After a double-win on Sunday at Aragon, Nicolo Bulega is trying to additional scale back his deficit to Toprak Razgatlioglu within the WorldSBK factors at Estoril this weekend (10–12 October).
Bulega gained his two Aragon races on Sunday at MotorLand in a lot totally different kinds, beating Razgatlioglu within the remaining nook within the Superpole Race, and successful by a number of seconds in Race 2 after being given the prospect to impose his tempo within the remaining third of the 18-lapper.
Even together with his two Sunday wins, although, Bulega solely decreased his deficit to Razgatlioglu in Aragon by three factors.
Now sitting at 36, he should not lose greater than 25 factors to Razgatlioglu this weekend with a view to hold the title battle alive heading to Jerez subsequent week.
Three podiums will do, then, for Bulega when it comes to getting the title battle to Jerez, which appears doable for the Italian whose solely non-podium end this yr got here within the Hungary Superpole Race when he completed thirteenth after selecting an intermediate rear tyre which in the end didn’t go well with the damp-but-drying situations.
“We’re coming [to Estoril] after Aragon that was a very good weekend for us, so we’re very motivated to attempt to keep within the entrance additionally right here in Estoril,” Nicolo Bulega advised WorldSBK.com forward of the Estoril Spherical.
“Then, we are going to see in the course of the weekend.”
Bulega was victorious within the Superpole Race in Estoril throughout final yr’s World Superbike spherical there, a race that Razgatlioglu says he has not forgotten having been crushed out of the ultimate nook, however the Italian indicated that he hopes to be a lot stronger in Portugal 12 months on.
“Truthfully, final yr was good however not extraordinarily good as a result of I did second two instances, I gained the Superpole Race, but in addition it was my first yr so I used to be nonetheless studying plenty of issues,” he mentioned.
“Now, I really feel extra prepared and extra snug on my bike so I’ll attempt to be sooner than final yr.”
Reflecting extra particularly on his Superpole Race win final yr, Bulega added that it was a race which gave him extra confidence for the season finale in Jerez.
“I simply do not forget that Toprak [Razgatlioglu] had a really robust tempo and I used to be attempting to observe him,” he mentioned.
“However I used to be sooner than him simply within the final two corners and I used to be repeating in my thoughts: ‘It’s a must to strive to stick with him and simply attempt to beat him within the final nook as a result of it’s the one level the place you possibly can beat him’.
“So, my plan was this: attempt to exit higher the final nook; and it labored, so it was excellent.
“Then it gave me confidence for the spherical after, in Jerez, final yr, so it was crucial for me.”
