10:42
Pit lane now due to open in around three minutes.
Nicolo Bulega, 2025 PortugueseWorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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2025 Portuguese World Superbike: Friday Practice As It Happened
Live coverage of Friday's practice sessions at this weekend's Portuguese WorldSBK round.
WorldSBK returns to action this weekend after just over a month without racing since the opening round in Australia in February.
FP1 for this weekend's Portuguese Round in Portimao was topped by Nicolo Bulega this morning, with FP2 coming up at 15:00 local time.
28 Mar 2025
10:41
Confirmation now that track conditions at turn one are the reason for the delay. Still no new schedule.
10:38
Still not perfectly clear what the cause of the delay is, although it seems to be related to turn one. Still no new schedule, either.
10:33
FP1 is currently subject to a delayed start. A new schedule is to be announced.
10:31
Of course, the last time WorldSBK was in Portimao it was Toprak Razgatlioglu who took the spoils in all three races. At the time, it allowed him to extend his winning run to 13 races, which remains a record.
The BMW rider was fastest at the recent test ahead of Nicolo Bulega, who he trails by 42 points in the riders' standings after the Australian Round.
Bulega is unbeaten so far this year, and has a 26-point lead over his factory Ducati teammate Alvaro Bautista entering this weekend.
10:25
World Supersport FP1 has just finished in Portimao and it was Can Oncu fastest in what look to be excellent conditions - certainly much better than what was seen for much of both the winter test, and the pre-event test for this second round of the season a couple of weeks ago.
10:23
Welcome to live coverage of the first free practice session of this weekend's Portuguese World Superbike round.
FP1 is set to get underway in just over 10 minutes at 10:35 local time.
