04:39
And he has got a f🌜ight on his hands! Toprak Razgatlioglu takes P1 away with a minute to go.
Razgatlioglu, Bautista, 2025 Phillip Island WorldSBK Test
2025 Official Phillip Island WorldSBK Test - Day 2 as it happened
Recap Tuesday’s final day of the 2025 Official Phillip Island WorldSBK test.
The second and final day of the 2025 Philli🌸p Island WorldSBK test takes place today (Tuesday).
Jonathan Rea w𝐆ill not be present after suffering multiple fractures to his left foot on Monday, which will also rule him out of the upcoming Australian race 🧜weekend.
Nicolo Bulega was quickest from fellow Ducati rider Andrea Iannone on day one, with reigning champion Topr༒ak Razgatlioglu recovering to thirdಌ after a big morning highside.
The schedule for today's test is as follows;
Tuesday (18th February)
09:10-11:10 – WorldSBK Free Practice 1
11:20-13:10 – WorldSSP Free Practice 1
13:40-15:40 – WorldSBK Free Practice 2
15:50-17:40 – WorldSSP Free Practice 2
17 Feb 2025
04:41
Bulega does it! With the chequered flag waving he snatches P1 back from Razgatlioglu by 0.1⛦14s to complete a perfect sweep of the four Phillip Island test se𓆏ssions.
04:39
2mins to go and Bulega hits the top! 0.163s quicker tha🐻n Iannone. The Aruba rider is fighting to 🔯keep his perfect sweep of the four test sessions.
04:37
Bulega goes third, just 0.1s from the top.
Buꦰt Iannone does even bet꧃ter and goes fastest with a 1m 29.797s.
04:36
Bautista sp💜lits the Lowes brothers in 2nd, with team-mate Bulega up to 10th.
04:35
5m💦ওins to go and test leader Nicolo Bulega finally heads out.
Meanwhile it's a Lowes♊ one-two with Alex now ahead ꧟of Sam.
04:30
Low💙es is now only half-a-second from his best dry time of the test.
04:30
Sam Lowes and Toprak Rꦅazgatlioglu overhaul Redding as the final𒁏 ten minutes of testing begin.
04:25
Topr🀅ak Razgatlioglu also sets his first flying laps o🐼f the afternoon and is into third place.
15mins to go.
04:24
Marc VDS rider Sam Lowes makes it a British one-two by replacing Nagas😼hima in se⛄cond.
04:23
Reddiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚng improves a🌺gain, to a 1m 30.9s and is now two-seconds clear.
04:21
Reddiℱng slices time off in all four sectors and sets a 1m 31.1s, which is only 1.2s off his fastest lap of the test.
04:20
Those lap times look to have prompted others to head out, 𝔍including returning Ducati rider Scott Redding.
Redding blasts straight to the top with a 1m 32.1s, 3sec clear of Montella, and is 𝓰going even quicker on his next lap.
04:16
The track continues to dry and Montella suddenly breaks into the 1m 3🌜8s on slicks. 🌜Nagashima is hot on his heels.
The crossover point between wets and slicks will be v♌aluable information if - or when - rain arrives during the race weekend.
04:11
30mins to go, Dominique Aegerter now completes the top three, behind Pet⛄rucci and Vickers.
04:09
Razgatlioglu's team-mate Michael van der Mark also does a slo✨w lap and then pits.
04:00
Razgat൩lioglu imme﷽diately pits, perhaps just a shakedown lap.
03:57
43mins to go a🅺nd reigning champion T♐oprak Razgatlioglu joins the track for BMW.
03:55
Vickers cuts Petrucci's advantage to 0.235s and remains i♏n second.
03:49
Rookie Vickers🍰 is back out and closing inꦆ on Petrucci's time...
03:40
Classification at the halfwa𓃲y stage, with one hour 🌸to go:
1. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) 1m 43.750s
2. Ryan Vickers (Ducati) +0.689s
3. Alvaro Bautista (Ducati) +0.753s
4. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki) +1.205s
5. Yari Montella (Ducati) +1.370s
6. Remy Gardner (Yamaha) +2.549s
7. Dominique Aegerter (Yamaha) +3.383s
8. Tetsuta𓂃 Nagashima (Honda) +5.627s
03:38
The Barni rider shows he's𓆏 still formidable in the wet by going quickest on only his second lap. Presumably happy, he then pits.
03:37
Vickers pits and Danilo Petrucci heads out. The Ita🧸lian is a MotoGP winner in the wet so let's see what he can do.
