P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Live covered from the Superpole session at the Australian WorldSBK at Phillip Island.
The Superpole session for the 2026 Australian WorldSBK is scheduled to commence at 13:00 local time, with Race 1 set to follow at 16:00 local time later today. Nicolo Bulega has been dominant throughout the weekend, topping all sessions and setting the fastest lap of the weekend at 1m28.273s in FP3, holding the lap record from 2024 at 1m27.916s. Sam Lowes has been the closest competitor to Bulega, trailing by 0.30 seconds in the morning session. Notably, Axel Bassani and Alex Lowes have shown strong performances for Bimota, along with Garrett Gerloff for Kawasaki and Iker Lecuona for Ducati, all within half-a-second of Bulega in FP3. The 21-rider field includes wildcard Ryan Vickers for HRC, while Jake Dixon is absent due to a wrist injury sustained earlier in the week, undergoing surgery recently.
