Oncu Breaks Estoril Lap Record to Take WorldSSP Superpole

His 1:39.011 pole rearranges the Race 1 grid and turns Saturday’s race into a likely title decider for the championship leaders.

Overview

Can Oncu set a new Circuito Estoril lap record of 1:39.011 to claim pole in WorldSSP Superpole and it was his fifth pole of 2026.
Lucas Mahias and Tom Booth-Amos qualified second and third with 1:39.057 and 1:39.110 respectively, leaving Yamaha strong over one-lap pace with the makers’ seventh pole of the season.
Valentin Debise ran wide and crashed into gravel early in Superpole at Turn 12, which cost him time and dropped him to 17th on the grid.
Albert Arenas qualified ninth and now needs a podium in Race 1 or for Debise to finish worse than fifth to secure the championship on Saturday.
Wind picked up late in the session and teams will race on Pirelli control tires in Race 1, which on Friday’s qualifying now carries outsized championship consequences.