Alvaro Bautista: ‘Toprak was untouchable’| Runner-up Nicolo Bulega “thrilled”

Ducati duo Alva♛ro Bautista and Nicolo Bulega helpless to🍰 prevent Razgatlioglu triple in Misano.

Toprak Razgatlioglu, Alvaro Bautista, Nicolo Bulega, Misano 2024
Toprak Razgatlioglu, Alvaro Bautista, Nicolo Bulega, Misano 2024

One year ago, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista left Misano having wrapped up a perf🐻ect hattrick of home Ducati wins for 13 victori⭕es out of 14 races so far that season.

On Sunday, the reigning double WorldSBK world champion left the Italian track having lost the world championship lead after a pair of third places, either side of a non-score in the Superpole race.

Instead, rookie team-mate Nicolo Bulega emerged as Razg🍎atlioglu’s main challenger, albeit a distant runner-up in all three contests to take over second place behind the BMW rider in the standings.

After finishing three-seconds from Razgatlioglu in Saturday's Race 1, Bautista fell from fourth midway through the Superpole Race. That left him to start from 11꧙th on the grid in Race 2.

“I made a good start and I could take a good line in the first few corners 𝓰and recov🔥er some positions. After that, I tried to get to my best pace but the feeling from the bike wasn’t the best,” Bautista said.

“We have to keep building my confidence and improving ♒the setup. Obviously, I would have liked to win here in front of the Ducati fans but it was difficult.”

The Spaniard made an admirable recovery to reach third, but his fastest race ✨lap was a worrying 1.031s slower than the charging 🃏Razgatlioglu.

“Toprak had an incredible level all weekend and he was untouchable,” Bautist꧋a acknowledged. “We did our best and we’ll try to keep improving for the ne🌠xt races.”

Bulega, who led for tꦐhe first 11 laps of Race 2, set a best l🤡ap a more comparable 0.186s from Razgatlioglu.

But it came on lap 2 of 21 and he was helpless to prevent Razgatlioglu riding into the distance after taking the lea🌊d.

Nevertheless, it was his highest-scorꦜing WorldS♒BK weekend so far.

“I am thrilled,” Bulega said.

“Competing for the first time in Misano with the Superbike and finishing all races in second place is, without a doubt, a great result, ev🔯en though winning would have been a dream.

“ Anyway, I have to say congratulations to Toprak because he has bee♛n really fast🌳. Now we will head to Donington, a circuit that I like a lot.”

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