WorldSBK Race Two
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) put in a strong performance at the front of the final 21-lap WorldSBK race at Estoril to score not just full points, but make sure that the championship fight will go all the way to the final round in Spain next week.
Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was second – of course – with the Estoril podium trio comprising yet another always-present figure, Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) in third place. He was, however, 15 seconds behind his team-mate’s winning race time.
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) stayed on to the end to recover from his earlier sprint race fall, taking fourth place
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) was fifth and Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) sixth.
Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) was an encouraging seventh, one place up on the second bimota of Axel Bassani.
Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) was a finally lone ninth, ahead of Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) in tenth.
In the championship points, Razgatlioglu leaves with a 39 point lead over Bulega, 580 points to 541. Bautista is third with 292, and Locatelli fourth with 284. One round and a maximum of 62 points to go for any rider who wins all the races in Jerez.
It’s not over yet but after the results from Estoril, it could be before the end of the final round.
2025 Portuguese WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Race Two
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | |
| 2 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) | +4.868s |
| 3 | Alvaro Bautista | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +15.331s |
| 4 | Alex Lowes | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +17.333s |
| 5 | Andrea Locatelli | (Pata Maxus Yamaha) | +20.567s |
WorldSSP Race Two
After some previous attempts fell just short Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) finally took the WorldSSP crown, in the first year of competition for the R9 Yamaha.
Manzi, characteristically, rode like someone chasing the championship lead, rather than being the championship leader with something to defend. In doing so eventually won his tenth race of the season – and the title.
Race One winner Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse Ducati) was the only rider looking capable of preventing Manzi from winning the race, but he retired with just over one lap left.
Philipp Öttl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team Ducati) was second in the Sunday race, but the third place finish of Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) was a sort of miracle. He started from 25th place on he grid, yet cut his way through the pack to finish just 3.574 seconds from Manzi’s win, giving himself and his 636cc Kawasaki their first ever podiums at this level of racing.
Roberto Garcia (GMT94-Yamaha) placed fourth, with Alberto Surra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) fifth and Saturday race faller Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) sixth.
Ondrej Vostatek (WRP Racing Ducati) was seventh and new WorldSSP Challenge champion (for riders not racing outside Europe) Corentin Perolari (Honda RACING World Supersport) was eighth.
In ninth place Can Öncü (Yamaha bLU cRU Evan Bros Racing) was unable to delay Manzi’s title success until the final round.
The new style QJ machine was taken to tenth place by Rafaelle De Rosa (QJ Motor Factory Racing).
In the championship points, Manzi has an unassailable 425, Öncü 343 and Booth-Amos 233.
2025 Portuguese WorldSBK Results—WorldSSP Race Two
| 1 | Stefano Manzi | (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) | |
| 2 | Philipp Oettl | (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) | +2.599s |
| 3 | Jeremy Alcoba | (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) | +2.574s |
| 4 | Roberto García | (GMT94 Yamaha) | +3.944s |
| 5 | Alberto Surra | (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) | +4.432s |
WorldSBK Superpole Race
Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) won the second race of the Estoril weekend – the ten-lap Superpole Race, by a narrow but unchallenged 0.545 seconds – from Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati).
In doing so, Toprak took a 44 point advantage over his rival into the final race of the penultimate WorldSBK weekend, which takes place later on Sunday afternoon.
Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) took his second battling podium of the weekend, in third place, with an eventual gap of over as second to the following four-rider group.
After Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) had crashed while trying to pass Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) late on, the Italian rider finished fourth, with his compatriot Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven Ducati) fifth, Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) sixth and top Honda rider Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) seventh.
Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) placed eighth, with Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) and Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) completing the top ten. Lone Kawasaki rider Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) placed 12th.
2025 Portuguese WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Superpole Race
| 1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) | |
| 2 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +0.545s |
| 3 | Alvaro Bautista | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +8.942s |
| 4 | Andrea Locatelli | (Pata Maxus Yamaha) | +10.060s |
| 5 | Andrea Iannone | (Team Pata Go Eleven) | +10.122s |
WorldSBK Race One
After Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) ended Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)’s winning run in Motorland Aragon recently, Razgatlioglu secured the first race win in Estoril, having been as far down as fifth on lap one.
Once Razgatlioglu took the lead he eased out to a clear, if narrow, margin of advantage. Bulega closed towards the end of the race but a dramatic rear end slide and wobble out of the final corner lost him time and possibly confidence to keep pushing as hard as he had been, and the BMW rider beat the Ducati by almost two seconds.
Behind the eventual top two, Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) had a real fight on his hands to stay ahead of pressurising force, Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) for some time, but he would break away from an eventual chasing pack to take a fully deserved podium finish.
Rea was on strong form throughout, but was eventually passed by both Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) and his own team-mate, Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha).
Locatelli would then pass Lowes, for an eventual fourth place, with Lowes fifth and then Rea sixth.
Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) was chasing Rea on the final laps, but finished seventh, with Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven Ducati) eighth. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) scored good points for ninth, while Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) moved up from 13th on the grid to tenth in the opening race.
The first race itself was finally run over only 20 laps, not the scheduled 21, after three riders crashed in turn one of lap one, and the track conditions were too compromised to continue. The almost complete restart saw all rider make it back to the ‘real race’ starting grid. Wildcard rider Bobby Fong (Attack Performance Yamaha Racing) was 17th.
Razgatlioglu moved 41 points clear of Bulega after his latest win, with two more races at Estoril and then three more at the final round to go. In the Manufacturer’s championship, Ducati leads BMW by a single point.
2025 Portuguese WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Race One
| 1 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) | |
| 2 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +1.948s |
| 3 | Alvaro Bautista | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +14.729s |
| 4 | Andrea Locatelli | (Pata Maxus Yamaha) | +16.563s |
| 5 | Alex Lowes | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +17.044s |
WorldSSP Race One
Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse Ducati) took his second career WorldSSP Race win just two weeks after he took his first (at Motorland Aragon) in what was another solid gold classic fight at the front – and elsewhere.
For 18 laps the top riders changed position over and over, with Debise finally winning by just 0.440 seconds, from champion-elect Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) and the ever combative Can Öncü (Yamaha bLU cRU Evan Bros Racing).
Philipp Öttl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team Ducati) and Lucas Mahias (GMT94-Yamaha) had dragged themselves forward as the top three had run interference on each other so much, but they would lose final pace, with Öttl fourth and Mahias fifth.
Early leader, Alberto Surra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) would finish sixth. A remarkable recovery from 24th grid spot for Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) put him into seventh place, one position up on Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Ducati).
Rafaelle De Rosa (QJ Motor Factory Racing) took the latest version of the Chinese machine to a fine ninth place, less than eight seconds from the race win. Xavi Cardelus (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Ducati) placed tenth.
Manzi now has a 64 point advantage over Öncü, with only a maximum of 75 points left to play for in the final three individual races of 2025.
2025 Portuguese WorldSBK Results—WorldSSP Race One
| 1 | Valentin Debise | (Renzi Corse) | |
| 2 | Stefano Manzi | (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) | +0.440s |
| 3 | Can Oncu | (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) | +0.814s |
| 4 | Philipp Oettl | (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) | +2.616s |
| 5 | Lucas Mahias | (GMT94 Yamaha) | +2.667s |
Friday WorldSBK
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) topping the combined free practice times on the opening day at Estoril surprised no one at all.
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) finishing up third quickest after the two dry sessions was also to be expected this year.
Alex Lowes’ team-mate Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was only a partial surprise in fourth fastest form, but few would have had rookie WorldSBK rider Ryan Vickers (Motocorsa Racing Ducati) in fifth place – or maybe even six-times champion Jonathan Rea in sixth on the first day of action.
Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) placed seventh, with Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) just behind.
Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven Ducati) was ninth and Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) tenth.
It took until Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) in 13th place before the first rider finished one second or more from Bulega’s leading lap time.
MotoAmerica rider Bobby Fong (Attack Performance Yamaha Racing) is making a wildcard appearance at this Portuguese round and the season finale at Jerez next weekend. The Californian finished the day a respectable 21st, 2.1s off Bulega’s fastest time on his first visit to Estoril.
2025 Portuguese WorldSBK Results—Friday WorldSBK
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | 1:35.778s |
| 2 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) | +0.232s |
| 3 | Alex Lowes | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +0.570s |
| 4 | Axel Bassani | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +0.623s |
| 5 | Ryan Vickers | (Motocorsa Racing) | +0.647s |
Friday WorldSSP
Can Öncü (Yamaha bLU cRU Evan Bros Racing) made a great start to the penultimate round of the 2025 WorldSSP Championship, securing the Superpole ‘win’ by over a quarter of a second from his team-mate, Alberto Surra.
Recent first time race winner Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse Ducati) placed third, scooping up the final front row starting slot.
A true surprise fourth place for the latest homologation of QJ machine, ridden by the highly experienced Rafaelle De Rosa (QJ Motor Factory Racing), came on a day of particularly tight competition for grid spots.
The top 19 riders all set a time within a second of each other, while the top 25 were covered by just 1.254 seconds.
Marcel Schrötter (WRP Racing Ducati) slotted into fifth place, ahead of Lucas Mahias (GMT94-Yamaha) and another Ducati, ridden by Philipp Öttl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team Ducati).
Ondrej Vostatek (WRP Racing Ducati), Federico Caricasulo (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team Ducati) and the top Triumph of Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) completed the top ten.
And what of championship leader and pre-race champion elect, Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha)? He was 13th, but still just 0.738 seconds from his great rival Öncü’s leading time. His fifth row starting position does inject a little jeopardy into the first weekend in which he could be crowned World Champion.
2025 Portuguese WorldSBK Results—Friday WorldSSP
| 1 | Can Oncu | (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) | 1:39.608s |
| 2 | Alberto Surra | (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) | +0.269s |
| 3 | Valentin Debise | (Renzi Corse) | +0.376s |
| 4 | Raffaele De Rosa | (QJMOTOR Factory Racing) | +0.442s |
| 5 | Marcel Schroetter | (WRP Racing) | +0.527s |
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