WorldSBK rookie Nicolo Bulega’s Friday in Estoril was thrown off cour🌼se by inclement weather and a crash in the morning.

The Italian was fine after his crash, although it cos꧅t him key track time on a circuit he hadn’t before ridden on a Superbike, but the wet weather in the morning meant he was unable to learn the circuit as he wanted to on the Ducati Panigale V4 R.

“Not a very good Friday because the conditions were very strange and difficult, especially for 🌱a rookie in a very difficult, technical track,” Bulega explained to 🌊WorldSBK.com.

“Normally I use Friday to under🅷stand the bike in a new track for me; I always use the Friday to learn a lot. But today this was not possible because th🎃is morning was wet — I was fast, but I crashed because sometimes it can happen.

“Then, this afternoon, the track condition was not perfect, not very good; it was difficult to understand the limit, the weather changed a lot — sometimes rain, sometimes not, sometimes you don’t know. S🅠o, difficult and strange Friday.”

Although Buleg༺a has some experience at Estoril, it was back🐼 in 2022 when he was a WorldSSP rookie.

“It’s very difficult, becꦓause I ride here in Estoril two൲-and-a-half years ago, only one time — for the race,” he said.

“Two-and-a-half years ago with the Supersport. So, it’s quite a new track for me, and today didn’t help 💟me a lot to understand.”

The complicated Friday mean🐓t Bulega was unable to assess his potential for Race 1 on Saturday.

“Honestly, I don’t know [my potential], because I make not too many laps on the wetꦑ, but I didn’t make too many la✃ps also in dry conditions,” he said.

“I did some laps this morning in the wet, I was fast, and also this afternoon the last two or𒁏 three laps in dry conditions I was quite goo🌸d, but for sure I have to understand and be much faster.”