Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Estoril WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Estoril WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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2025 Estoril WorldSBK: Friday Practice LIVE UPDATES

Live coverage from the Friday practice sessions at the 2025 Estoril WorldSBK.

The Circuito do Estoril hosts this weekend the penultimate round of the 2025 World Superbike Championship. FP2 at Estoril is due to start at 15:00.

Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the riders' standings by 36 points over Nicolo Bulega heading into this weekend. 

A 26-point gain over Bulega would be enough for Razgatlioglu to clinch the title this weekend, but the Italian was able to take the Superpole Race win from the BMW rider 12 months ago in what was the closest finish in World Superbike history.

Razgatlioglu was over 0.2s clear of his title rival in FP1 this morning.

The battle for third place still involved Danilo Petrucci, Andrea Locatelli, and Alvaro Bautista. There is a chance this weekend for Locatelli and Bautista to make ground on Petrucci, who has been declared unfit after FP1.

Iker Lecuona also returns from injury this weekend. He was 11th-fastest in FP1. 

Dominique Aegerter is missing this weekend, the Swiss rider having sustained a fractured metacarpal in training.

10 Oct 2025
15:27

Lecuona back in the pits and telling his team it felt like a wet weather crash. Doesn't seem at all bothered physically.

15:26

Bulega out on his second run now and he's just improved. Stays second but down to a 1:36.127 now, 0.117s behind Razgatlioglu.

15:24

Solid session for Tito Rabat so far. He was up in P7 earlier and it seemed fair to assume at the time that he'd drop down eventually, but he's still there in P10 after almost 25 minutes.

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15:22
Lecuona crash

Iker Lecuona has crashed. Lost the front in the kink between turns one and two. Bizarre place to crash and the bike has taken a fair tumble through the gravel. Lecuona himself seems okay but remember he's coming in here with that right arm injury still a factor in his physical condition.

15:21

1:36.010 now from Razgatlioglu and he's 0.297s clear of Bulega.

Just under 25 minutes remaining.

15:20

Sam Lowes up to fifth with his latest lap, Bautista to fourth with his. Both losing a lot in the final split compared to Razgatlioglu and Bulega.

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15:19

Razgatlioglu straight to the top on the first lap of his second run, 36.173 puts him 0.134s clear of Bulega who is now back in the pits.

15:15

Razgatlioglu just preparing to go out now for his second run.

15:15

Bautista improves on his latest lap but stays P6 with a 36.869.

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15:13

Really impressive pace from Bulega here, he's just dropped in another low-1:36, a 36.308 is only 0.001s slower than his best time set on the previous lap.

15:12

Bulega just stretching away from Rea on-track on the latest lap, the Italian now down to a 1:36.307, only 0.027s slower than what he did this morning and done on his fifth flying lap of this session.

15:11

Sam Lowes up to sixth on his latest lap, lost around 0.4s to Bulega in the final split.

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15:10

Bautista briefly up to fourth but he's back to fifth as Bulega goes fastest on 1:36.432. Behind him, Rea goes second on a 36.539.

Impressive run from both of them.

Razgatlioglu back to third now and in the pits.

15:09

Improvement from Rea. 1:36.722 puts him within a tenth of Razgatlioglu's benchmark. He's up behind Bulega at the moment and lapping marginally faster than the Italian.

15:07

As this morning, early benchmark set by Rea, but Razgatlioglu to the top now on a 1:36.629.

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15:00
FP2 start

Green light in pit lane and we are underway for 45 minutes of FP2 in Estoril.

14:58
Razgatlioglu

Fastest of all this morning was Toprak Razgatlioglu. He led Nicolo Bulega by over 0.2s, and carries a 36-point lead into this weekend's penultimate round.

Razgatlioglu won here twice last year, but was beaten by Bulega in the Superpole Race. FP2 should give us a decent idea of where their relative pace stacks up, but Razgatlioglu seemed to have a couple of tenths in hand over the Italian this morning.

14:57

Lecuona is also injured this weekend and was reviewed after FP1. No update has been given on his condition so we assume he is going to ride in FP2. He was 11th-fastest in FP1 this morning.

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14:55
Petrucci

In case you missed it, there's no Danilo Petrucci this afternoon. The Italian was declared unfit after FP1 and was ruled out of the remainder of the weekend.

He entered Estoril with a hand injury sustained in training.

14:49
FP2

Welcome back to live coverage of today's WorldSBK action from Estoril.

FP2 will be coming up in just over 10 minutes time at 15:00 local time.

13:14
Petrucci unfit

Danilo Petrucci has been declared unfit following his medical review after FP1.

Petrucci was ninth-fastest this morning, but displayed worsening symptoms after the first on-track session of the weekend and will take no further part in Estoril.

Full story here.

Danilo Petrucci, 2025 Estoril WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Danilo Petrucci, 2025 Estoril WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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11:22
Razgatlioglu fastest in FP1

Toprak Razgatlioglu tops FP1 in Estoril.

Bulega and Alex Lowes complete the top-three.

Then it's Iannone, Bassani, Vierge in the top-six.

Locatelli, Rea, Petrucci, and Bautista complete the top-10 for the first session of the weekend.

11:20

Razgatlioglu misses out on an improvement on his penultimate lap of the session by a tenth, mostly thanks to a bit of a wheelie out of the last corner.

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11:18

Rea now up to seventh ahead of Petrucci, it's been a decent morning for the Yamaha man.