Nicolo Bulega is the red-hot favourite to win this weekend’s season-opening Australian 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike Championship round.

Last year, he won a♉t Phillip Island as a rookie. Earlier this week, he went faste♌st on Monday and Tuesday of the two-day test at the same circuit.

But Bu🍨lega knows there are riv♓als who could challenge him when the racing begins.

“It’s very difficult to answer,” he said about his top rivals for viꦓc♍tory.

“Beca⛦use there were a lot of very fast riders in the test: me, Toprak Razgatlioglu, Andrea Iannone, Danilo Petrucci, Andrea Locatelli, Alvaro Bautista.

“A lot of fast guys were very close, so it will be an interesting weekend.💞”

Bulega ins༺isted that he must get faster, even from P1 at Phillip Island in the test just days ago.

“I am just thinking about where I can improve🃏, because everyone will improve a lot,” he said.

“I still need to take one step forward. I will𝓰 try, wi൩th my team, to keep the confidence that I had in the test to stay in the top position.”

BMW or Yamaha to thwart Ducati?

Tuesday afternoon’s testing session indicated ho🌸w🅷 several manufacturers could have their say in this weekend’s races.

Ducati’𝔉s Bulega toppe🔴d the session but four brands were in the top five positions.

Bimota’s Alex Lowes, BMW’s Razgatlioglu and Yamaha’s Locatelli joined Ducati riders Bulega and Iܫannone.

But, with Razgaꩵtlioglu nursing a finger injury sustained in preseason, the expectation falls on Bulega - last year’s championship runner-up - to start the year with a win𝓡.

“I have🎶 confidence, a good feeling with my bike. Everything is working well,” he said.

“I am ready to ♕start this weekend and the championshi🌳p.”