The bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team topped the timesheets in Free Practice One, with Alex Lowes as the fastest rider at his home circuit.
It was Alex Lowes who started the United Kingdom World Superbike Round at the top of the timesheets; the Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team rider had a 0.001-second advantage over the field.
Nicolo Bulega was the closest to the British rider in Free Practice One as he put the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati in second place on the timesheets.
Toprak Razgatlioglu was only 0.048 seconds behind Lowes at the end of the opening session of the weekend for the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team.
Danilo Petrucci started off a run of six Ducati riders on the timesheets. The Italian rider ended the morning session in fourth place on the Barni Spark Racing Team machine.
Andrea Iannone had a positive morning as he finished in fifth place on the Team Pata GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4 R.
Just missing out on the top five in Free Practice One was British rider, Sam Lowes, the ELF Marc VDS Racing Team rider started his weekend in sixth place.
Fresh off the back of signing his new deal with the Barni Spark Racing Team for 2026, Yari Montella had a positive morning at Donington Park as he finished in seventh place.
British riders Ryan Vickers and Scott Redding both put together positive mornings on their Ducati Panigale V4 R’s as they finished in eighth and ninth places.
Completing the top ten was the Kawasaki WorldSBK Team rider, Garrett Gerloff. The American rider seems to have had a breakthrough with the ZX-10RR in recent weeks.
Two British riders missed out on the top ten on Friday morning, with Jonathan Rea ending up in 11th and Tommy Bridewell starting his wildcard weekend in 21st.
United Kingdom WorldSBK, Full Free Practice One Results |