WorldSBK Race Two
Another race in WorldSBK, another race win for Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati)
He has now extended his own consecutive wins record to 21 for the season, and 25 from his four wins at the end of last season.
Iker Lecuona (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) was a well-beaten second – again.
It looked like there would be a non-Ducati podium finisher for a change when the confident figure of Axel Bassani (Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was keeping Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) back in fourth place.
Bassani would crash out, however, letting Montella have a clear path to his third podium at his home round.
Fourth place was taken by Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team), with a great ride from Tarran Mackenzie (MGM Optical Express Racing) taking him to fifth place.
Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing Ducati) was sixth, with Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) holding off the determined push Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) to take seventh.
Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was ninth and Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) tenth.
Miguel Oliveira (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) retired from the final Misano race.
In the championship standings, Bulega has a dead-on perfect total of 434, with Lecuona on 313, Montella on 170, and Alex Lowes on 148.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Race Two
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | |
| 2 | Iker Lecuona | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +5.101s |
| 3 | Yari Montella | (Barni Spark Racing Team) | +14.016s |
| 4 | Alex Lowes | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +15.959s |
| 5 | Tarran Mackenzie | (MGM Optical Express Racing) | +18.733s |
WorldSSP Race Two
Championship leader Albert Arenas (AS Racing Yamaha) put in a decisive winning performance at Misano to lead by almost two seconds on the final lap, and stretch his championship advantage even more.
Tom Booth-Amos (Triumph Factory Racing) made good use of a strong third place starting position to take second place, heading up former WorldSSP300 champion Aldi Satya Mahendra (AS Racing Yamaha), who secured his second top three result of 2026.
Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing Verdnatura) made a recovery from a tough recent time to take fourth place, albeit finishing five seconds behind Arenas.
A truly strong recovery ride from 19th place on the grid from Jeremy Alcoba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) put him fifth, at the head of a three rider final lap fight.
Mattia Casadei (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) was sixth and Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing Ducati) seventh.
Filippo Farioli (VFT Racing Team Yamaha) placed eighth and in a surprise downturn of form, pole man in the second race, Valentin Debise (ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) finished ninth. He had been eighth but lost a place after a track limits penalty was applied.
Can Öncü (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) took tenth place.
In the championship points, Arenas is 56 ahead of Debise, 251-195, with Masia on 179 and Öncü on 159.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—WorldSSP Race Two
| 1 | Albert Arenas | (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) | |
| 2 | Tom Booth-Amos | (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) | +1.976 |
| 3 | Aldi Mahendra | (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) | +3.160s |
| 4 | Jaume Masia | (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) | +5.167s |
| 5 | Jeremy Alcoba | (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) | +8.513s |
WorldSPB Race Two
The weather and the racing were red hot for the second Misano WorldSPB class race, which was finally won – with a margin of just 0.039 seconds – by championship leader, David Salvador (ProDina Kawasaki).
Carter Thompson (Team BrCorse Yamaha), riding the full 2026-spec R7 Yamaha for the first time this year, was a close second, doubling his podium tally for the Misano weekend.
Third place was taken by Fenton Seabright (PHR Performance Triumph), delivering a Kawasaki-Yamaha-Triumph podium. Antonio Torres (ProDina Kawasaki) was fourth, a little back from the podium three, with a warring clan of six riders close behind him.
Saturday race podium finisher, Filippo Bianchi (Team MMP Velocita Aprilia), was fifth in Race Two. Xavi Artigas (MTM Kawasaki) got into sixth place, Jeffrey Buis (Track & Trades Wixx Racing Suzuki) was seventh, Matteo Vannucci (Revo-M2 Aprilia) eighth, Marco Gaggi (Team BrCorse Yamaha) ninth and José Osuna (Deza-Box 77 Racing Team) tenth.
In the championship, Salvador has 164 points, Torres 130 and Artigas 129.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—WorldSPB Race Two
| 1 | David Salvador | (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) | |
| 2 | Carter Thompson | (Team BrCorse) | +0.039s |
| 3 | Fenton Seabright | (PHR Performance Triumph) | +0.148s |
| 4 | Antonio Torres | (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) | +0.772s |
| 5 | Filippo Bianchi | (Team MMP Velocita) | +0.942s |
WorldWCR Race Two
Maria Herrera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR) was a second race winner at Misano, once again making a late manoeuvre to ensure that she could lead Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) across the line by 0.075 seconds. Herrera has now won five of the 2026 WorldWCR races.
Muklada Sarapuech (EEST NJT Racing Team) was third, heading up a six rider fight for the last podium place.
Sarapuech was just ahead of Roberta Ponziani (Klint Racing Team), Paola Ramos (Klint Racing Team), Yvonne Cerpa (MotosCerpa-Gradara Corse), Sara Sanchez (Hadden Racing Team) and Natalia Rivera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha).
Josephine Bruno (Team Trasimeno) and Chloe Jones (Monster Energy Crescent)
Completed the top ten. Tayla Relph (Full Throttle Racing) was an early faller, while Mallory Dobbs (YVS Sabadell Diva Racing) finished 20th.
In the championship points, Herrera has 181, Neila has 157 and Ramos 97.
Next round is at Donington Park, between 10-12 July.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—WorldWCR Race Two
| 1 | Maria Herrera | (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR) | |
| 2 | Beatriz Neila | (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) | +0.075s |
| 3 | Muklada Sarapuech | (EEST NJT Racing Team) | +13.072s |
| 4 | Roberta Ponziani | (Klint Racing Team) | +13.223s |
| 5 | Paola Ramos | (Klint Racing Team) | +13.427s |
WorldSBK Superpole Race
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) once more put in a perfect display to win the ten-lap Superpole Race at Misano, beating his team-mate Iker Lecuona (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) by 1.133 seconds. Bulega has won 20 straight WorldSBK races this year, and 24 in succession stretching back into 2025.
He – of course – set a new Misano lap record of 1’31.945 on lap four.
In a repeat of the Misano Race One podium, Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) was third.
Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was fourth – again, just like Race One – but he did not have to pass Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing Ducati) near the end as Surra ran wide and Bassani slipped by.
Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven Ducati) was finally fifth, finishing just ahead of the impressive returnee from injury, Miguel Oliveira (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) in sixth.
Sura was penalised for failing to drop one position and was given the equivalent of a long lap time, making him seventh overall.
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) won a close fight for eighth with privateer Tarran Mackenzie (MGM Optical Express Racing), as Stefano Manzi (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) took the last spot inside the top ten.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Superpole Race
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | |
| 2 | Iker Lecuona | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +1.133s |
| 3 | Yari Montella | (Barni Spark Racing Team) | +7.422s |
| 4 | Axel Bassani | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +11.940s |
| 5 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | (Team GoEleven) | +13.754s |
WorldSBK Race One
Sporting a special home round paint job on his crash helmet Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) eased away to secure yet another WorldSBK race win, beating his own team-mate Iker Lecuona (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) by over six seconds.
Bulega set a new lap record, on lap five, of 1’32.552.
Third place was taken by local rider Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team), who was 13 seconds from the win.
The first non-Ducati rider home proved to be another local with a home-town helmet paint job, Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team).
Bassani overtook his team-mate Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team), with the English rider finishing 20 seconds back from Bulega’s race time.
Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing Ducati) ended up sixth, with the top Yamaha rider being another local battler, Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) in seventh position.
A strong performance from the still-recovering Miguel Oliveira (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) saw him in eighth place, with Alvaro Bautista (Barni Spark Racing Team) ninth and Stefano Manzi (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) tenth.
Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) crashed out, but from the very back of the grid after his Superpole misfortune, Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) placed 14th.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Race One
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | |
| 2 | Iker Lecuona | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +6.117s |
| 3 | Yari Montella | (Barni Spark Racing Team) | +13.823s |
| 4 | Axel Bassani | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +17.626s |
| 5 | Alex Lowes | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +20.746s |
WorldSSP Race One
Valentin Debise (ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) took his sixth win of the season on the new 820RR after a last corner sparring session with championship leader, Albert Arenas (AS Racing Yamaha).
They were both over five seconds ahead of pole man Can Öncü (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing), who had his hands full at the end just to hold off the push of Tom Booth-Amos (Triumph Factory Racing).
Proven race winner earlier this year, Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) placed fifth in his first home race.
Ducati riders Mattia Casadei (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) and Oli Bayliss (Triumph Factory Racing) finished sixth and seventh, locked in the final lap personal battle.
Simon Jespersen (EAB Racing Team) in eighth place and Federico Caricasulo (ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing) in ninth place formed yet another rider-to-rider battling duo over the finish line
Roberto Garcia (GMT94-YAMAHA) rounded out the top ten. Championship challenger Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing Verdnatura) crashed approaching the finish line and no-scored.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—WorldSSP Race One
| 1 | Valentin Debise | (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory) | |
| 2 | Albert Arenas | (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) | +0.107s |
| 3 | Can Oncu | (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) | +5.049s |
| 4 | Tom Booth-Amos | (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) | +5.934s |
| 5 | Alessandro Zaccone | (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) | +7.607s |
WorldWCR Race One
Maria Herrera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR) made a well-timed pass on last lap race leader Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) to take the first WorldWCR race win of the Misano weekend, albeit by a narrow margin of just 0.125 seconds.
Mallory Dobbs (YVS Sabadell Diva Racing) was an early faller, but closer to the front there was real drama just before half race distance. A collision between Josephine Bruno (Team Trasimeno) and Paola Ramos (Klint Racing Team) caused both riders to exit the race, leaving a clear leading three to fight for the final podium places.
Muklada Sarapuech (EEST NJT Racing Team) was originally third after potential podium rider Karolina Danak (Prata Motorsport Yamaha) almost lost the front on the final corner, but Sarapuech was finally relegated to seventh for overtaking under a yellow flag.
Chloe Jones (Monster Energy Crescent) ended up third, albeit 21 seconds behind Herrera. She led home Yvonne Cerpa (MotosCerpa-Gradara Corse), Danak and Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) in a four rider chasing pack.
With Sarapuech in seventh, Sara Sanchez (Hadden Racing Team), Tayla Relph (Full Throttle Racing) and Emily Bondi (FT Racing Academy) rounded out the top ten.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—WorldWCR Race One
| 1 | Maria Herrera | (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR) | |
| 2 | Beatriz Neila | (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) | +0.125s |
| 3 | Chloe Jones | (Monster Energy Crescent Yamaha) | +21.753s |
| 4 | Yvonne Cerpa | (MotosCerpa-Gradara Corse) | +21.761s |
| 5 | Karolina Danak | (Prata Motor Sport) | +22.984s |
WorldSPB Race One
A typically close WorldSPB opening race at Misano was a tough affair for all, but in the final analysis it was the locals who shone brightest. But it was a British machine that took Bruno Ieraci (CM Triumph Factory Racing) to his first win – and Triumph’s first in this new category of World Championship racing.
Triumph became the fourth manufacturer to win in this class. Joining Kawasaki, Suzuki and Aprilia. Filippo Bianchi (Team MMP Velocita Aprilia) was second, on the first Aprilia home.
Carter Thompson (Team BrCorse Yamaha) is now getting enough out of the Yamaha R7 to join the podium party again, taking third place in Misano Race One.
Off podium, Fenton Seabright (PHR Performance Triumph), was originally fourth but ended up sixth, after running wide on the final lap. After penalties were handed out, two Kawasaki riders – David Salvador (ProDina Kawasaki) and Antonio Torres (ProDina Kawasaki) – ended up fourth and fifth places, respectively.
With Xavi Artigas (MTM Kawasaki) seventh, he took another Ninja ZX-6R 636 into the top ten.
Elia Bartolini (CM Triumph Factory Racing) was (a penalised) eighth and the leading Suzuki of Jeffrey Buis (Track & Trades Wixx Racing Suzuki) finished in ninth.
Behind that nine-rider leading group, Thomas Benetti (MMR Aprilia) completed the Race One top ten.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—WorldSPB Race One
| 1 | Bruno Ieraci | (CM Triumph Factory Racing) | |
| 2 | Filippo Bianchi | (Team MMP Velocita) | +0.555s |
| 3 | Carter Thompson | (Team BrCorse) | +0.632s |
| 4 | David Salvador | (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) | +1.163s |
| 5 | Antonio Torres | (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) | +1.257s |
WorldSBK Superpole
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) set a new track best of 1’31.343 to secure his seventh Superpole ‘win’ in succession. His team-mate Iker Lecuona (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) also broke the old track best pace, but was 0.227 seconds from Bulega.
Late in the session Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) jumped up to third, splitting the usual leading Ducati phalanx at bimota’s home round.
An all-Ducati Race One second row featured Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team), Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven Ducati) and Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing Ducati).
The second bimota of Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was seventh, ahead of the first R1 of Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha), in eighth place.
The top ten was rounded out by late starter (and eventually faller) Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates Ducati), and another faller within the session, Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati).
In his comeback weekend, Miguel Oliveira (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team), placed 11th, and top BMW rider, but Kawasaki’s lone representative, Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) crashed before setting a lap in Superpole.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—WorldSBK Superpole
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (it Racing – Ducati) | 1:31.343s |
| 2 | Iker Lecuona | (it Racing – Ducati) | +0.227s |
| 3 | Alex Lowes | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +0.657s |
| 4 | Yari Montella | (Barni Spark Racing Team) | +0.710s |
| 5 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | (Team GoEleven) | +0.875s |
Friday WorldSBK
In front of a Ducati home crowd and some factory top brass Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) and Iker Lecuona (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) led home the First day field in the combined timesheets.
Next best rider, in third place, was Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) with Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) fourth overall.
The first rider to split the Ducati hordes was local runner, Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) in fifth place – but behind him there was another V4-R ridden by Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing Ducati).
Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was seventh, ahead of Lorenzo Baldassarri (Team GoEleven Ducati) and Tarran Mackenzie (MGM Optical Express Racing). Xavi Vierge (Pata Maxus Yamaha).
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—Friday WorldSBK
| 1 | Nicolo Bulega | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | 1:32.235s |
| 2 | Iker Lecuona | (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) | +0.166s |
| 3 | Yari Montella | (Barni Spark Racing Team) | +0.576s |
| 4 | Sam Lowes | (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) | +0.669s |
| 5 | Axel Bassani | (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) | +0.768s |
Friday WorldSSP
Can Öncü (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) and championship leader Albert Arenas (AS Racing Yamaha) comprised a Yamaha 1-2 on top of the Superpole qualifying rankings, with both R9 riders stalked closely by Valentin Debise (ZXMOTO Factory Evan Bros Racing).
Philipp Öttl GER (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team Ducati) was top Ducati rider, in fourth place, with Matteo Ferrari (WRP Racing Ducati) fifth and recent race winner, Alessandro Zaccone (Ecosantagata Althea Racing Team) in sixth.
The third row of the Race One grid will be led away by Tom Booth-Amos (Triumph Factory Racing), with his team-mate Oli Bayliss (Triumph Factory Racing) eighth. Two more Ducati’s closed out the top ten, with Mattia Casadei (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) ninth and Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing Verdnatura) tenth.
The top ten riders were covered by just 0.414 seconds.
A red flag incident, with over two minutes left to run, saw the session stopped – but then restarted, to allow all the riders another chance at setting one fast lap.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—Friday WorldSSP
| 1 | Can Oncu | (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) | 1:36.755s |
| 2 | Albert Arenas | (AS BLU CRU Racing Team) | +0.100s |
| 3 | Valentin Debise | (EASTROC ZXMOTO Evan Bros Factory) | +0.114s |
| 4 | Philipp Oettl | (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) | +0.267s |
| 5 | Matteo Ferrari | (WRP Racing) | +0.294s |
Friday WorldSBP
David Salvador (ProDina Kawasaki) secured his third successive Superpole win to take the best starting position for Race One at Misano. Filippo Bianchi (Team MMP Velocita) was second but also suffered a fast crash, although later declared fit to continue.
Matteo Vannucci (Revo-M2 Aprilia) was third, taking the last spot on the Race One front row.
Carter Thompson (Team BrCorse Yamaha) was top Yamaha rider, in fourth place, with Bruno Ieraci (CM Triumph Factory Racing) the best Triumph competitor on Friday, in fifth.
Jeffrey Buis (Track and Trades Wixx Racing Suzuki) placed sixth, making it five different manufacturers inside the top six places.
Elia Bartolini (CM Triumph Factory Racing) was seventh, Antonio Torres (ProDina Kawasaki) eighth, Fenton Seabright (PHR Performance Triumph) ninth and Jose Asuna (Deza-Box 77 Racing Team) tenth.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—Friday WorldSBP
| 1 | David Salvador | (Team ProDina Kawasaki XCI) | 1:42.280s |
| 2 | Filippo Bianchi | (Team MMP Velocita) | +0.137s |
| 3 | Matteo Vannucci | (Revo-M2) | +0.380s |
| 4 | Carter Thompson | (Team BrCorse) | +0.433s |
| 5 | Bruno Ieraci | (CM Triumph Factory Racing) | +0.478s |
Friday WorldWCR
Paola Ramos (Klint Racing Team) held off the push of Maria Herrera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR to record the best Superpole Qualifying time at Misano. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) added her presence to the front row of the grid, as she went just a fraction slower than Herrera.
Local rider Roberta Ponziani (Klint Racing Team) was fourth, while new rider at Misano, Josephine Bruno (Team Trasimeno) placed fifth. Karolina Danak (Prata Motorsport Yamaha) was sixth and Yvonne Cerpa (MotosCerpa-Gradara Corse) seventh.
Muklada Sarapuech (EEST NJT Racing) was eighth, Chloe Jones (Monster Energy Crescent) ninth and Justine Pedemonte (GMT94) tenth.
2026 Misano WorldSBK Results—Friday WorldWCR
| 1 | Paola Ramos | (Klint Racing Team) | 1:47.718s |
| 2 | Maria Herrera | (Terra&Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR) | +0.289s |
| 3 | Beatriz Neila | (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) | +0.327s |
| 4 | Roberta Ponziani | (Klint Racing Team) | +0.423s |
| 5 | Joy Bruno | (Team Trasimeno) | +0.441s |
