After taking pole 🥂position for WorldSBK Race 1 at Phillip Island, Nicolo Bulega found himself “not so relaxeꦕd” thanks to the riders he found around him on the grid.

The Italian took a comfortable 4.8-second victory in the first race at the Australian 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike roun🌠d, 12 months on from his win-on-debut at Phillip Island in 2024, having had a lead of over six seconds for m⭕ost of the race.

“What a way to start the championship,” Bulega t♏old WorldSBK.com after Race 1.

“I’m really happy because my feeling was good📖 from the first session of the Monday test and every time I go on the bike I know what I can do and what I have to do.

“I’m just enjoying riding my bike lap-by-lap, and it’s an amazing feeli🐻ng.”

He added that he was nervous before the race because of the characteristics of some of the riders around ☂him on the grid.

“Honestly, I was not so relaxed before the race, ꦇbecause I k🧸new that close to me there were starting some aggressive riders, especially the first laps for the braking,” he said.

“So, I tried to stay calm, concentrated, and [...] I st🅠arted good and finishe🅘d good.”

Bulega’s pace at the start of the race was paܫrticularly notable, the Italian opening a lead of 3.ඣ8 seconds in the first three laps.

“Maybe also in Supersport in Aragon two years ago, the first lap I had one-and-a-half seconds of advantage,” Buღlega said when asked if his start to the ra💮ce in Phillip Island was his best ever.

“But in Superbike it’s another st🅠ory, so I’m really happy for this and I’m really proud of what we are doing.”

It was a performance that earned Bulega the congratulations of his teammate, two-time WorldSBK 💦Champion Alvaro Bautista.

“Well, it was like in the practice,” the Spaniard said. “He was in another level, he was like two steps aheꦆad of us, so iওt was normal.

“Congratulations to him, because he did really well♎ during the test, during the weekend, and he is really strong here.”

The performance he has 🉐displayed throughout this week in Phillip Island, and especially during Race 1, has left Bulega optimistic ahead of Sunday’s two races.

“Ho♏nestly, if I continue with this feel🔯ing, I can stay positive,” he said. “I would like to continue in this position.”