Bulega in command
It took place yesterday on the Barcelona circuit before two days of testing for the centaurs of the Superbikeswho will take part in the second round of the 2024 season on the Catalan track on 23 and 24 March. Once again the Italian took the lead Nicolò Bulegawinner of race 1 at Phillip Island.
The Ducati rider trimmed almost half a second to Toprak Razgatlioglu, second with his BMW. Bulega completed 72 laps and signed a time of 1:40.304 as the best time of the day. The two-time world champion also stood on the virtual podium of this day-1 Alvaro Bautistaworkaholic of the day with 103 laps completed.
Alex Lowes in trouble
Fourth time, despite a fall in turn 10, for Sam Lowes as the best independent rider. A less exciting day, however, was experienced by his brother Alex, current leader of the world championship ranking after the successes obtained in Australia in the Superpole Race and race 2. His activity was conditioned by one fall on turn 10 when there was just over half an hour to go. The crash also resulted in the session being suspended for a few minutes.
Worth a mention too Danilo Petrucci, seventh at 1,380 thousandths from Bulega. The rider from Terni tried the new SCX tire from Pirelli. A really bad day instead for the wave which saw Iker Lecuona (Team HRC) and Xavi Vierge held back by technical problems during the morning. Today is day-2.
These are the top ten classified at the end of day 1:
1. Nicolò Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 1'40.304
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +0.464
3. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.725
4. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) +0.752
5. Jonathan Rea (Pata Prometeon Yamaha) +1.351
6. Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) +1.367
7. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +1.380
8. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Team Motocorsa Racing) +1.388
9. Garrett Gerloff (Bonovo Action BMW) +1,433
10. Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) +1,498
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