First to break under the 1m 41s barrier for the second day in a row, WorldSBK rookie Nicolo Bulega jumped to the top of the leaderboard as the afternoon running got underw🧸ay.

Jonathan Rea quickly joined Buleg💖a as he went less than a tenth shy of the reigning Supersport champion.

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Alex Lowes suffered a crash at turn five and as a result suffer𝓰ed a snapped handlebar on the left side.

After a difficult morni𓄧ng, Danilo Petrucci propelled himself up the order with a lap time good enough for P3.

Petrucci’s day then got a lot better as he went fastest, however, it quickly turned into disaster for t💙he Italian as he crashed at turn ten mome𝔍nts later.

Lowes had a second crash at turn tenඣ as he damaged the left handlebar again, but the Kawaℱsaki rider managed to get his ZX-10RR back to pit lane.

After a tip-off at turn one, Bulega then bounced back꧋ to go fastes🅠t with a new lap record.

Late pace from Toprak Razgatlioglu saw the BMW rider come within a whisker of taking top spot away fr�🦂�om Bulega.

Following a slow start to day-two, WorldSBK🌌 champion Alvaro Bautista was the early pacesetter as he led the way from former team-mate Michael Rinladi.

A Ducati 1-2 then became a top 🧸four as Andrea Iannone went to the top of the leaderboard by three 🧜tenths. 

That was until Bulega put his factory Ducati into second place, less than a tenth down on hiꦯs fﷺellow Superbike rookie.

But despite Ducati’s hot start,🔴 it was Toprak Razgatlioglu who went quickest just befor꧑e midday.

Overnight rain was the caus𒁃e of today’s slow start, with championship leader Alex Lowes the first rider to venture out of pit lane.

Da༒nilo Petrucci brought out the first yellow flag of the day when he encountered a technical issue aboard his Ducati.