The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship’s 2025 campaign resumes this week in Portugal with the Pirelli Portuguese Round. Action starts on Friday at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve at 09:40 (Local Time, UTC+0) with WorldSSP FP, followed by WorldSBK FP1 at 10:35. WorldSSP300 FP is at 11:35. Heading into the afternoon, WorldSSP and WorldSSP300 Tissot Superpole sessions begin at 13:55 and 16:00 respectively, with WorldSBK FP2 sandwiched between them at 15:00. On Saturday, WorldSBK FP3 starts at 09:00 before Warm Up sessions for WorldSSP and WorldSSP300. It’s then back to World Superbike machinery for Superpole at 11:00 before racing starts: WorldSSP Race 1 at 12:35, WorldSBK Race 1 at 14:00 and WorldSSP300 Race 1 at 15:15. On Sunday, the clocks change in Portugal, with action kicking off at 09:00 Local Time (UTC+1) with WorldSBK Warm Up followed by WorldSSP and WorldSSP300 Warm Up sessions. At 11:00, it’s the WorldSBK Tissot Superpole Race, before WorldSSP Race 2 at 12:35. WorldSBK Race 2 is at 14:00 before WorldSSP300 Race 2 concludes the weekend’s running at 15:15.
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Friday, 28th March (all times Local Time, UTC+0)
09:00-09:25 – R3 BLU CRU World Cup Free Practice
09:40-10:20 – WorldSSP Free Practice
10:35-11:20 – WorldSBK Free Practice 1
11:35-12:00 – WorldSSP300 Free Practice
13:15-13:40 – R3 BLU CRU World Cup Superpole
13:55-14:35 – WorldSSP Superpole
15:00-15:45 – WorldSBK Free Practice 2
16:00-16:25 – WorldSSP300 Superpole
Saturday, 29th March
09:00-09:20 – WorldSBK FP3
09:30-09:40 – WorldSSP Warm Up
09:50-10:00 – WorldSSP300 Warm Up
10:15 – R3 BLU CRU World Cup race 1 (9 laps)
11:00-11:15 – WorldSBK Superpole
12:35 – WorldSSP Race 1 (17 laps)
14:00 – WorldSBK Race 1 (20 laps)
15:15 – WorldSSP300 Race 1 (11 laps)
Sunday, 30th March (all times Local Time, UTC+1)
09:00-09:10 – WorldSBK Warm Up
09:20-09:30 – WorldSSP Warm Up
09:40-09:50 – WorldSSP300 Warm Up
10:05 – R3 BLU CRU World Cup race 2 (9 laps)
11:00 – WorldSBK Superpole Race (10 laps)
12:35 – WorldSSP Race 2 (17 laps)
14:00 – WorldSBK Race 2 (20 laps)
15:15 – WorldSSP300 Race 2 (11 laps)