Bulega Creates His Own Triple Crown

Italian phenom holds Razgatlioglu at bay to claim third win at home

Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) was the hottest of favourites for the third race win of the weekend, at a circuit that he professed recently to not like that much.

Cremona clearly loves him, however, as he once again held off an early attack from Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) to take all the race wins on offer this weekend.

He ended up 1.8 seconds up on the BMW rider in Race Two, with the inevitable Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) in third place – yet almost nine seconds from the top spot.

Last year’s triple winner for Ducati at this track, Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati), used his better starting place in Race Two to secure an excellent fourth position, but he was still a vast 17.888 seconds adrift of Bulega.

Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) held off the unwanted attentions of the rapidly advancing Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) to take fifth place, with Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) seventh, just 0.6 seconds behind his team-mate.

Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) had a lone finish in eighth position, with Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) ninth and Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) finishing up tenth. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) was 11th, and right behind Gardner on the final lap.

Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) was 18th in Race Two in his comeback weekend.

In the championship points, after four rounds and 12 races, Bulega has 198 points, Razgatlioglu 164, Bautista 125 and Locatelli 118.

Cremona WorldSBK Race 2

WorldSBK Standings