One other second place for Nicolo Bulega was “not sufficient” for him in his battle with Toprak Razgatlioglu for the 2025 WorldSBK title.
After dropping one other 5 factors to Razgatlioglu, who received his twentieth race of the season in Estoril Race 1, Bulega now sits 41 factors behind the BMW rider within the World Superbike standings with now 99 remaining this season.
The Italian says he “tried every thing” to beat Razgatlioglu, however in his efforts to shut him down in the midst of the 20-lap Race 1 he ran out of entrance tyre life within the closing phases of the race.
“Not a foul outcome however it’s not sufficient,” Nicolo Bulega stated, talking to WorldSBK.com a after Race 1 in Estoril.
“I attempted every thing, however truthfully Toprak [Razgatlioglu] right here could be very robust.
“Sadly, the primary laps I misplaced a little bit of time after which Toprak was gone already.
“Then, to attempt to get well him – I used to be almost catching him – however the final 5 laps I really feel an excessive amount of the drop within the entrance tyre.
“The danger was very excessive to crash so I most popular to take second.”
Bulega stated he began to suppose he might win when he was catching Razgatlioglu, however was finally unable to beat his entrance tyre drop.
“Once I was catching him I began to suppose ‘You are able to do it’,” the Italian stated.
“However from the fifteenth or sixteenth lap I really feel a really large drop on the entrance tyre after which I needed to save extra tyres for the final laps.”
Bulega was capable of beat Razgatlioglu on the run to the road within the Superpole Race in 2024. His strategy to the 2025 version of the Estoril 10-lapper is to attempt to repeat that outcome.
“No technique, like at all times,” he stated. “Simply attempt to be quick and attempt to beat Toprak.”
