Toprak Razgatlioglu: Nicolo Bulega “very strong” at Italian WorldSBK, but fighting him possible

Toprak Razgatlioglu says he ꩲneeds “a little bit more” from his BMW to be able to fight Nicolo Bulega a𝔉t the Italian WorldSBK.

Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Italian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Italian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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At the fourth round of the 2025 WorldSBK season, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu is again wary of the pace of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nicolo Bulega, descriღbing 🔴the Italian as “very strong” after the opening day of practice at Cremona Circuit.

Razgatlioglu finished second to Bulega in FP2, 0.215 seconds slower than the Italian’s best effort in the afಞternoon session.

The Turkish rider and his BMW team arrived at the Italian venue having been out-paced by Bulega throughout the Dutch 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike round at Assen, in dry conditions at least, although he was able to close down his points deficit t✃o 20 thanks to technical issues for Bulega in the Superpജole Race and Race 2.

At Cremona, a circuit Razgatl🎀ioglu didn’t race at last year due to injury🍌, it’s again Bulega who has Razgatlioglu’s attention.

“Nicolo [Bulega] now is very strong,” Razgatlioglu ꧒told World🐓SBK.com after FP2 in Cremona, “and also he knows the track because he rode here last year.

“Also, Ducati is improving a lot; this year it looks l𓃲ike he’s riding more easy and the bike is working very well.

“But ܫlast year I didn’t rཧide, because of the big crash [at Magny-Cours] and I only watched on the TV. Now, for me, everything is new, especially in the hot conditions the bike is not really good.

“If tomorꦬrow we improve the bike a little bi🎐t more, I think maybe we are fighting in the race with Nicolo.”

Having missed last year’s race at Cremona through the injuriesღ sustained in the aforementioned “big crash” at Magny-Cours, Razgatlioglᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚu is theoretically on the back foot compared to most of his rivals at the Italian venue.

However, the Turkish rider says that he already knows the track, it’s the way theဣ bike is reacting that he’s having to understand.

“Last year did only one, one-day test here, I did maybe 35 lap🎶s maximum,” he said.

“Already I know the track, but I don’t know the bike reaction b🔴ecause in hot conditions I’ve never ridden here.

“Also, last year and this year is completely different b🐻ecause I’m not riding really the same bike like last year, and for me this is very hard because every race weekend we are working more than before; and for me also really hard𓆏 are all the races, especially Assen.

“But I hope this𓄧 weekend I will do my best again and I hope we finish on the podium.”

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