Matching Nicolo Bulega in Australia 'stupid to think', says one World Superbike rival
Nicolo Bulega pace at Australian WorldSBK feted

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista believes it is “stupid to think” about getting on terms with Ducati 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nicolo Bulega after Friday practice at Phillip Island.
La🦋st year’s championship runner-up Bulega already came into the opening round of 2025 as the hot favourite to challenge for victory and stamped his authority on Friday.
Bulega topped both 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:practice sessionꦗs at Phillip Island, ending the day 0.406s clear of GoEleven Ducati rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Iannone.
Alvaro Bautista credits Nicolo Bulega at Australian WorldSBK
Bautista was fifth, 0.820s behind his team-mate, and says he♛ is still “searching for my confidence” going into Saturday’s qualifying and racing.
“I think it has been positive, the start of the weekend, because ♏I felt quite good on the ♓bike,” he told WorldSBK.com.
“It’s sure that we worked in the test, so the base set-up was clear. So the feeling with the bike w🥃as good.
“Today I can be just concentrated on getting those small details riding the bike💎 that allow you to enjoy and force it more and more.
“I’m really happy, especially in the morning I started free practice one very good. So, suddenly I had a good 𝓡feeling with the bike.
“In the afternoon with more temperature on track, because in the𝔉 test we didn’t try this situation, we struggled a little bit with the rear grip, especiall꧟y on maximum angle.
“And also there was some places that🐬 the wind changed a little bit and I felt some more difficulties, especially in the last sector I was losing a lot.
“Basically the rest of the lap I felt quite str𒐪ong, but the last two corners I didn’t feel so g🧸ood.
“But in any case the♌ pace was not too bad. Ok, maybe Nicolo is two steps ahead of the rest, but I felt good on the bike. So, the important thing is to just get more and more confidence.
“I think we are in a different situation. For sure, he’s in his best performance and he feels very good on the bike and he feels a lꦰot of confidence.
“He’s very strong, especially in this kind of track꧋. I think he’s a step ahead of everybody, so it’s stupid to think to be with him.
“But my situation is a different way. I’m searching for my confidence, I’m searching fo൩r my top level that I’m on the way.
“I’m not 100% on my highest performance but we are arriving step by step. As I say, we start ꦛto feel some feelings on t▨he bike that for a long time I don’t feel. So, that was positive.”
Bautista had a small tip-off at Turn 4 during practice on Friday, but called it thಞe “classic” Phillip Island crash and walked away unscathed.
“✅Today I had a small crash at Turn 4, but no consequences because it was a classic crash in that c💦orner: you arrive and in the maximum angle you lose the front,” he explained.
“But I can say that overall I am happy. It was a classic crash in Turn 4 he💜re, no pꦇroblems.”
