Just folded the front as he tipped in. He's up and okay.
10:02
Gardner now surpasses Locatelli as the top Yamaha and moves up to P10.
10:00
Sam Lowes up to second now, 0.555s behind Razgatlioglu.
Ducatis now second through seventh. Gerloff eighth on the Kawasaki, then Honda's Lecuona and Yamaha's Locatelli.
09:55
Razgatlioglu improves again and into the 1:39s now.
A 1:39.745 is a 0.688s improvement on his previous best and sees him 0.774s clear of Andrea Iannone who moves up to second.
09:51
Another improvement for Razgatlioglu - 1:40.433 extends his advantage back out to 0.4s over Lowes with 13 minutes to go.
09:49
Rea improves on his latest lap - a 1:42.429 puts him 18th.
09:47
Locatelli now puts Yamaha into the top-10 in P9.
09:47
Sam Lowes the second rider into the 1:40s, he's 0.117s behind Razgatlioglu now.
09:46
Locatelli up to 11th with his latest lap. He's the top Yamaha at the moment. None of the Yamaha riders rode at the test in June.
09:44
A lot of talk coming into the weekedn about which brands the track might or might not suit.
At present, it's BMW (Razgatlioglu) fastest from five Ducatis (Bulega, Lowes, Bautista, Iannone, Petrucci), then a Honda in seventh (Lecuona), another two Ducatis (Vickers, Montella), and then Kawasaki rounding out the top-10.
09:39
Most riders back in the pits now to digest their first competitive laps of Balaton.
09:36
Bulega now up to second and 0.463s off Razgatlioglu, who is still the only rider in the 1:40s after the first 15 minutes.
09:33
Bulega pops up to third with a 1:41.234, 0.010s behind Lowes and almost half-a-second behind Razgatlioglu, who has now entered the pits.
09:31
Razgatlioglu with some more improvements, a 40.8, and now a 1:40.747 to be fastest by 0.477s over Sam Lowes.
09:28
Razgatlioglu fastest now and down into the 1:40s at a 1:40.913.
