WorldSBK Race One
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) had his team-mate Iker Lecuona (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) as a distant shadow in the first 18-lap WorldSBK race at Motorland, but the clear championship leader had it all under control right to the flag. He would win by 1.274 seconds.
Bulega’s 36th career WorldSBK race win was also his 20th in succession, extending his own run of consecutive wins into simply unbelievable territory.
Third in Race One was Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati), for a full Ducati podium spread.
Fourth place went to Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) who was 16 seconds behind the win.
Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates Ducati) seriously impressed with a fifth place finish, holding off the late push of Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven Ducati) over the finish line for his best WorldSBK result ever. His previous best was eighth at the last round in Most.
Seventh place went to Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team), eighth to Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) and ninth to Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team).
Tarran Mackenzie (MGM Optical Express Racing) took the last place inside the top ten.
Michael van Der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was 11th, for top BMW slot, while the best Yamaha rider was Stefano Manzi, in 12th place.
2026 Spanish WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Race One
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | |
| 2 | Iker Lecuona | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +1.274s |
| 3 | Sam Lowes | (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) | +8.078s |
| 4 | Alex Lowes | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +16.177s |
| 5 | Tommy Bridewell | (Superbike Advocates) | +18.619s |
WorldSSP Race One
Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team), the reigning MotoE champion, went from the second row of the Race One grid in Aragon to the status of race winner – for the first time in his 27 race-long WorldSSP career.
The Ducati rider – representing the recently deceased WorldSBK team owner Genesio Bevilacqua’s Althea squad – had a great last lap fight with long time race leader Albert Arenas (AS Racing Yamaha).
Zaccone finally won with a last corner entry passing move after 15 hectic laps.
Tom Booth-Amos (Triumph Factory Racing) had one of his better races, going from an early fifth to third place. He had to pass the determined nineteen-year-old Roberto Garcia (GMT94-YAMAHA) to take another podium, his second of 2026.
In fifth place, Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing Verdnatura) had a strong ride, but had to work hard to keep the improving Indonesian rider Aldi Satya Mahendra (AS Racing Yamaha) behind him across the finish line.
Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing Ducati) was seventh, one-time podium probable Valentin Debise (ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) eighth, Simon Jespersen (EAB Racing Team) was ninth and Philipp Öttl GER (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team Ducati) rounded out the top ten.
Oli Bayliss (Triumph Factory Racing) crashed out and no-scored.
In the championship points, with one more race to go at Motorland before we reach the halfway point in the overall calendar, Arenas has 186, Debise 155 and Masia 141.
2026 Spanish WorldSBK Results—WorldSSP Race One
| 1 | Alessandro Zaccone | (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) | |
| 2 | Albert Arenas | (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) | +0.174s |
| 3 | Tom Booth-Amos | (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) | +0.969s |
| 4 | Roberto García | (GMT94 Yamaha) | +2.570s |
| 5 | Jaume Masia | (Orelac Racing Verdnatura) | +4.733s |
WorldSBK Superpole
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) beat his own WorldSBK track best of 1’47.332 with a new record of 1’46.836 to take his six pole of the season, and the 14th of his career.
To the surprise of almost no-one, Iker Lecuona (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) was second fastest. Even though his personal best Qualifying time beat the previous track best, Iker was fully 0.476 seconds behind his rampant team-mate today.
To the surprise of many, Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing Ducati) secured third place in Superpole Qualifying, but will start the race from the very back of the grid after an infraction of the yellow flag rules.
‘Normal’ third place finisher in many sessions this year, Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati), was fourth this time around, with his brother Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) inside the top five. Alex was the first non-Ducati rider on the grid.
Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven Ducati) carried on the desmo howl into sixth position, but a pleasant surprise for BMW – despite missing both top name regular riders through injury – was that recent factory runner and full-time tester Michael van Der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was eighth fastest, and just less than a second from Bulega.
Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates Ducati) left it late but qualified a strong eighth, with Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) ninth and Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) tenth.
Fastest Yamaha rider was Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha), in 11th position.
Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) was 12th, the still-recovering Jake Dixon (Honda HRC) a remarkable 14th from 22 entries.
2026 Spanish WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Superpole
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | 1:46.836 |
| 2 | Iker Lecuona | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +0.476s |
| 3 | Alberto Surra | (Motocorsa Racing) | +0.513s |
| 4 | Sam Lowes | (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) | +0.569s |
| 5 | Alex Lowes | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +0.939s |
Friday WorldSBK
With track temperatures into the +50°C range and air temperatures over 35°C, the first day at Motorland Aragon proved to be a too hot for new records, and tricky enough for even some top names to fall in FP2.
The less hot conditions in the morning allowed most of the riders to set their best first day times early on, and thus the fastest rider in the combined times was Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati), although he was third in FP2 in the afternoon.
Second overall was FP2’s fastest rider, Iker Lecuona (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati). He would crash, without injury, late in FP2.
A bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team duo of Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani took third and fourth best times over the day, with the other Lowes – the Sam version – fifth on his ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati.
All the places from fifth to 11th were filled by Ducati riders, with Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) sixth, Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven Ducati) seventh, Tarran Mackenzie (MGM Optical Express Racing) eighth, Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates Ducati) ninth and Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing Ducati) completing the top ten.
In his first race weekend of the year, Jake Dixon (Honda HRC) was 17th overall, despite a fall in FP1.
Only 1.793 seconds covered the top 20 riders on Friday.
2026 Spanish WorldSBK Results—Friday WorldSBK
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | 1:48.916s |
| 2 | Iker Lecuona | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +0.022s |
| 3 | Alex Lowes | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +0.526s |
| 4 | Axel Bassani | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +0.579s |
| 5 | Sam Lowes | (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) | +0.635s |
Friday WorldSSP
A very late attack from home-town hopeful Albert Arenas (AS Racing Yamaha) saw him displace Valentin Debise (ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) from his position at the top of Superpole qualifying session.
In the always close WorldSSP class, both the top riders had an eventually strong 0.3+ second lead over the next placed hopeful.
Long time leader in the timesheets, Roberto Garcia (GMT94-YAMAHA) ended his day third, and with a front row starting place for Race One.
In very hot conditions, with an official air temperature of 34°C, the Superpole session was laden with crashes and incident.
Can Öncü (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) fell bef ore he even set a lap time, and had to fight his way back to fourth overall.
Tom Booth-Amos (Triumph Factory Racing) was another T1 crasher, but he clawed his way back to fifth on the grid.
Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) was sixth fastest, with championship challenger, Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing Verdnatura) seventh.
Former WorldSSP300 champion and ever-improving WorldSSP rider, Aldi Satya Mahendra (AS Racing Yamaha) was eighth, Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing Ducati) ninth and Oli Bayliss (Triumph Factory Racing) rounded out the top ten.
Thirty four riders in all qualified for the races, with 33 of them within 2.758 seconds of the leading time at this 5.077km long circuit.
2026 Spanish WorldSBK Results—Friday WorldSSP
| 1 | Albert Arenas | (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) | 1:53.142s |
| 2 | Valentin Debise | (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory) | +0.015s |
| 3 | Roberto García | (GMT94 Yamaha) | +0.341s |
| 4 | Can Oncu | (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) | +0.395s |
| 5 | Tom Booth-Amos | (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) | +0.474s |
Friday WorldSBP
David Salvador (ProDina Kawasaki) put in his second Superpole ride in succession at Motorland, having also been on pole at the previous round in Czechia.
He was 0.523 seconds up on Matteo Vannucci (Revo-M2 Aprilia) in scorching conditions, with 35°C ambient air temperatures recorded during the session.
Only those two leading riders – Salvador and Vannucci – got under the two minute mark with their best lap times at the inaugural Aragon WorldSPB round.
Bruno Ieraci (CM Triumph Factory Racing) was third quickest, and just a whisper ahead of another Triumph rider, albeit from another team, Fenton Seabright (PHR Performance Triumph).
Jeffrey Buis (Track & Trades Wixx Racing Suzuki) was top Suzuki rider, in fifth, and Carter Thompson (Team BrCorse Yamaha) was the best R9 rider, in sixth position.
Loris Veneman (MTM Kawasaki) ended Superpole in seventh place, with Elia Bartolini (CM Triumph Factory Racing) eighth.
Xavi Artigas (MTM Kawasaki) and Alvaro Fuertes (Deza-Box 77 Racing Team) completed the top ten, in readiness for Race One on Saturday 30 May.
2026 Spanish WorldSBK Results—Friday WorldSBP
| 1 | David Salvador | (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) | 1’59.433s |
| 2 | Matteo Vannucci | (Revo-M2) | +0.523s |
| 3 | Bruno Ieraci | (CM Triumph Factory Racing) | +0.599s |
| 4 | Fenton Seabright | (PHR Performance Triumph) | +0.655s |
| 5 | Jeffrey Buis | (Track & Trades Wixx Racing) | +0.737s |
