2026 Portuguese WorldSBK: Nicolo Bulega dominates as Oliveira takes first podium
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Miguel Oliveira secured his first podium finish in the Superbike World Championship, finishing the first of two races this weekend in the Algarve in third place. Oliveira, who started from fourth position, crossed the finish line 4.815 seconds behind the winner, Italian Nicolò Bulega (Ducati), who scored his fourth victory of the season, with Spaniard Iker Lecuona (Ducati) in second place, 2.522 seconds behind the winner. This is the Portuguese…
WorldSBK: Bulega delivers the victory as Oliveira claims home podium
WorldSBK: The Portuguese fans came out in force at Portimao and were rewarded with a podium for the home hero Miguel Oliveira. The ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team rider claimed his first career WorldSBK podium behind the Aruba.it Ducati duo of Nicolo Bulega and Iker Lecuona. Race 1 Highlights Starting from pole position Bulega delivered a fourth victory of the season to continue his perfect start to 2026. The Italian rider led every lap and set…
The Portuguese pilot Miguel Oliveira (BMW) considered today "special" the winner of his first career in the World Superbikes because he was "home", in the Algarve Autodrome, in Portimão.
BMW Portuguo S pilot was ranked 3rd in Algarve. The second run of the weekend is this Sunday.
Nicolo Bulega convincingly won Race 1 of the WorldSBK at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve on Saturday afternoon. During the first race of the Pirelli Portuguese Round, the Italian led from start to finish and crossed the line as the winner after 20 laps with a lead of 2.522 seconds over Iker Lecuona. […] The post Nicolo Bulega dominates Race 1 in Portimão and wins – podium for Oliveira appeared first on Racesport.nl.
Results from Race 1 at the Portuguese WorldSBK at Portimao, round two of the 2026 season. Nicolo Bulega took his fourth race win of the season in Race 1 at Portimao, beating his teammate Iker Lecuona by 2.5 seconds. Yari Montella was second early on, but crashed at turn 14 on lap five, promoting Lecuona to second and Miguel Oliveira to third, the Portuguese taking his first podium finish in WorldSBK. Alex Lowes was fourth ahead of Sam Lowes in f…
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