Friday WorldSBK
An incredible twist in the 2026 ‘Ducati Cup’ narrative echoed around the nearby valleys on day one at Most, after the combined times at the 4.212km long circuit saw Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) head the second Free Practice session. His 1’30.791 lap time held off FP2 crasher Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) by 0.066 seconds.
Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) was third overall.
Iker Lecuona (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati), Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) and Danilo Petrucci (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) completed the overnight top six places.
Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was seventh, ahead of two more Italians, Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) and Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven Ducati).
The last rider inside the top ten proved to be BMW regular test rider and injury replacement for Miguel Olivera, Michael van Der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team).
The top Yamaha rider, in 11th position, was Xavi Vierge (Pata Maxus Yamaha).
Superpole Qualifying takes place on Saturday 16 May.
2026 Czechia WorldSBK Results—Friday WorldSBK
1 Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) 1’30.791s
- Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.066s
- Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +0.142s
- Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.208s
- Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +0.275s
Friday WorldSSP
Can Öncü (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) took the half-way lead in the Superpole Qualifying session at Most, with grey clouds gathering over the dry track surface. His best time of 1’33.802 was a new track best. In winning the pre-race Superpole session, the Turkish rider was to end up just 0.050 seconds ahead of last year’s pole man, Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA).
Valentin Debise (ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) placed third on his Chinese machine, ahead of championship leader Albert Arenas (AS Racing Yamaha).
A great showing from Oli Bayliss (Triumph Factory Racing) put him into fifth place, making him the best Triumph-mounted rider on show. Roberto Garcia (GMT94-YAMAHA) was sixth, ensuring that there would be four R9 riders on the front two rows.
Tom Booth-Amos (Triumph Factory Racing) went seventh, Aldi Satya Mahendra (AS Racing Yamaha) eighth, while Simon Jespersen (EAB Racing Team) and Federico Caricasulo (ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) completed the top ten.
Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) was top Kawasaki rider in 11th place, and just 0.539 seconds from pole man Öncü. Rafaelle De Rosa (QJMotor Factory Racing) was top QJ Motors rider in 17th. Title contender, Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing Verdnatura) was only 12th.
The top 19 riders were all within one second of each other in Superpole.
2026 Czechia WorldSBK Results—Friday WorldSBK
- Can Oncu (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) 1’33.802s
- Lucas Mahias (GMT94 Yamaha) +0.050s
- Valentin Debise (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory) +0.082s*
- Albert Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) +0.095s
- Oli Bayliss (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) +0.189s
