Results from the 2025 Italian World Superbike event. Scroll below for the full weekends highlights and results.
WorldSBK Race Two
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) was the hottest of favorites for the third race win of the weekend, at a circuit that he professed recently to not like that much.
Cremona clearly loves him, however, as he once again held off an early attack from Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) to take all the race wins on offer this weekend.
He ended up 1.8 seconds up on the BMW rider in Race Two, with the inevitable Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) in third place – yet almost nine seconds from the top spot.
Last year’s triple winner for Ducati at this track, Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati), used his better starting place in Race Two to secure an excellent fourth position, but he was still a vast 17.888 seconds adrift of Bulega.
Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) held off the unwanted attentions of the rapidly advancing Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) to take fifth place, with Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) seventh, just 0.6 seconds behind his team-mate.
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) had a lone finish in eighth position, with Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) ninth and Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) finishing up tenth. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was 11th, and right behind Gardner on the final lap.
Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) was 18th in Race Two in his comeback weekend.
In the championship points, after four rounds and 12 races, Bulega has 198 points, Razgatlioglu 164, Bautista 125 and Locatelli 118.
2024 Italian WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Race Two
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | |
| 2 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) | +1.826s |
| 3 | Alvaro Bautista | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +8.995s |
| 4 | Danilo Petrucci | (Barni Spark Racing Team) | +17.888s |
| 5 | Sam Lowes | (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) | +22.131s |
WorldSSP Race Two
A narrow win for Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) saw him overcome some real challenges from his rivals on his way to season win number three – and a 44 point championship lead after four rounds and eight races.
Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) ended up as the closest challenger but once again Manzi had just enough of a gap on the final lap – 0.396 seconds – to be able to celebrate just as he got to the finish line.
Early leader Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Ducati) was just 0.721 seconds from hsi first win, but third place was still his first podium in WorldSSP. He was top Ducati rider on the day to boot.
Lucas Mahias (GMT94-Yamaha) was fourth and championship second place man, Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse), placed fifth, albeit 9.2 seconds from Manzi. Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) led a four rider group over the line, with Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Ducati), Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) and Federico Caricasulo (Motozoo ME air racing MV Agusta) in one short train from sixth to ninth place. Aldi Mahendra (Yamaha bLU cRU Evan Bros Racing) was tenth.
Oli Bayliss was a penalised 13th (dropped one position for exceeding track limits on the final lap) and Luke Power (Motozoo ME air racing MV Agusta) did not finish after a crash at T5.
In the overall points, Manzi has 175, Bendsneyder 131, Booth-Amos 124 and Masia 81.
2024 Italian WorldSBK Results—WorldSSP Race Two
| 1 | Stefano Manzi | (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) | |
| 2 | Tom Booth-Amos | (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) | +0.396s |
| 3 | Jaume Masia | (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) | +0.721s |
| 4 | Lucas Mahias | (GMT94-YAMAHA) | +6.304s |
| 5 | Bo Bendsneyder | (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) | +9.290s |
WorldWCR Race Two
A highly combative finish to the second WorldWCR race at Cremona saw Maria Herrera (Klint Forward Racing Team) hold off a hard attempted pass from eventual third place rider Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) to take her second race win of 2025. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) was finally the second placed rider.
The Italian rider improved the race lap record in Race Two, with a 1’40.393, but she could only get to within 0.202 seconds of Herrera at the flag.
Neila was 0.086 seconds from Ponziani, in what was another exciting WorldWCR race right at the front.
There had been a five rider leading fight earlier on but in the end it was a top three scrap and then a gap of over two seconds to fourth place Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team).
Avalon Lewis (Carl Cox Motorsports) had been in that top five tussle but dropped back to find herself a lonely fifth.
Sixth was Astrid Madrigal (Italika Racing FIMLA), who won here final lap fight with Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team).
Chloe Jones (GR Motorsport) ended up eighth, Lucie Boudesseul (GMT94-YAMAHA) was ninth and Aussie rider Tayla Relph (TAYCO Motorsports) tenth.
In the championship, after two rounds, Herrera leads Neila by 13 points, with Ponziani only eight points behind Neila.
2024 Italian WorldSBK Results—WorldWCR Race Two
| 1 | Maria Herrera | (Klint Forward Racing Team) | |
| 2 | Roberta Ponziani | (Klint Forward Racing Team) | +0.202s |
| 3 | Beatriz Nelia | (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) | +0.288s |
| 4 | Sara Sanchez | (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) | +2.445s |
| 5 | Avalon Lewis | (Carl Cox Motorsports) | +8.557s |
WorldSBK Superpole Race
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) earned a start-to-finish victory for himself in the ten-lap Superpole Race, setting a front-running pace from the first few corners that even the prodigious talents of Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) could not quite stay with. The Turkish rider was 1.456 seconds from his great new rival at the flag.
Third – and six seconds down on the winner – was the other factory Ducati of Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), with Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) a close fourth.
Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) was fifth, after one-time fourth-placed Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven Ducati) was given two long-lap penalties for jump starting.
Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati) placed sixth, earning an important second row starting position for the final long race this afternoon.
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) was seventh, Iannone recovered to finish eighth and Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was ninth.
Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) lost places after a messy lap in the middle of the race and finished tenth.
Top bimota rider was Alex Lowes, in 12th place.
2024 Italian WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Superpole Race
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | |
| 2 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) | +1.456s |
| 3 | Alvaro Bautista | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +6.060s |
| 4 | Sam Lowes | (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) | +7.154s |
| 5 | Xavi Vierge | (Honda HRC) | +10.838s |
WorldSBK Race One
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) had some real trouble with his fellow championship contender, Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team), in the early laps of the opening 23-lap WorldSBK race at Cremona, but it all came right for Nico and Ducati long before the end.
After some great passes and attempted passes in the early laps from the top Ducati and BMW riders in the field, Bulega got the hammer down after the first half dozen laps and ended up winning from Razgatlioglu by almost three seconds.
In third place Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) had a lonely but effective race to leave with the remaining Race One podium place, albeit over 11 seconds down on his teammate Bulega.
Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven Ducati) was fully 23.247 seconds down on Bulega at the flag – over a second a lap from the best across the whole race, but he was still the eventual ‘victor’ of a wildly close and competitive contest for first of the off-podium places.
After Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) had crashed out shortly after taking over fourth place, Iannone had the better of eventual fifth-place rider Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC). Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) was sixth, Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati) placed seventh and Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was eighth. The top ten was completed by Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) and Scott Redding.
From Iannone in fourth place to Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) in 12th there was a gap of only three and a half seconds over the finish line, after a tense midfield squabble that lasted all race long.
2025 Italian WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Race One
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | |
| 2 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) | +2.835s |
| 3 | Alvaro Bautista | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +11.424s |
| 4 | Andrea Iannone | (Team Pata Go Eleven) | +23.247s |
| 5 | Xavi Vierge | (Honda HRC) | +23.778s |
WorldSSP Race One
The final battle for the victory and the podium places in the first 20-lap WorldSSP Race at Cremona proved to be a four rider affair, with just 1.109 seconds covering the top four places.
After Can Öncü (Yamaha bLU cRU Evan Bros Racing) crashed out on lap three (to eventually retire) a real fight began between eventual winner Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) and Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Ducati).
After Masia slowed, having run several laps in the lead of the race, it became the turn of finally second place rider Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) to scrap with Manzi, which he did right to the final lap.
Manzi had just enough juice and concentration to lead over the line by 0.344 seconds, with Booth-Amos taking yet another podium.
Masia’s race leading performance for much of the first half of the race ended up with ‘only’ a fourth place finish as Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse Ducati) took his own first podium of the 2025 season.
Fifth place in the opener was secured by the old-stager in WorldSSP terms, Lucas Mahias (GMT94-Yamaha), finishing with a small gap back to Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Ducati). Cardelus’ sixth place ended a positive overall race day for his Spanish-based Ducati team, even if Masia did miss out on the podium.
Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) was top MV rider in seventh, with his team-mate Filippo Farioli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) eighth.
Aldi Mahendra (Yamaha bLU cRU Evan Bros Racing) and Marcel Schrötter (WRP Racing Ducati) completed the top ten. Oli Bayliss was 12th in Race one on his PTR Triumph Factory Racing triple. Luke Power (Motozoo ME air racing MV Agusta) was finally 20th.
With one race still to go at Cremona, Manzi has a 30 point led over Bendsneyder in the championship, which means no matter what happens in Race Two on Sunday, Manzi leaves this particular weekend with the championship lead.
2025 Italian WorldSBK Results—WorldSSP Race One
| 1 | Stefano Manzi | (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) | |
| 2 | Tom Booth-Amos | (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) | +0.344s |
| 3 | Valentin Debise | (Renzi Corse) | +0.601s |
| 4 | Jaume Masia | (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) | +1.109s |
| 5 | Lucas Mahias | (GMT94-YAMAHA) | +5.628s |
WorldWCR Race One
Almost everyone expected a Klint Forward Racing Team rider to win the opening race at Cremona, after Maria Herrera had secured the Superpole trophy on Friday.
The team duly won, but it was the other rider – local competitor Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) – who took the biggest points score away.
Ponziani won by just 0.150 from Herrera after 12 laps, with Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) in third place, only 0.397 seconds away from the win.
Over six seconds back, Astrid Madrigal (Italika Racing FIMLA) ended up in fourth spot, with regular front runner Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) a closely-following fifth. Ten seconds from the winner, Kiwi competitor Avalon Lewis (Carl Cox Motorsports) placed sixth.
Tayla Relph (TAYCO Motorsports) came out on top in the battle for seventh place, in what was a closely-bunched midfield group across the line. Lucie Boudesseul (GMT94-YAMAHA), Isis Carreno (Italika Racing FIMLA) and Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) completed the top ten in Race One.
2025 Italian WorldSBK Results—WorldWCR Race One
| 1 | Roberta Ponziani | (Klint Forward Racing Team) | |
| 2 | Maria Herrera | (Klint Forward Racing Team) | +0.150s |
| 3 | Beatriz Neila | (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) | +0.397s |
| 4 | Astrid Madrigal | (Pons Italika Racing FIMLA) | +6.377s |
| 5 | Sara Sanchez | (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) | +6.616s |
WorldSBK Superpole
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) made one last final effort in Superpole and scooped up not only the prime grid position for the opening race of the weekend but a new track record of 1’27.866.
He displaced long time Superpole leader Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) by a healthy 0.215 seconds. The front row of the grid will be completed by third place qualifier, Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team).
Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) slotted into fourth place, with the top Honda of Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) fifth and local rider Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven Ducati) sixth.
Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) was seventh fastest and with Assen race winner Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) one place behind the Aussie rider, Gardner was the fastest R1 rider on show.
A relatively good Superpole for Honda ended with Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) ninth, while Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) rounded out the top ten.
Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was top bimota runner in 12th position.
2025 Italian WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Superpole
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | 1:27.866s |
| 2 | Sam Lowes | (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) | +0.215s |
| 3 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) | +0.293s |
| 4 | Alvaro Bautista | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +0.503s |
| 5 | Xavi Vierge | (Honda HRC) | +0.629s |
Friday WorldSBK
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) used his FP1 time at a (hot and getting hotter) Cremona Circuit to secure the best overall time on day one, as the fourth round of the WorldSBK Championship got underway in earnest.
Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was second overall and – again thanks to an FP1 time – last year’s triple Cremona race winner Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati) was overall third quickest.
Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) was a happy fourth quickest, and also joining the top few competitors in what was for him a slower FP2 session. Track temperatures in FP2 almost got to a whopping 50°C, so several riders had a better time set in the much cooler FP1 session.
Not just Ducati were flying the Italian tricolore flag with pride at Cremona, as Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was combined fifth on the new-for-2025 KB998 Rimini. He had been third quickest in FP2.
Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) was sixth and Assen race winner Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) seventh.
Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), who had an early fall in FP1, was also to fall in FP2, finishing eighth in the combined times after a busy first day.
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was ninth overall on the second bimota, with the second Honda of Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) tenth.
In his comeback ride after his early season injury, Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) was 21st overall from the 24 riders on show.
2025 Italian WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Friday
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | 1:29.158s |
| 2 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) | +0.307s |
| 3 | Danilo Petrucci | (Barni Spark Racing Team) | +0.379s |
| 4 | Iker Lecuona | (Honda HRC) | +0.463s |
| 5 | Axel Bassani | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +0.482s |
Friday WorldSSP
Federico Caricasulo (Motozoo ME air racing MV Agusta) delivered a strong result for his Italian-based team – and himself as an Italian – with the Superpole Qualifying ‘win’ on Friday at Cremona.
He was finally just 0.040 seconds ahead of the top Yamaha rider on the day, Can Öncü (Yamaha bLU cRU Evan Bros Racing).
On a track surface that almost reached 50°C, Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) was third.
Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Ducati) was fourth, and top Ducati runner, while
Bo Bendsneyder (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) started well with a fifth place on an official MV.
Former World Champion Lucas Mahias (GMT94-Yamaha) placed sixth, with first time podium finisher from Cremona 2024 – Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) – in seventh place.
Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse Ducati) went eighth, with local rider Niccolo Antonelli (VFT Racing Yamaha) ninth and Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Ducati) rounding out the top ten. Only 0.626 seconds covered the top ten riders and 1.256 seconds covered the top 20.
Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) was 14th and Luke Power (Motozoo ME air racing MV Agusta) 23rd on Friday.
2025 Italian WorldSBK Results—WorldSSP Friday
| 1 | Federico Caricasulo | (Motozoo ME air Racing) | 1:31.728s |
| 2 | Can Oncu | (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) | +0.040s |
| 3 | Stefano Manzi | (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) | +0.115s |
| 4 | Jaume Masia | (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) | +0.125s |
| 5 | Bo Bendsneyder | (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) | +0.296s |
Friday WorldWCR
Maria Herrera (Klint Forward Racing Team) proved to be the most potent force on day one at Cremona, taking the WorldWCR Superpole win by 0.127 seconds. Second overall was local star of this racing category, Roberta Ponziani (Klint Forward Racing Team) – now Herrera’s team-mate for the 2025 season.
Third was the suddenly improved Astrid Madrigal (Italika Racing FIMLA), herself only 0.176 seconds back from Herrera.
Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) completed the leading bunch of four riders on Friday but she was 0.51 seconds adrift of the fastest time at this tight and twisty circuit.
Sara Sanchez (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) ended up fifth after Superpole Qualifying.
Avalon Lewis (Carl Cox Motorsports), Chloe Jones (GR Motorsport) and Tayla Relph (TAYCO Motorsports) provided an Anglophone element to the qualifying list, from sixth to eighth place on the grid. Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) and Lucy Michel (TSL-Racing) completed the top ten places after what was a very hot session of Superpole qualifying, before the first race takes place on Saturday 3 May.
2025 Italian WorldSBK Results—WorldWCR Friday
| 1 | Maria Herrera | (Klint Forward Racing Team) | 1:40.468s |
| 2 | Roberta Ponziani | (Klint Forward Racing Team) | +0.127s |
| 3 | Astrid Madrigal | (Pons Italika Racing FIMLA) | +0.176s |
| 4 | Beatriz Neila | (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) | +0.511s |
| 5 | Sara Sanchez | (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team) | +1.294s |
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