Overview
- Toprak Razgatlioglu topped Superpole with a 1:38.357 lap to secure his first pole at Balaton Park, edging Sam Lowes by 0.477 seconds.
- By seizing pole position, Razgatlioglu moved into the championship lead with 345 points, overtaking Nicolo Bulega’s 341 following his Donington Park hat-trick.
- Sam Lowes and Andrea Locatelli completed the front row after Superpole, building on Lowes’s strong pace in both FP2 and FP3 sessions.
- Riders grappled with Balaton Park’s demanding layout, which combines tight hairpins and multiple hard-braking zones on its WorldSBK debut.
- In the WorldWCR category, Beatriz Neila claimed pole with a 1:53.526 lap to lead the women’s field into Race 1.