Rivals respond to Nicolo Bulega’s “10 out of 10” Australian WorldSBK performance

Nicolo Bulega’s rivals have reacted to his dominant performance at the♏ 2025 WorldSBK opener.

Nicolo Bulega leads Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Australian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Nicolo Bulega leads Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Australian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Nicolo Bulega’s supremacy over the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike field was absolute in Australia, a🧔s the Italian topped both days of the pre-event test and then all sessions on the race weekend itself, too.

The Aruba.it Racing Ducati rider fleꦚw home from WorldSBK’s only non-European round in 2025 wit🍨h a 26-point championship lead thanks to his 62-point maximum score on the weekend, having gone unchallenged in any of the three races.

His performance prompted congratulations from some of his rivals, includin♓g reigning champion Toprak Razgatlioglu, to whom Bulega was the closest challenger in 2024.

“Congratulations to him because he is ver♐y strong normally here,” said Toprak Razgatlioglu, speaking to🍰 WorldSBK.com after Race 2 at Phillip Island.

“He did a very good job and he’s very stro🅷ng starting the seaso🌌n. He deserves it.

“This year I think we are fighting more, especially in the European races. Congratulations 🐭to all the Ducatis.”

Bulega’s Ducati stablemates were a💫lso impressed by🔯 his performance, with Danilo Petrucci labelling it a “10 out of 10”.

The Barni Spa🐎rk r♍ider said: “10 out of 10. Leading all the sessions – he was absolutely faster than everyone. Not many thoughts.

“I really like Nic♏olo [Bulega]. Let’s say, I have a good relationship with all the riders, I really enjoy to race here in World Superbike, but Nicolo this year is really committed and I think with one year of experience he will play a good fight with Toprak [Razgatlioꦬglu].

“For sure, Phillip Island is always a quite different track, that [means] maybe we will see the real potential of everyone from Pಌortimao onwards, but at the moment Nicolo was doing another job.”

Scott Redding his own congratulations to ✤Bul♐ega on a performance he described as “phenomenal”.

“I have no words,” Redding said. Hon🍌estly, he was phenomenal. Every time he exited pit lane I think he just put cruise control and he just [rode his pace].

“In the second ra🎐ce I think he didn’t get as much of a lead, the gap I don’t think was as big as the first race – because I could s♒till see him!

“But he was riding phen🦹omenally, his s🉐tyle here is just matching one-to-one [with the track].

“I think he’ll be a very strong competitor this year, and someone that I look up to try and ride like, because he is the fastest guy and𒀰 his riding style at the minute is really phenomenal.

“So, let’s see ಞif I can try and match [his speed].”

Bulega’s Aruba.it Racing Ducati teammate and two-time WorldSBK Champion was cautious about extrapolating Phillip Island’s results over the 🌳rest of the season.

“It’s very soon to say about th𓆉e championship, especially because this track is a bit ﷽special, it’s very different from the others, and also we had tests at the beginning of the week,” Bautista said.

“So, it’s not like a [normal] track, especially because Nicolo [Bulega] is really fast here – he will be fast everywhere; ꦐbut I think Toprak [Razgatlioglu] struggled in this circuit, but in the next one in Portimao he is stronger.

“So, I don’t know if this is the reality of the championship, we hꦐave to wait a couple of races more to see what is the real condition of everyܫ rider and the real performance of each one.”

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