The second appointment of the 2026 season once again ended in the sign of Nicolò Bulega, winner of Race 1, the Superpole Race, and Race 2, as well as the author of the best time in Superpole. A total dominance that the Ducati rider had already established in the first round in Australia, at Phillip Island, and that now inevitably sees him at the top of the championship. At the moment, the Emiliano is the only one to have exceeded the 100-point mark, with a lead of 56 points over his teammate Iker Lecuona, who rose to second place after three 2nd place finishes this weekend. Results that allow the Spaniard to surpass Axel Bassani by 8 points and strengthen Ducati‘s leadership in the Constructors’ standings, with the Borgo Panigale factory leading with 124 points. Despite the three podiums achieved at home by Miguel Oliveira, the first of his career in Superbike, BMW remains in third place behind Bimota, with a gap of 17 points between the two Constructors ahead of the Dutch Round in Assen, scheduled for mid-April.
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Riders’ Standings after the 2026 Portimão Round
| POS. | RIDER | BIKE | POINTS |
| 1 | Nicolò Bulega | Ducati | 124 |
| 2 | Iker Lecuona | Ducati | 68 |
| 3 | Axel Bassani | Bimota | 60 |
| 4 | Miguel Oliveira | BMW | 56 |
| 5 | Alex Lowes | Bimota | 48 |
| 6 | Sam Lowes | Ducati | 43 |
| 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Ducati | 40 |
| 8 | Danilo Petrucci | BMW | 31 |
| 9 | Yari Montella | Ducati | 30 |
| 10 | Alvaro Bautista | Ducati | 27 |
| 11 | Andrea Locatelli | Yamaha | 25 |
| 12 | Garrett Gerloff | Kawasaki | 24 |
| 13 | Tarran MacKenzie | Ducati | 19 |
| 14 | Xavi Vierge | Yamaha | 15 |
| 15 | Alberto Surra | Ducati | 12 |
| 16 | Remy Gardner | Yamaha | 12 |
| 17 | Stefano Manzi | Yamaha | 7 |
| 18 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Honda | 7 |
| 19 | Jonathan Rea | Honda | 4 |
| 20 | Thomas Bridewell | Ducati | 3 |
| 21 | Somkiat Chantra | Honda | 1 |
| 22 | Bahattin Sofuoglu | Yamaha | 1 |
| 23 | Ryan Vickers | Honda | 1 |
Constructors’ Standings
| POS. | CONSTRUCTOR | POINTS |
| 1 | Ducati | 124 |
| 2 | Bimota | 74 |
| 3 | BMW | 57 |
| 4 | Yamaha | 34 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 24 |
| 6 | Honda | 11 |