2026 Dutch WorldSBK, Friday Practice Results: Nicolo Bulega leads Ducati 1-2-3

Results from the FP2 session at the 2026 Dutch WorldSBK at Assen, round three of the 2026 season.

Nicolo Bulega swept Friday for the second time in 2026 at Assen, finishing both FP1 and FP2 as the fastest rider. In FP1 he was the only rider to lap in the 1m33s, and this was true for much of FP2 as well.

However, in the end, Lorenzo Baldassarri was able to get under the 1m34s barrier.

Iker Lecuona was just outside the 1m33s in FP2 but completed a Ducati top-three lockout ahead of BMW's Danilo Petrucci and Yamaha's Xavi Vierge who completed the top-five.

Sam Lowes, Alex Lowes, Alvaro Bautista, Yari Montella, and Alberto Surra completed the top-10 - seven of which were Ducatis.

Full World Superbike results from FP2 in Assen are below.

FP1

Nicolo Bulega was fastest in FP1 in the Netherlands, continuing his excellent start to 2026. He was the only rider to lap in the 1m33s, and was 0.256 seconds clear of the field.

His teammate, Iker Lecuona, was second, as he was for the majority of the weekend in Portimao three weeks ago.

Sam Lowes made it an all-Ducati top-three, and Lorenzo Baldassarri further confirmed the Panigale's strength in FP1 with the fourth-best time, albeit almost 0.6 seconds behind Bulega.

Xavi Vierge wasthe first non-Ducati rider in fifth for Yamaha, then Danilo Petrucci was sixth on the BMW despite a crash with six minutes remaining in the session at the final chicane. Petrucci's teammate, Miguel Oliveira, crahsed about six minutes before at turn 10 in what was a difficult end to the session for BMW. Oliveira was 12th-fastest at the end of the session.

Behind Petrucci, Alvaro Bautista, Alex Lowes, Yari Montella, and Tarran Mackenzie completed the top-10. For Montella, the speed in the first three splits was enough to be in the top-five, perhaps, but he was consistently losing around half-a-second in the final sector.

Full World Superbike results from FP1 in Assen are below.

TT Circuit Assen WorldSBK Lap Records

• All-time lap record: 1m32.596s (Sam Lowes, 2025 Superpole)
• Race lap record: 1m33.581s (Nicolo Bulega, 2025 Race 1)