Matching Nicolo Bulega in Australia 'stupid to think', says one World Superbike rival

Nicolo Bulega pace at Australian WorldSBK feted

Alvaro Bautista, Nicolo Bulega, Aruba.it Ducati, 2025 Australian WSBK
Alvaro Bautista, Nicolo Bulega, Aruba.it Ducati, 2025 Australian WSBK
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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.”

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