Two non-finishes on the identical day on the Dutch WorldSBK noticed Nicolo Bulega miss out on as many as 34 potential factors, however the Italian doesn’t have to “fear” about his championship state of affairs, in accordance with his manufacturing unit Ducati teammate: Alvaro Bautista.
Bulega was second within the Superpole Race, albeit being closed down by Sam Lowes, when his Ducati suffered a reported electrical problem on Sunday morning; and in Race 2 he was main comfortably regardless of beginning tenth on the grid on account of the Superpole Race non-finish.
The luckless Sunday for Bulega cancelled out his 12-point acquire over Toprak Razgatlioglu in Saturday’s Race 1, and noticed his championship lead lowered to 21 over the reigning World Superbike Champion, a reason for seen frustration for the Italian who smashed the display of his Panigale after the Race 2 problem.
Nevertheless, Bulega’s dry climate efficiency in Assen was clearly stronger than his rivals’, and he was capable of do a good job within the moist, too – a podium a minimum of appeared probably earlier than the Superpole Race retirement.
Such efficiency ought to negate Bulega’s frustration – in accordance with his three-time World Champion teammate, Bautista – as a result of there are nonetheless 9 rounds remaining within the 2025 season through which Bulega can impose his velocity and tempo and take revenue from them within the standings.
“Fortuitously there are nonetheless many races left,” mentioned Bautista after Race 2 in Assen, as reported by GPOne.
“I do know his frustration, he feels he’s the quickest rider in the mean time, however these two zeros are usually not his fault.
“In my view he has nothing to fret about, as a result of he won’t have technical issues in each race.
“He had two on the identical day, however I believe he might be very relaxed, as a result of he is aware of he’s the quickest rider on the grid proper now.”
The following spherical of the 2025 season is the Italian WorldSBK at Cremona Circuit on 2–4 Might. Bulega scored pole place and two podiums as a rookie there final 12 months, whereas Razgatlioglu didn’t race after his notorious Magny-Cours follow crash two weeks earlier than.
