Nicolo Bulega picks up key lesson from Alvaro Bautista in Race 2

Nicolo Bulega says he ‘learned something’ afte🦂r spending much of Race 2 at the Catalunya WorldSBK round behi𝕴nd Alvaro Bautista.

Alvaro Bautista, Nicolo Bulega, Catalunya WorldSBK, 24 March
Alvaro Bautista, Nicolo Bulega, Catalunya WorldSBK, 24 March

Fourth in the Superpole Race, Nicolo Bulega’s strategy of being more a🧜ggressive paid off in Race 2 as he made his way to the front ওof the field on lap five.

The impressive rookie remained in the lead until lap nine when team-mate Alvaro Bautista went ꦇback ahead after being stronger on the brakes heading into turn one.

Unlike Race 1, Bulega did not suffer a big drop in tyre performance and was a🐲ble to finish a comfortable 🌸second ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Discussing his revised strat✃egy after Race 2, Bulega said: “I’m more happy than yesterday because yesterday I did a mistake.

“I pushed a bit too mucꦦh at the beginning and destroyed the tyre. I was very fast but maybe too much. Today, the strategy was the opposite.

“💝I tried to stay calm and tried to follow 🍸the more experienced guys like Toprak and Alvaro. I think I’m happy because I learned something from Alvaro.

“He was in front of me for a lot of laps and I saw how he didn't destroy the tyre with the throttle. I 🅰think I learned something today.”

Leader of the championship after two rounds, Bulega’s start to 2024 has be♒en incredible as he’s shown more consistency through six races than any other riders.

“I think it is a very good first part of the champio🙈nship,” added Bulega. “The first two races were very good for me and better than I expected.

“At the beginning of the season I thought 🐬that if I could stay in fifth, sixth, seventh, then that would already be a good result.

“But now I think I can st🐭ay on the podium so it is very nice for m🎃e.”

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