First to break under the 1m 41s barrier for the second day in a row, WorldSBK ꦜrookie Nicolo Bulega ju🥃mped to the top of the leaderboard as the afternoon running got underway.

Jonathan Rea quickly joined Bulega as♕ he went less than a tenth shy of the reigning Supersport champion.

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Alex Lowes suffered a crash at turn five and as a result suffered a snapped ha♕ndlebar on the lef🍸t side.

🃏After a difficult morning, Danilo Petrucci propelled hiಞmself up the order with a lap time good enough for P3.

Petrucci’s day then got a lot better as he went fastest, however, it q🦄uickly turned into disaster for the Italian as he crashed at turn ten moments later.

Lowes had a second crash at turn ten as he damaged tꦬhe left handlebar again, but the Kawasaki rider managed to get his ZX-10RR back to pit lane.

After a tip-off at tu🥂rn one, Bulega then 🥃bounced back to go fastest with a new lap record.

Late pace from Toprak Razgatlioglu saw the BMW rider come within a whisker of taking 🌳top spot away from 💙Bulega.

Following a sl😼o🉐w start to day-two, WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista was the early pacesetter as he led the way from former team-mate Michael Rinladi.

A Ducati 1-2 then b𓆉ecame a top four as Andrea Iannone went to the top of🐻 the leaderboard by three tenths. 

That was until Bulega p🧸ut his factory Ducati into second place, less than a tenth down on his fellow Superbike rookie.

But despite Duca🌃ti’s hot start, it was Toprak Razgatliogꦫlu who went quickest just before midday.

Overnight rain was the cause of todꦚay’s s🌸low start, with championship leader Alex Lowes the first rider to venture out of pit lane.

Danilo Petrucci brought out the first yellow flag of the day wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhen he encountered a technical issue aboard his Ducati.