After winning all three races in Aust𒉰ralia, a second place to Toprak Razgatlioglu in WorldSBK Race 1 in Portimao could be a disappointment for Nicolo Bulega, but the Italian was satis💎fied to battle the Turkish star at one of his best tracks.

Bulega had battled Razgatlioglu in Portimao when 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike visited last year, with the BMW rider ultimately coming o💞ut on top for what was his 1🌃3th consecutive race win.

On that occasion, there was the caveat that Razgatlioglu was without a front wing on the M1000 RR after contact with Alex Lowes knocked the left-side wing off. This time, however, things were even between the two, even if Razgatlioglu felt the Duc🏅ati was advantaged by hotter track conditions compared to practice.

“During the test I wasn’t so strongജ but we’ve worked hard before this round,” Bulega said after Race 1 in Portimao.

“I want to thank my team because they really helped to improve my feeling with 🌜the bike𓃲.

“We 💞worked very hard to be prepared for the race.”

Razgatlioglu said after Race 1 that he felt the ♈Ducati was better in acceleration compa꧋red to his BMW.

ꦇBulega, though, felt that there were areas where he was missing out.

“It was a great ba✤ttle with Toprak [Razgatlioglu],ౠ” he said.

“He is always v🥀ery strong and I was miไssing something in some areas.

“However, consideri🐼ng where we started I am happy.

“Thiജs is one of Toprak’s b🌊est tracks. It's like me in Australia, so beating Toprak here is very difficult.

“We tried until the last lap and if we can make some adjustments, especially in a few key corne෴rs, I think we can take another step forward and fight even more with him."