Rivals respond to Nicolo Bulega’s “10 out of 10” Australian WorldSBK performance
Nicolo Bulega’s rivals hav🐼e reacted to his dominant perfor🀅mance at the 2025 WorldSBK opener.

Nicolo Bulega’s supremacy over the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike field was absolute in Australia, as the Italian topped both days of the pre-event test and then all sess🍸ions on the race weekend itself, too.
The Aruba.it Racing Ducati rider flew home from WorldSBK’s only non-European round in 2025 with a 26-point championship lead thanks to his 62-point maximum score on the weekend, having gone unchallenged i𒁏n any of the three r♔aces.
His performance prompted congratulations fro🔜m some of his rivals, including reigning champion Toprak Razgatlioglu, to whom Bulega was the closest challenger in 2024.
“♉Congratulations to him because he is ve♌ry strong normally here,” said Toprak Razgatlioglu, speaking to WorldSBK.com after Race 2 at Phillip Island.
“Heꦍ did a very good job and he’s very strong starting the season. He deserves it.
“This year I think we are fig🐷hting more, especially in the European races. Congratulat൩ions to all the Ducatis.”
Bulega’s Ducati stablemaꦦtes were also impressedꩲ by his performance, with Danilo Petrucci labelling it a “10 out of 10”.
The Barni Spark rider said: “10 out of 10. Leading all the sessions – he was absolutely faster than everyone. Not many th🎶oughts.
“I really like Nicolo [Bulega]. Let’s say, I have a good relationship with all the riders, I really enjoy to race here in World Superbike, but Nicolo this year is really committed and I think with one year of experience he will play a good 🌼fight with Toprak [Razgatlioglu].
💦“For sure, Phillip Island is always a quite different track, that [means] maybe we will see the real potential of everyone fro✤m Portimao onwards, but at the moment Nicolo was doing another job.”
Scott Redding his own congratulations to Bulega on a performance he described as “phenomenaಞl”.
“I have no words,” Redding said. Honestly, he was phenomenal. Every time he exited pit ▨lane I think he just put cruise control and he just [rode his pace].
“In the second race I t𒀰hink he didn’t get as much of a lead, the gap I don’t think was as big as the first ra🥂ce – because I could still see him!
“But he was riding phenomenally, his style here is j🔴ust matching one-to-one [with the ඣtrack].
“I 🅰think he’ll be a very strong competitor this year, and someone that I look up to try and ride like, because he is the fastest guy and his riding style at the minute is really phenomenal.
“So, l🙈et’s ♍see if I can try and match [his speed].”
Bulega’s Aruba.it Racing Ducati teammate and two-time WorldSBK Champion was cautious about extrapolating Phillip Islan💖d’s results over the rest of the season.
“It’s very soon💯 to say about the championship, especially because this track is a bit special, it’s very different from the others, and also we had tests at the beginning of the week,” Bautista said.
“So, it’s not like a [normal] track, especially because Nicolo [Bulega] is really fast here – he will be fast everywhere; but I think Toprak [Razgatlioglu] struggled in this circuit, but in the next one in Por💙timao he is stro🌺nger.
“So, I don’t know if this is the reality of the championship, we have to wait a couple of races more to see what is the real condition of every🍸 rider and the real performance of each one.”

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