Andrea Locatelli “cannot understand” first WorldSBK victory in Assen Race 2
Andrea Locatelli has s🦂poken of his amazement at taking his first WorldSBK victory🐽 in Race 2 at Assen.

With two laps to go, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Locatelli looked nailed on for second place in WorldSBK Race 2 at Assen, but just a few hundred metres after that penultimate lap started he was elevated to the lead, and just under two laps later he scored his fi♐rst victory.
Locatelli’s victory was certainly fairly fortuitous with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nicolo Bulega retiring with two laps to goܫ, but he was also ജalmost four seconds clear of Alvaro Bautista by the time the chequered flag was waved.
“Honestly, it’s an amazing day,” said Locatelli, speaking to WorldSBK.com after his maiden 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike win.
“I cannot understand that it’s true, but I need t🎶o en🅰joy the moment.
“I have good meౠmories here from 2021, it was my first podium, [now] my first victory, so it’s a [sign] maybe.
“We did an amazing job all weekend, we were strong in every situation; 🐲we were strong in the wet. So, [we will] keep pushing in th𝓡is way and looking forward because we have many races [ahead].”
Locatelli is also optimistic that more wins can follow for hiꦯm and Y🌟amaha in the remaining races, having achieved one so early in the season.
“It’s just the first round, finally [my] first victory and third podium ꦛof the season,” he🌠 said.
“We need to ༺push in this way and for sure we 🎃can get more.
“Now I just want to enjoy and reset a bit because I need to stop a bit 🤡now because I was working quite [hard] to be in this position, and relax a bit and keep fighting again because the next round will be Cremona and there I would like to be on the podium again, and maybe the victory also, in front of the Italian fans.”
The Italian was fortunate that his compatriot, Bulඣega, retired in front of him, but he explained that he was not sure what was happening when Bulega slowed.
“He was pus💯hing hard and he got a big gap, so in the last couple of laps he🃏 had a technical problem and he stopped the bike,” he said.
“[My first thought] was that 🍬he took the chequered flag so I was also scared because I didn’t see the chequered flag so I was pushing, and in the end we get the first victory.
“But I’m happy because 🅠[I was] fighting with all comp♛etitors, we recover from P4 to P2, I was pushing harder and I get confidence lap-by-lap, and in the end we did an amazing job.”

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