Italian WorldSBK setup improvements “not enough” for Alvaro Bautista in Superpole Race

Improvements in bike set🦂up were not enou🧔gh to change Alvaro Bautista’s finishing position in the Italian WorldSBK Superpole Race.

Alvaro Bautista, 2025 Italian WorldSBK, grid. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Alvaro Bautista, 2025 Italian WorldSBK, grid. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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The WorldSBK Superpole Race at this weekend’s Italian Round saw the same podium as in Race 1, with Nicolo Bulega beating Toprak Razgatlioglu and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista.

The latter felt that he had made steps forward with his bike setup overnight compared to what he raced with in Race 1, but it was not enough to change his finis🍃hing position as he was still unable to run comparable pace to Bulega and Razgatlioglu ahead, ultimately finishing six seconds off🌊 the win in the 10-lap race.

“I’m happy to be on the podiܫu♋m,” Bautista said in his post-race parc ferme TV interview.

“We made a smal♛l change on the bike this morning and I felt some improv♑ement from yesterday’s race and we keep for the Superpole Race.

“The bike for sure was🧔 a bit better, but not enough to go with Toprak [Razgatlioglu] and Nicolo [Bulega] – they have really incredible pace.

“I’m happy, we have a good position for Race 2 and we wil🍸l try to keꦛep enjoying like this.”

Razgatlioglu: “Impossible” to attack Bulega

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu once again had to watch Nicolo Bulega set sail in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike Superpole Race, just as he did in Race 1.

The BMW rider tried to put the pressure on Bulega early on, but was unabl💙e to find a way through, and eventually the Italian’s pace proved simply superior to Razgatlioglu’s.

“First I say congratulations to Nicolo [Bulega] because his pac𓆉e is very strong, also I tried to keep this pace, very fast lap times,” Razgatlioglu said in his parc ferme TV interview after the Superpole Race in Cremona.

“I’m just searching for [corners where I 💎can attack], but it’s impossible because in all corner exits the Ducati is very strong in acceleration.

“But I keep fighti༒ng, also th☂e last laps pushing so hard.

“Anyway, I tried again, we finished P2 – I’m happy꧒, better than nothing. But I have still the same target – we have one more chance, in Race 2, and I will try to do my ♔best again, maybe we are fighting for the win.”

Bulega “really happy for my feeling”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nicolo Bulega’s race was as straightforward as it gets when fighting a rider like Razgatlioglu. He pushed at the start, made no mistakes to ensure𓆉 Razgatlioglu had no chances to make a pass, and then let his pace take its toll to pull out a lead of 1.5 seconds which he was able to comfortably manage in the second half of the race.

“I feel very good,” Bulega concluded after ꦍanother commanding performance in the Superpole Race, speaking in his post-race parc ferme TV interv൩iew.

“Amazing pace, qualifying lap times, so I’m really happy f🐟or my fee♋ling with the bike.

“Toprak [Razgatlioglu] pushed until the♌ las♓t lap, so he was very fast.

“I’m ෴happy, thanks to my t♎eam, and I hope to continue like this.”

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