2026 Misano WorldSBK Results, Friday Practice: Bulega dominates FP2

Results from the FP2 session at the 2026 Emilia-Romagna WorldSBK round at Misano.

Nicolo Bulega topped WorldSBK FP2 at Misano, the Italian dominating the session and setting multiple laps in his opening long run that would've been fast enough to top the session.

Iker Lecuona was over half-a-second down on his team-mate at one point, but he cut that gap to less than 0.2 seconds by the end, despite a crash at turn eight.

Yari Montella completed a Ducati top-three lockout and Sam Lowes was the only rider outside the top-three to lap in the 1m32s.

Axel Bassani wasn't far from a 1m32s himself, but his 1m33.003s lap was only good enough for fifth, which nonetheless made him the fastest non-Ducati rider in FP2.

Alberto Surra, Alex Lowes, Lorenzo Baldassarri, Tarran Mcakenzie, and Xavi Vierge completed the top-10.

Full WorldSBK results from FP2 at Misano are below.

FP1

Nicolo Bulega was fastest in the opening practice at the Emilia-Romagna WorldSBK. The Italian traded fastest times early on with Sam Lowes before establishing himself at the top after 10 minutes or so. 

Bulega led by over 0.3 seconds for much of the session but Iker Lecuona trimmed that down to 0.059 seconds by the finish. the two factory Ducati riders were the only ones to lap in the 1m32s bracket.

Sam Lowes rounded out the top-three, and an all-Ducati top-six was completed by Yari Montella, Alberto Surra, and Lorenzo Baldassarri.

Yamaha's Xavi Vierge was the leading non-Ducati rider, 0.7 seconds slower than Bulega. Behind the Spaniard, Axel Bassani, Garrett Gerloff, and Remy Gardner completed the top-10.

Miguel Oliveira returns from injury this weekend, and the Portuguese rider ended FP1 in 17th.

Full WorldSBK results from FP1 at Misano are below.