The Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (BMW) finished in 11th Superpole of the Superbikes World Cup in Jerez, losing 15,714 seconds to the winner, Nicolo Bulega (Ducati).
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18/10/2026
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O portuguese Miguel Oliveira (BMW) finished today in 11th race Superpole of the last round of the World Superbikes in Jerez de la Frontera, won by Italian Nicolo Bulega (Ducati), who set new records.
Oliveira performed the 10 laps to 15,714 seconds of the winner, after leaving the 13th position, staying out of the pointsable places, reserved for the first nine in this short race.
Portuguese finished as part of the group that discussed eighth place, won by Italian Alberto Surra (Ducati), ahead of Spanish Xavi Vierge (Yamaha) and British Tommy Bridewell (Ducati).
Oliveira crossed the goal at 0.266 seconds from Bridewell and 0.675 from Surra.
In front, Bulega completed the race in 16.21,253 minutes, beating the Spanish teammate Iker Lecuona for 0.797 seconds and the British Sam Lowes (Ducati) for 4,740.
The Italian, already world champion, won the 31st win in the 35 races of this season and the 51st in the Superbikes World Cup, becoming the triumph of Australian Troy Bayliss.
Bulega also reached the 35th podium of the season, surpassing the 34th record set by British Jonathan Rea in 2019, and became the first driver to reach 700 points at a time, adding 701.
Ducati's pilot kept the lead in the match, despite Sam Lowes' initial pressure, and commanded all passages through the goal. Lecuona surpassed the British to take second place, which he held until the end.
Bulega also signed a new record back in the race on the Andalusian circuit, with 1.37.196 minutes in the third pass.
The Italian Yari Montella (Ducati) finished fourth, at 8,350 seconds, followed by Alex Lowes (Bimota), fifth, to 9,292, and Bautista, sixth, to 10,038.
The other BMW driver, Italian Danilo Petrucci, was 19th, 23.890 seconds from the winner.
Bulega leads the championship with 701 points, against 543 of Lecuona and 307 of Montella, being the top three seats of the championship already defined.
After abandoning the first race on Saturday, Miguel Oliveira did not score again, keeping the 11th place of the championship, with 136 points. The difference for the Spanish Alvaro Bautista (Ducati), 10th, increased to 18 points, when a race was missing.
The season ends today with the second main race of the Spanish round, scheduled for 2:30 in Lisbon.