Razgatlioglu Takes Superpole At Record Pace 

BMW gun sets new Portimão benchmark to secure first pole of 2025 season

Having beaten the previous track best in FP3 in the early morning, Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) went on to improve on that mark in Superpole qualifying, with a 1’39.133. He set that time early on and would ultimately go even faster—with a 1’39.081 that earned his first Superpole win of 2025—but not quite break into the magic 1’38 mark.

Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) was second fastest, 0.245 seconds behind the Turkish star, with Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati) taking the final front row grid spot for Race One.

The blanket BMW/Ducati leading results of the opening day at Portimao were flipped over to some degree when the SCX tyres were used in anger in Superpole, with Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) fourth, Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) fifth, and Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) a very promising sixth.

Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was second for some time but dropped to seventh fastest at the end.
Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) was eighth, Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) ninth, and Australian rider Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) tenth.

Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) was 16th, and the normal lead Bimota rider, Alex Lowes (Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team), was classified 23rd and last. He had an early crash in Superpole and had his lone fast lap cancelled, as it was set under a yellow flag.

WorldSBK Portimao Superpole