Bulega Untouchable In Cremona Sprint

Razgatlioglu gives it everything on the BMW M1000RR but once again comes up short

Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) earned a start-to-finish victory for himself in the ten-lap Superpole Race, setting a front-running pace from the first few corners that even the prodigious talents of Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) could not quite stay with. The Turkish rider was 1.456 seconds from his great new rival at the flag.

Third – and six seconds down on the winner – was the other factory Ducati of Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), with Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati) a close fourth.

Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) was fifth, after one-time fourth-placed Andrea Iannone (Team Pata GoEleven Ducati) was given two long-lap penalties for jump starting.

Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati) placed sixth, earning an important second row starting position for the final long race this afternoon.

Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) was seventh, Iannone recovered to finish eighth and Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was ninth.

Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) lost places after a messy lap in the middle of the race and finished tenth.

Top bimota rider was Alex Lowes, in 12th place.

Cremona Superpole Race