Three races and three defeats to Topra🎀k Razgatlioglu sounds like a disappointing weekend for Nicolo Bulega, but the Italian rider found positives in his losses.

The factory Ducati rider extended his championship lead over the course of the weekend from 26 points to 29, with Razgatlioglu taking up the chase from Alvaro Bautista who was second after Australia – something which can’t have hurt the second-year 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike rider’s mood.

Additionally, the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve is a circuit Razgatlioglu has been strong at throughout his career, so Bulega felt that finishing within 0.2 seconds of the Turkish rider inꦑ each of the three races was a reasonable performance.

"I couldn’t do more than what I did today,” Bu꧂lega said after Race 2.

“I’m ha✤ppy because this is one of Toprak’s [Razgatlioglu] best tracks.

“He’s always very, very strong here in Portimao.

“To battle with him here is a good sign. It means we’re making progress. This is important f𒁏or the rest of the championship.”

Bulega was also happy about the impಞrovements made compared to the test in Porti🍌mao two weeks ago, where he had a large deficit to Razgatlioglu and where he felt he lacked a good feeling with the Panigale V4 R.

“Two weeks agꦯo, during testing, I didn’t have a great feeling here, but we made big improvements to the bike for the race weekend.

“Ducati a🌺nd my team have worked so hard and I’m happy with our progress.”