Live coverage of Race 1 at the 2026 Czech WorldSBK, which is due to start at 14:00 local time at Most.
Nicolo Bulega starts on pole for today's Race 1 at Most after a lap in Superpole that demolished the previous lap record. The Italian is unbeaten in the last 16 races and has won the last 15 from pole.
Iker Lecuona starts third today having also been out-qualified by Yari Montella. The Spanish rider sensed an opportunity to beat Nicolo Bulega this weekend after the championship leader crashed in FP2 yesterday, but his Superpole performance wasn't encouraging in this regard.
Garrett Gerloff was fastest yesterday afternoon, the American making a surprise jump to the top of the times with a fresh tyre late on. He backed up his FP2 performance with a third-fastest time in FP3 this morning, although he says his target for this weekend is a top-five. He starts sixth this afternoon as the lead non-Ducati rider after Sam Lowes and Alberto Surra qualified fourth and fifth, respectively.
Gerloff has been the best of the non-Ducati riders this weekend. There had been strong showings from Bimota and BMW, in particular with Alex Lowes and Danilo Petrucci, although Lowes qualified down in 15th this morning.
Miguel Oliveira is the most recent non-Ducati rider to get a podium, that coming in Race 1 at Balaton, but the Portuguese is out through injury this weekend and being replaced by Michael van der Mark who qualified 12th, three places behind teammate Petrucci in ninth.
There will be no Alvaro Bautista, either, on the Race 1 grid after he fractured his right ankle in FP3 this morning.
Sam Lowes says Alberto Surra's move that left the British rider in the gravel at turn 16 in Race 1 was "desperate" and "strange" given the Italian was dropping back at that point in the race.
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Qualifying seventh might not seem like the key to a good performance, but Axel Bassani insists that it was his Superpole performance this morning that unlocked the possibility of the top-five he achieved in Race 1.
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Yari Montella's P3 today was his second podium in succession, a first for the Italian.
He also moves within one point of third place in the championship, although he's expecting Sam Lowes to be back in the fight for the podium tomorrow.
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It's victory once again for Nicolo Bulega in Race 1 at Most.
Lecuona takes a close second, then Montella completes the podium.
Gerloff a Kawasaki-best fourth, then Bassani completes the top-five.
Baldassarri, Alex Lowes, Locatelli, Surra, and Manzi round out the top-10.
Bulega's pulled the pin, 0.8s over Lecuona going onto the final lap.
Onto the final three laps now and Bulega retakes the lead at turn one.
Bulega tried to pass Lecuona at turn 15 but Lecuona squared him off on the exit and beat him to 16, Bulega a bit more cautious in there than Surra was earlier.
Four laps to go and the leaders are still right together, but Lecuona maintaining a solid pace at the front and Bulega hasn't had a chance to retaliate yet.
Bulega not being dropped by Lecuona yet, six laps to go.
Montella 6s further back in third and still with 4s or so over Gerloff.
Onto lap 15 and Lecuona leads at turn one, he beats Bulega on the brakes into turn one. They both run slightly wide, but Lecuona takes the advantage.
Bulega ran wide at turn one, gave Lecuona a chance, but the Italian holds on. 8 laps to go.
Into the final 10 laps now and the two factory Ducatis still more or less glued together, although Bulega was just under a tenth faster that time.
Long lap penalty for Surra for the move on Lowes that put the Marc VDS rider on the floor. He's already taken it and has dropped to 11th, so just behind Alex Lowes.
12 laps to go and Lecuona continues pressuring Bulega. No way through for him yet.
Montella secure in third, 4s ahead of Gerloff who is just under a second ahead of Bassani.
Bulega has been caught by Lecuona. 15 laps to go and we have a battle for the lead, the Spaniard is all over his teammate.
Sam Lowes passed Surra at turn 15, Surra re-passed at 16 but touched Lowes slightly as he slid wide, the Marc VDS ride falling. Incident is under investigation.
Lecuona makes it up to second past Montella at turn one beginning lap three. 0.7s up to Bulega.
Bulega opens up to 0.5s on lap two over Montella, then over a second back to Surra who has Sam Lowes pressuring him for that P4.
End of lap one and it's Bulega from Montella, Lecuona, Surra, and Sam Lowes.
Gerloff was 14th after the first start but has maintained his P6 from the grid in the restart.
Lights are out again in Most and we are back underway for Race 1.
Holeshot again for Bulega, this time Lecuona almost passes Montella but the Italian squeezes him out on the exit of T2.
Riders are off on their warm-up lap ahead of the Race 1 restart.
Pit lane has re-opened in Most and the riders are heading back to the grid for the restart.
Pit lane is due to open at 14:13 local time, so in just over two minutes from now.