Nicolo Bulega arrived at the Aragon Worl𒐪d Superbike round 13 points adrift of Toprak Razgatlioglu, but lost 20 points in Race 1.

A technical iss🅠ue on the sighting lap for the first race saw pole sitter Bulega out b♐efore the 17-lap restarted race had even started.

“I was unlucky today,” Bulega told WorldSBK.com, “we had a𒆙 problem with my bike and I lost a lot of points.

“I had a very good feeling with the bike so I lost points and the💎 possibility to win.

“Wh𒅌en 𝔍I did the last sector of the sighting lap, I started to hear something strange.

“I said this to my mechanic on the quick restart and the🌺n on the Warm Up Lap, I felt it more and then I stopped.”

Bulega was unable to say for sure what the problem was𒊎. “The team have to check, but we think it’s an engine problem,” he said.

Bulega admitted to feeling “angry” after the race, but said that 🌜he wasꦰ trying to use it as motivation.

“Now, I’m going to use this angry feeling for tomorrow and try to recover points and forget this dayꦚ,” he said.

“There’s no plan. I was fast t♒oday, I had a good feeling and I was able to win today. I’ll try again tomorrow with all I can.”

Bulega’s non-score and Razgatlioglu’s second place means that Bulega has now slipped 33 points behind in the championship battle, having made up 79 po💧ints over the last five races where the Turkish rider was absent through injury.