Nicolo Bulega remains top of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike Championship despite a hugely frustrating round at Assen.

When Ducati rider Bulega won Race 1 in the Netherlands on Saturday, most onlookers expected him to dominate title rival 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu on Sunday too.

Instead, he encountered unexpected problems.

Bulega’s bike just stopped in Sunday’s Superpole and Race 2♏, robbing him of the points that his pace warranted and allowing Razgatlioglu to stay competitive in the title fight.

Bulega is 19 points clear of second-placed Razgatlioglu in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:WorldSBK standings despite not collectinཧg a s🌳ingle point from Sunday at Assen.

Nicolo Bulega tries to explain WorldSBK DNFs

“It’s difficult because I was very good, I had a good race🎃 with a lot of overta🥀kes,” Bulega said.

“With two laps to go, the bike stopped for the second time. Obviousl𒀰y, I’m not happy, but I don’t know what to say.

“I didn’t 𒊎ask but I feel like the problem is the same, but I don’tꦕ know if that’s true.

“When I put t💮he gear in on the straight, the bike switched off.

“I dominated but I didn’t bring home a lot, they ღgive the poin꧙ts after the chequered flag and not for being fast.

“I’ll go home with confidence that I’m really stro👍ng and have a good package, but we lost too much.

“I wasn’t thinking about Toprak, I was just thinking about o✅vertaking eꦕverybody and trying to win because I knew I was very fast on Saturday and at the start of Race 2, I had a good feeling.”

Razgatlioglu had worried after Bulega💎’s w🌳in on Saturday in Race 1 that it was a season for Ducati to dominate.

But two DNFs on Sunday added a surprise💛 layer of detail to the championship battle.

Razgatlioglu was a lowly eighth in Race 2 yet it was enough to stay within touching distance of Bulega, whose weekend c🌃ame to an abrupt halt.

The next round is the Italian꧅ WorldSBK at Cremona on May 2-4.