07:08
Tomorrow's final day of WorldSBK pre-season t♊esting will see the Superbike riders on track from 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 weekend’s 2025 Phillip Island WorldSBK season opener,♊ two days of official testing are being held at the challenging Australian 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: J💫onathan Rea has been ruled out of the opening round of the 2025 WorldSBK season after his Monday morning accident at Phillip Isl🎀and.
07:07
The session ends with Nicolo Bulega fastest from fellow Ducati rider Andrea Iannone, with Toprak Ra♌zgatlioglu making up for lost t▨ime with third.
Jonathan Rea didn't return to action after this m🧜orn🎐ing's heavy Turn 2 accident and we await an official update on his condition.
07:05
Into the final minute of Monday's testing and Ryan Vickers turns heads, again, by snatching 7th 🎉plac🌺e!
06:55
Top six: Bulega, +0.438s Iannone, +0.606s Razga🐻tlioglu, +0.947s Petrucci, +1.118s A.Lowes, +1.121s Locatel💙li.
06:53
That proves to be just a warm-up.
Bulega then delivers a 🌳clean sweep of four new fastest s🦄ectors to set a 1m 28.765s.
He's now ꦜjust a few tenths from hi♏s own official race lap record.
06:52
But Bulega is back out and sets new fastest sectors in sp🎉lits 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 WorldSBK debut last y🍬ear - 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 top Ya🦩maha (Andrea Locatelli).
06:20
Alex Lowes joins♓ Razgatlioglu in breaking up the Ducati pack at the front by taking over 5th, between Petrucci and Bautista.
06:14
Razgatlioglu is now Bulega's closest rival, albeit half-a-second from the Ducati rider. Andrea Ian💃none 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 temperatures rocket to 30 degrees.
As last year, the 2025 races will feature a compu💮lsory pit stop due to concerns over tyre wear.
06:06
Rya🌠n Vickers and Andrea 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 winnerℱ 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 taken 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 sess꧋ion is gone and it looks like Jonathan Rea will be sitting th✨is one out after his earlier accident.
05:53
A rundown♍ of the leading rider from each brand, with 1hr 15mins 𓄧to 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 continues and he breaks ꧒into 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 now up😼 to 5th place, after 14 laps.
05:44
Rookie Ryan Vickers, 14th in Session 1, continues to impress with 11th in Session 2. He's just over one-🎶second from Bulega.
05:34
There are now three Ducatis in the 1m 29s: Bulega, Petrucci and Ba🍒utista.
Bimota team-꧑mates Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani follow, ꦡ;then the top Yamaha of Andrea Locatelli in sixth.
Garrett Gerloff is top Kawasaki in seventh, with BMW team-mates Michael van deꦬr Mark and Toprak Razg❀atlioglu ninth and tenth.
Xavi Vierge is the lead Honda in 12th.
Jonathan Rea has not been on track, with 1hr 3🙈0min to go on 🌳day one.
05:26
Bulega improves to a 1m 29.609s, (his 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 the pace and is first into t൲he 1m 29s this afternoon𓂃.
