2026 Hungarian WorldSBK, Friday Practice Results: Ducati dominate, Lecuona leads

Full results from the Friday practice sessions at the 2026 Hungarian WorldSBK at Balaton Park.

Iker Lecuona, 2026 Hungarian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Iker Lecuona, 2026 Hungarian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Results from the second practice at the 2026 Hungarian WorldSBK from Balaton Park, the fourth round of the 2026 season.

Iker Lecuona led the FP2 session at Balaton Park, making it a sweep of Friday's practices for the Spaniard. He and Nicolo Bulega were the only riders to lap in the 1m38s, although Sam Lowes in third was only 0.002 seconds away from breaking the 1m39s barrier.

Lorenzo Baldassarri was fourth and behind him Alberto Surra, Yari Montella, and Alvaro Bautista made it an all-Ducati top-seven in FP2.

Alex Lowes was the leading non-Ducati rider once again in eighth, ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Axel Bassani in the top-10.

Danilo Petrucci was the only crasher in the session, the Italian falling at turn three as he changed gear from second to third.

Full World Superbike results from FP2 in Hungary are below.

2026 World Superbike Championship | Hungarian Round | Balaton Park | FP2 | Result

PosRiderNat.WorldSBK TeamSuperbikeTiming
1Iker LecuonaESPAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:38.860
2Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:38.963
3Sam LowesGBRMarc VDS Racing TeamDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.001
4Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Go ElevenDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.297
5Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.382
6Yari MontellaITABarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.481
7Alvaro BautistaESPBarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.525
8Alex LowesGBRBimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:39.584
9Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:39.684
10Axel BassaniITABimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:39.799
11Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.815
12Tommy BridewellGBRSuperbike Advocates RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.935
13Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:39.974
14Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki WorldSBK TeamKawasaki ZX-10RR1:39.991
15Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:40.164
16Xavi ViergeESPPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:40.254
17Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:40.265
18Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:40.420
19Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:40.801
20Somkiat ChantraTHAHonda HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1:40.914
21Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:41.088
22Yuki KuniiJPNHonda HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1:42.121

FP1

Iker Lecuona was fastest in an uneventful opening practice at Balaton, beating teammate Nicolo Bulega by over 0.2 seconds.

Bulega, Sam Lowes, and Lorenzo Baldassarri completed the top-four for Ducati. Alex Lowes was the first non-Ducati rider in fifth and almost a second slower than Lecuona.

Garrett Gerloff, Miguel Oliveira, Yari Montella, Tarran Mackenzie, and Xavi Vierge rounded out the top-10.

Full World Superbike results from FP1 in Hungary are below.

2026 World Superbike Championship | Hungarian Round | Balaton Park | FP1 | Result

PosRiderNat.WorldSBK TeamSuperbikeTiming
1Iker LecuonaESPAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.454
2Nicolo BulegaITAAruba.it Racing DucatiDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.697
3Sam LowesGBRMarc VDS Racing TeamDucati Panigale V4 R1:39.922
4Lorenzo BaldassarriITATeam Go ElevenDucati Panigale V4 R1:40.242
5Alex LowesGBRBimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:40.416
6Garrett GerloffUSAKawasaki WorldSBK TeamKawasaki ZX-10RR1:40.576
7Miguel OliveiraPORROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:40.593
8Yari MontellaITABarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:40.768
9Tarran MackenzieGBRMGM Optical Express RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:40.882
10Xavi ViergeESPPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:40.905
11Axel BassaniITABimota by Kawasaki Racing TeamBimota KB9981:40.928
12Alberto SurraITAMotocorsa RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:40.961
13Andrea LocatelliITAPata Maxus YamahaYamaha R11:41.066
14Alvaro BautistaESPBarni Spark RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:41.212
15Danilo PetrucciITAROKiT BMW MotorradBMW M1000 RR1:41.296
16Remy GardnerAUSGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:41.36`
17Stefano ManziITAGYTR GRT YamahaYamaha R11:41.414
18Bahattin SofuogluTURMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:41.471
19Tommy BridewellGBRSuperbike Advocates RacingDucati Panigale V4 R1:41.490
20Mattia RatoITAMotoxracing YamahaYamaha R11:42.066
21Somkiat ChantraTHAHonda HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1:42.401
22Yuki KuniiJPNHonda HRCHonda CBR1000RR-R1:43.425

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