10:30
Crash for Twan Smits at turn 10. He looks to be okay. Just caught the kerb on the outside between nine & 10.
Alex Lowes, 2026 Spanish WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Jerez WorldSBK LIVE: Updates from Superpole in Spain
Live coverage of the Superpole session at the 2026 Jerez WorldSBK, the final round of the 2026 season.
Live updates from the Superpole session at the 2026 Spanish WorldSBK at Jerez. Superpole, is due to start at 11:15 local time, with Race 1 set for this afternoon at 15:30.
Key Moments
- Sam Lowes becomes the second rider to lap in the 1m36s
- Bulega into the 1m36s with his first lap, almost 0.5s clear of the field
- Superpole to start at 11:15 local time/10:15 BST
Nicolo Bulega comes into Saturday having topped both practices on Friday at Jerez. The Italian was comfortably the fastest in both sessions yesterday, but he was beaten to top spot by Alex Lowes in FP3 this morning, although Bulega didn't use an SCQ tyre.
Iker Lecuona also opted to not use an SCQ tyre, but he finished all the way down in 17th, over a second slower than his team-mate. Lecuona had already written off his victory chances yesterday, and this morning's practice was unlikely to have increased his optimism.
Sam Lowes was in good spirits yesterday after finishing second in both practices. He won here twice in Moto2 and typically runs well, but even he was relieved to see his lap time at the start of FP1 after struggling all weekend for front feeling in Estoril.
With their futures uncertain, both Alvaro Bautista and Danilo Petrucci could be entering their final Superpole session this morning. Petrucci confirmed this weekend that he has been approached by Attack Performance Yamaha about a move to MotoAmerica for 2027.
17 Oct 2026
10:37
Superpole Result
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Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Spanish WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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10:33
Bulega takes Jerez pole
It's an 11th pole for Nicolo Bulega in 2026 as he tops Superpole at Jerez. Sam Lowes takes second and Iker Lecuona completes the top-three.
Montella fourth ahead of Alex Lowes and Baldassarri in the top-six.
Bridewell, Surra, Bautista, and Bassani complete the top-10.
10:29
Montella was briefly up to third, but he's been pushed back to fourth as Sam Lowes joins Bulega in the 1m36s and goes up to second.
10:28
Bulega improves, 1m36.643s is within hundredths of his lap record from 2025 and puts him 0.3s clear of Lecuona.
10:27
Improvement from Lecuona, he goes up to second with a 1m37.098s, agonisingly close to a 1m36s for the Spaniard.
10:23
Top 10
Top-10 after the first runs is as follows:
- Bulega
- S. Lowes
- Lecuona
- Montella
- A. Lowes
- Baldassarri
- Bridewell
- Vierge
- Bassani
- Bautista
10:21
Bulega back to the pits after his first lap. Montella went for a second but only enough for fourth.
10:21
Provisional pole for Sam Lowes at a 1m37.4s but it only lasts a few seconds - 1m36.948s from Bulega puts him on top.
Bulega was already the only rider to have lapped in the 1m36s here in WorldSBK and he maintains that for now. Half-a-second off his pole time from 2025 which proves the poor condition of the track this weekend given the step Ducati has made everywhere else.
10:19
Alex Lowes 0.2s behind Lecuona with his first lap, but 0.5s up on Bassani who was briefly third before Vierge took that spot.
10:19
Lecuona straight into the 1m37s with his first lap but almost a second off Bulega's pole time from a year ago.
10:15
Superpole start
Superpole is underway in Jerez as the pit lane opens for the final qualifying session of the season.
10:11
Conditions
Similar conditions to yesterday in Jerez with 24C air temperature and 29C track temperature ahead of Superpole.
10:02
Lowes back on form
While Lecuona's struggles from Estoril are more or less continuing in Jerez this weekend, Sam Lowes' have seemingly gone away. The British rider was inexplicably uncompetitive at Estoril last week, but he was second in both sessions yesterday.
Full story here.
Sam Lowes, 2026 Spanish WorldSBK, leaving pit box. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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09:54
Lecuona settles for second
Iker Lecuona had already given up on his chances of winning this weekend after practice yesterday. It's unlikely the FP3 session this morning will have improved his outlook, the Spaniard struggling with his feeling on the bike only a week on from an Estoril weekend where he was also unable to be as comfortable as he's have liked.
Full story here.
Iker Lecuona, 2026 Spanish WorldSBK, leaving pit box. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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09:46
Bulega fights a bee
Nicolo Bulega may have dominated on the time sheets yesterday but he didn't have it all his own way on track - he had a bee in his leathers at one point!
Full story here.
Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Spanish WorldSBK, leaving pit box. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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09:39
FP3 Result
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Alex Lowes, 2026 Spanish WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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09:37
Welcome to live coverage of today's WorldSBK action from Jerez. Superpole is due to start in just under 40 minutes at 11:15 local time.