Nicolo Bulega: Rear tyre ‘completely finished’ in Superpole Race, ‘Alvaro really fast’
Nicolo Bulega loses🅰 out on Superpole victory in Assen after destroying the rear tyre.
Extremely fast during the opening stages of the Superpole Race, WorldSBK rookie Nicolo Bulega was a victim of the same pace advantage for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista late on.
Bulega create♌d a three second gap but in doing so destroyed his rear tyre, ﷺleaving Bautista, who was blitzing the rest of the field to catch and pass him for the win.
Unable to get a good idea of what direction they needed to go in🐲 for the first full dry session for the weekend, Bulega admitted these sorts of ‘highs and lows’ are to be expected.
Bulega said: “It was a very difficult weekend because the weather was changing all the tim✨e. It was my first time here with this bi𝓡ke.
“It was a bit difficult because I would have to 🌺understand and prepare better in dry conditions.
“But we were not able to work a lot on the bike but it was all experience. I’m in my first year so it is normal to have some hig꧑hs and lows.
“It is e🐽xperience and we will try to work and come back with my feeling at 100%.”
Asked why his pace dropped off compared to Bautista, B꧙ulega responded: “I finished the tyre. Thꦿe rear tyre was completely finished.
“It was my fi⛎🌊rst full dry session because of the conditions all weekend. I pushed at 100% but Alvaro at the end was really fast.”
Tyre d꧋egradation is something that has been problematic for Bulega so far in 2024.
No one has shown more outright speed than the Italian rookie, but getting on top of such issues could b♔e the difference between winning or losing the title.
On the subject of needing to make improvements in that area Bulega added: “Yes, but also in Barcelona I was fast in the long races so I think, ♍for sure I have to study something and do something different but I'm not scared about that.
“I want my 100% feeling [with the bike] to come back. I’m not at 𒐪100% but not so bad. I only started꧃ training again last week and with these big bikes you need to be fit 100%.
“I came from ♔a difficult month at home but now I can stay focused and prepare better for the next race.”
