The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship heads to the Circuito Estoril for the penultimate round of the 2026 campaign. The Tissot Estoril Round often provides epic racing and unbelievable drama, so expect this year to be no different. Ahead of the round, we’ve gathered the best stats for you to get set for the upcoming weekend…
52 – Bulega could head to MotoGP tied with Troy Bayliss for WorldSBK wins, which would put him fifth in the all-time list. He would need to win all three races at Estoril and Jerez to achieve this.
45 - Ducati are yet to record a pole position at Estoril. So far, they’ve recorded pole position in at 45 tracks out of 54 they’ve visited in their history. They qualified in 2nd 4 times: 1993, 2021, 2024, 2025.
43 – Bulega has recorded the best podium streak in WorldSBK history, with 43. His nearest rivals are Colin Edwards and Toprak Razgatlioglu, with 25, respectively in 2002 and 2025. He is also on a points streak 43 races long. There is only one longer sequence in history: 48 by Rea from Laguna Seca 2018 to Lusail 2019.
34/35 – Ducati are just one win short of equalling the all-time streak of wins, 35, set by themselves from Valencia Race 1, 2003 to Silverstone Race 1, 2004
30 – At Cremona, Ducati became the first manufacturer with 30 wins in a season, surpassing their total from 2023 (28).
26/27 – With 26 wins this year, Bulega has the second-best season ever. Now he is only one shy of the all-time record of Bautista, set in 2023 (27).
26/30 – The intensity of the Bulega-Iker Lecuona duel is so high this season that they have not only claimed all race wins, but conceded only 4 second places to their rivals: 2 to Yari Montella (Race 1 at Phillip Island; Superpole Race at Donington), 2 to Axel Bassani (Superpole Race and Race 2 at Phillip Island).
22 – Ducati lead for podiums here: 22 to Yamaha’s 14.
20/32 – Ducati are on a streak of 20 consecutive podium lockouts and 35 fastest race laps.
18/19 – In the 19 races run so far at Estoril, 18 different riders stood on the podium.
17 – Bulega has led every lap in 17 races this season. Data for this statistic is available since 1998 and that figure is an all-time record: Bautista led from lights to flag in 11 races in 2019.
16 – Bulega has recorded 16 Grand Slams this year (winning the race from pole, leading every lap and setting the fastest race lap), an all-time season record.
11/11 – Bulega in Magny-Cours equalled the all-time record of hat-tricks (winning all three races in one weekend) of Toprak Razgatlioglu, 11.
11 – Ducati are on a streak of 11 pole positions, the second-best after they recorded 15 in a row from Mugello 1991 to Manfeild 1992.
10 – Estoril has so far had 10 different winners out of 19 races run. The only ones to record more than a win have been Toprak Razgatlioglu (6), Jonathan Rea (4), Nicolò Bulega (2).
6x4 – Ducati locked the top 4 spots at the finish in all the last 6 races run, an unprecedented streak in history. Before this streak started at Magny-Cours, a manufacturer had never been able to do it in more than 3 races straight.
6 – With Bulega’s win in the Superpole Race in 2024, Ducati became the most successful manufacturer here at 5, improving to 6 last year. Their best rivals are Kawasaki and BMW, with 4 each.
5 – Estoril is the only track in WorldSBK history where 5 different winners won the first 5 races run (Davide Tardozzi and Stephane Mertens in 1988, Fabrizio Pirovano and Carl Fogarty in 1993, Toprak Razgatlioglu in 2020 Race 1).
3 – The record of pole positions here belongs to Toprak Razgatlioglu, 3; last year he moved ahead of Jonathan Rea (2).
1 – In 2020, the Tissot Superpole Race at Estoril was the stage for the first Yamaha podium lockout in WorldSBK history.
1 – In 2020 at Estoril, Toprak Razgatlioglu took his maiden pole position, the first for a Turkish rider. In 2024, a similar milestone, as it was his first pole… in wet conditions.
1 – Only one rider was able to climb on the podium for BMW here: Toprak Razgatlioglu, 6 times out of 6 starts, winning 4 times.
0.003s – In 2024, Bulega beat Razgatlioglu by just 0.003s in the Tissot Superpole Race. It’s the closest ever finish in WorldSBK.
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