Aft💎er taking pole position for WorldSBK Ra🃏ce 1 at Phillip Island, Nicolo Bulega found himself “not so relaxed” thanks to the riders he found around him on the grid.

The Italian took a comfortable 4.8-second victory in the first race at the Australian 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike round, 12 months on from his win-on🥃-debut at Phillip Island in 2024, having had a lead of over six seconds for most of the race.

“Wh✱at a way to start the championship,” Bulega told WorldSBK.com after Ra🌃ce 1.

“I’m really happy because my feeܫling was good from the first session of the Monday test and every time I go on the bike I know what I can do and what I have to do.

“I’m just enjoy𝓀ing riding my bike lap-by-lap, and it💮’s an amazing feeling.”

He a✱dded that he was nervous before the race because of the characteristics of some of the riders around him on the grid.

“Honestly, I was not so relaxed before the race, because I knew that close to me ♓there were starting some aggressive ridersꦜ, especially the first laps for the braking,” he said.

“So, I tried to stay 🎉calm, concentrated, and [...] I started good and finished g🐎ood.”

Bulega’s pace at the start of the race was particularly notable, the Itali🃏an opening a lead of 3.8 seconds in the 👍first three laps.

“Maybe also in Supersport in Ara🍰gon two years ago, the first lap I had one-and-a-half seconds of advantage,” Bulega said when asked if his start to the race in Phillip Island was his best ever.

“But in Superbike iꦅt’s another story, so I’m really happy for this and I’m really proud of what we are doing.”

It was a performance that earned Bulega the congratulations o🌳f his team👍mate, two-time WorldSBK Champion Alvaro Bautista.

“Well, it was like in the practice,” the Span꧒iard said. “He was in another level, he was like two steps ahead of us, so it was normal.

“Congratulations to him, because he did real✱ly well during the test, during the weekend, and he is really strong here.”

ꦓThe performance he has displayed throughout this week in Phillip Island, and especially during Race 1, has left Bulega optimistic ahead of Sunday’s two races.

“Honestly, if I continue with this feeling, I can stay positive,” he said. “I ꦑwould like to continue in this position.”