After winning all three races in Australia, a second place to Toprak Razgatlioglu in WorldSBK Race 1 in Portimao could be a disappointment for Nicolo Bulega, but t🌄he Italian was satisfied to battle the Turkish star at one of his best tracks.

Bulega had battled Razgatlioglu in Portimao when 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike visited last year, with the BMW rider ultimately coming out on top🌟 for what was ꦚhis 13th consecutive race win.

On that occasion, there was the caveat that Razgatlioglu was without a front wing on the M1000 RR after contact with Alex Lowes knocked the left-side wing off. This time, however, things were even between the two, even if Razgatlio🧸glu felt the Ducati was advantaged by hott🃏er track conditions compared to practice.

“Du🌜ring the test I wasn’t so strong but we’ve worked hard before this round,” Bulega said after Race 1 in Portimao.

“I want to thank my team because they real💮l꧟y helped to improve my feeling with the bike.

“We worked very hard to be 🐲prepared for the race.”

Razgatlioglu said after Race 1 that he felt the Ducati was 🅰better in acceleꦏration compared to his BMW.

Bulega, though, felt that there were ar♔eas where he was missing out𒅌.

“It was a great battle with Toprak [🍸Razgatlioglu],” he said.

“He is always very strong and I was mi🐬ssing something in some areas.

“However, considering where𝓰 we started I am happy.

“This is o🦩ne of Toprak’s best tracks. It's like me in Australia, so beating T൲oprak here is very difficult.

“We tried until the last lap and if we can make some adjustments, especially in a few key corners, I think we can take another step forw🦂ard and fight even more with him."