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ROUND 11 / OCTOBER 10-12, 2025 CIRCUITO ESTORIL / ALCABIDECHE, PORTUGAL ROAD RACE I FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P70 WorldSBK Superpole (Top 10) 1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) 15:57.401 2. Nicolo Bulega (Duc) +0.545 3. Alvaro Bautista (Duc) +8.942 4. Andrea Locatelli (Yam) +10.060 5. Andrea Iannone (Duc) +10.122 6. Remy Gardner (Yam) +10.936 7. Xavi Vierge (Hon) +11.747 8. Axel Bassani (bim) +12.762 9. Michael van der Mark (BMW) +14.875 10. Iker Lecuona (Hon) +15.904 WorldSBK Race Two (Top 10) 1. Nicolo Bulega (Duc) 33:40.088 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) +4.868 3. Alvaro Bautista (Duc) +15.331 4. Alex Lowes (bim) +17.333 5. Andrea Locatelli (Yam) +20.567 6. Xavi Vierge (Hon) +22.205 7. Remy Gardner (Yam) +23.634 8. Axel Bassani (bim) +24.480 9. Jonathan Rea (Yam) +26.080 10. Michael van der Mark (BMW) +29.579 the Yamaha has had. And how well it has survived losing 800 rpm from its peak revs, which began at the previous round in Motorland Aragon. With Manzi the champion the first time out on the new R9, and Oncu a guaranteed second, the big battle now is between Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Fac - tory Racing) and Jaume Masia (Orelac Racing VerdNatura Ducati) for third. The points read Manzi on 425, Oncu on 343, with Amos on 233, six points up on Masia. CN WorldSBK Race One (Top 10) 1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (BMW) 32:07.301 2. Nicolo Bulega (Duc) +1.948 3. Alvaro Bautista (Duc) +14.729 4. Andrea Locatelli (Yam) +16.563 5. Alex Lowes (bim) +17.044 6. Jonathan Rea (Yam) +18.575 7. Xavi Vierge (Hon) +19.146 8. Andrea Iannone (Duc) +19.614 9. Remy Gardner (Yam) +21.862 10. Garrett Gerloff (Kaw) +29.025 As the rider himself said, after donning the now obligatory gold leathers on the slow-down lap, "After two years in a row of fin- ishing in second place, winning it is amazing. This is a lifetime goal. When you start riding when you're young, you dream about it. To achieve it is amazing. It's very special to win on the R9. Normal - ly, it's difficult with a brand-new bike in the first year to win the Manufacturers' and the riders' titles, so it's amazing to do it." Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team Ducati) was second on Sunday, but an unbe - lievable result for Jeremy Alco- ba (Kawasaki WorldSSP Team) saw him take the revamped- for-2025 Ninja ZX-6R 636 to his and its first-ever podium—and all from a near impossible 25th place on the starting grid. Fourth place was taken by Ro - berto Garcia (GMT94-Yamaha), and Surra was fifth, underlining just how strong a debut season Stefano Manzi (62) had to play second fiddle to Valentin Debise in race one, but the Italian made up for it in race two by taking the win and the 2025 WorldSSP Championship with one round to spare.