07:08
Tomorrow's final day𝔉 of WorldSBK pre-season testing will see the Superbike riders on track fro🍃m 9:10-11:10am and then 1:40-3:40pm.
Jonathan Rea's crashed Yamaha, 2025 Phillip Island WorldSBK Test
2025 Official Phillip Island WorldSBK Test - Day 1 as it happened
Recap Monday’s opening day of the 2025 Official Phillip Island WorldSBK test.
Ahead of next weꦓekend’s 2025 Phillip Island WorldSBK season opener, two days of official testing are being held at the challenging Au🥂stralian racetrack.
The track schedule for the test is as follows;
Monday (17th February)
09:10-11:00 – WorldSSP Free Practice 1
11:10-13:10 – WorldSBK Free Practice 1
13:40-15:30 – WorldSSP Free Practice 2
15:40-17:40 – WorldSBK Free Practice 2
Tuesday (18th February)
09:10-11:10 – WorldSBK Free Practice 1
11:20-13:10 – WorldSSP Free Practice 1
13:40-15:40 – WorldSBK Free Practice 2
15:50-17:40 – WorldSSP Free Practice 2
17 Feb 2025
07:17
UPDATE: Jonathan Rea haไs been ruled out of the opening round of the 2025 WorldSBK season after his Monday morning accident at Phillip Island.
07:07
The session ends with Nicolo Bulega fastest from fellow Ducati rider Andrea Iannone, with Toprak Razgatlioglu making up for lost ꧑♉time with third.
Jonathan Rea did🔴n't return to action after this morning's heavy Turn 2 accident and we await an official update on his condition.
07:05
Int🔯o the final minute of Monday's testing and Ryan Vickers turns heads, again, by snatching 7th place!
06:55
Top six: Bulega, +0.438s Iannone, +0.606s Razgatlioglu, +0.947s Petrucci, +🌠1.118s A.Lowes, +1.121s Locatelli.
06:53
That proves to be just a warm-up.
Bulega then deli♐vers a clean sweep of four new fastest sectors to set a 1m 28.765s.
He's𓄧 now just a few tenths from his own officiaꦿl race lap record.
06:52
But Bulega is back out and sets new fastest sectors in splits♈ 2, 3🐻 and 4 to clock the first 1m 28s lap of the week.
The Ducati star is now 0.284s ahead of Iannone.
06:49
Into the final 20 minutes of the day and Andrea Iannone -﷽ a MotoGP podium finisher at Phillip Island with Ducati and Suzuki, then third on his World𒐪SBK debut last year - has closed Bulega's advantage down to just 0.131s.
06:22
Xavi Vierge moves into 7th and is now two places ahead of the t♛op Yamaha (Andrea Locatel♉li).
06:20
Alex Lowes joins Razgatlioglu in breaking up the Ducati pack at thꩲe front by 🍬taking over 5th, between Petrucci and Bautista.
06:14
Razgatlioglu is now Bulega's closest riva🦄l, albeit half-a-second from the Ducati rider. Andrea Iannone slots into third.
Toprak is the only non-Ducati in the top five.
06:12
The weather at Phillip Island is a partly cloudy 18 degrees, but Saturday of the upcoming race weekend is forecast 🥂to see te♑mperatures rocket to 30 degrees.
As last year, the 🎀2025 races will feature a co🧔mpulsory pit stop due to concerns over tyre wear.
06:06
Ryan Vickers and And🅘rea Iannone improve to 7th and 8th🐼.
06:05
Session 2 classification with one hour to go:
1. Nicolo Bulega (Ducati) 1m 29.132s
2. Alvaro Bautista
3. Danilo Petrucci
4. Toprak Razgatlioglu (top BMW)
5. Alex Lowes (top Bimota)
6. Garrett Gerloff (top Kawasaki)
7. Axel Bassani
8. Andrea Locatelli (top Yamaha)
9. Ryan Vickers
10. Sam Lowes
11. Scott Redding
12. Michael van der Mark
13. Xavi Vierge (top Honda)
14. Andrea Iannone
15. Remy Gardner
16. Tito Rabat
17. Yari Montella
18. Tarran Mackenzie
19. Dominique Aegerter
20. Iker Lecuona
21. Bahattin Sofuoglu
22. Zaqhwan Zaidi (no time)
23. Jonathan Rea (no time)
06:00
Meanwhile, 2024 race winner Bulega sets four fastest sectors to deliver a 1m 29.132s.෴ That's🍸 the best lap of the day so far and puts him a big 0.790s clear of Ducati team-mate Alvaro Bautista.
05:56
There has been no official word from Rea or Yamaha about any injuries, but the six time champion was ta😼ken to the medical centre for checks after crashing at Turn 2 ﷽(the Southern Loop) late in Session 1.
Jonathan Rea being taken to Medical Centre, 2025 Phillip Island WorldSBK Test
05:54
Half of the session is gone😼 and it looks like Jonathan Rea will be sitting this one out after ౠhis earlier accident.
05:53
A rundown of the leadin🏅g rider from each brand, with 1hr ꦑ15mins to go:
Ducati - Nicolo Bulega - 1st
BMW - Toprak Razgatlioglu - 3rd
Bimota - Alex Lowes - 5th
Kawasaki - Garrett Gerloff - 6th
Honda - Xavi Vierge - 13th
05:50
Razgatlioglu's run co🙈ntinues and he breaks into the 1m 29s and climbs to third place behind only the Ducatis of Nicolo Bulega and Danilo Petrucci.
05:46
Razgatlioglu continues to make up for༒ lost time and is noꦜw up to 5th place, after 14 laps.
05:44
Rookie Ryan Vickers, 14th in Session 1, continues to impress with 11th in Session 2. H♎e's just over one-second from Bul🐓ega.
05:34
There are now three Ducatis in the 1m 29s: Bulega, Petrucci and Bautista🃏.
Bimota team-mates Alex Lowes and Axel Bassan𒁏i follow, then the top Yamaha of Andrea Locatelli in sixth.
Garrett Gerloff is top Kawasaki in seventh, with BMW team-mates Michael van der Mark and Toprak Razgatlioglu ninth and tenꦗth.
Xavi Vierge is the lead Honda in 12th.
Jonathan Rea has not been on✨ track, with 1h🐠r 30min to go on day one.
05:26
Bulega improves to a 1m 29.609s, (hiꦓs Session 1 best was 1m 29.454s) while Barni's Danilo Petrucci joins him in breaking the '30s mark this afternoon,
05:23
Bulega continues to up th🌜e pace and is first into the 1m 29s this afternoon.
