The 2025 FIM Supersport World Championship season is off and running in their penultimate round at the Circuito Estoril as the grid is now set for Saturday’s Race 1 with the conclusion of their Tissot Superpole Race. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) was the fastest on Friday to kick off the EICMA Estoril Round, taking his fourth pole of the season. Alberto Surra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) gave him a late run for his money, but he finished behind Oncu in P2. Rounding out the front row, Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) took P3 for his third front-row start of 2025

ONCU INEVITABLE IN ESTORIL SUPERPOLE: Fourth pole position of 2025 for the Turk

Can Oncu had another terrific start to a WorldSSP round weekend as his 1’39.608s time shot him up the order to sit pole. In the final moments of the session, fellow Yamaha rider Alberto Surra snuck his way up the timesheets to finish P2, claiming his best Superpole start in the category. Valentin Debise stayed hot in Estoril’s first event. After his race win at Aragon, Debise will sit front row through his P3-earning time, clocking in nearly four tenths slower than Oncu in P1.

QJ’S BREAKOUT SUPERPOLE RESULT: De Rosa earns the manufacturer’s best start position in their second WorldSSP season

Raffaele de Rosa (QJMOTOR Factory Racing) turned heads on his QJMOTOR SRK 800 RS as the pair combined for QJ’s best-ever Superpole result in P4, from which he will lead the second row into Race one on Saturday. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) earned P5 through his late 1’40.135s lap, which saved him from a poor start on Saturday, he looked destined for throughout much of the session. Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) had a Friday Superpole session full of perseverance as the Frenchman struggled with tech issues throughout Free Practice. Undeterred, the #94 finishes sixth on the day to cap off the second row.

MANZI SPUTTERS OFF THE LINE TO OPEN ESTORIL: The Championship leader finishes on Friday in P13

Philipp Oettl (Feel Racing WorldSSP Team) showed another step taken by the grid’s Ducatis. At the session’s midway point, he led a group of four Panigale V2s within the top six. He wasn’t able to improve his time, however, and finished the session in P7. Ondrej Vostatek (WRP Racing) had a breakout Superpole result, improving his previous season-best result of P16 to a P8 result at Estoril, an encouraging start to the weekend for the Czech rider. Federico Caricasulo (D34G WorldSSP Racing Team) had an early lowside crash in the session but ended up missing P8 by just 0.011s to settle for P9. Tom Booth-Amos (PTR Triumph Factory Racing) struggled in the first half of the session, but with less than 20 minutes remaining, the #69 and his 1’40.283s time clawed his way back up the order for P10 to lead the fourth row. Stefano Manzi’s first showing was one to forget at Estoril as the #62 will start Race 1 from the sixth row after his P13 earning time of 1’40.346s was nearly three-quarters of a second away from P1

The top six from the WorldSSP Superpole session, full results here!

1. Can Oncu (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) 1’39.608s

2. Alberto Surra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Team) +0.269s

3. Valentin Debise (Renzi Corse) +0.376s

4. Raffaele De Rosa (QJMOTOR Factory Racing) +0.442s

5. Marcel Schroetter (WRP Racing) +0.527s

6. Lucas Mahias (GMT94-YAMAHA) +0.561s