Nicolo Bulega Secures Hattrick at Phillip Island
February 23, 2025Nicolo Bulega was in a world of his own in Australia for the Phillip Island round. Bulega led every session on the weekend with no one coming close to challenging him for the top spot. The round provided Bulega with all three wins marking his first hat trick in the World Superbike Championship. “I can’t hide the fact that I am delighted with this weekend,” said Bulega. “It’s clear that the results are there for all to see, but what gives me more satisfaction is the feeling with the bike, which has been perfect since the tests. I want to thank the team for their extraordinary job”.
Toprak Razgatlioglu Struggled at Phillip Island
Toprak Razgatlioglu’s season opening round did not go according to plan. Razgatlioglu retired from the final race of the round in frustration. His BMW M1000RR seemed to struggle with performance; especially with straight speed and braking. He said “I am never very happy after the first races of the season which has been the case in the past years – the season opener is always strange. To get the podium in race one was not easy; thanks to my team as in every session they improved the bike. I felt a bit better on the bike in that race and we did a very good job.
At the start of the Superpole race, I had a big problem and was lucky not to hit someone and to avoid a big crash. For race two we said it would be better to ride yesterday’s bike because I felt that we had been really improving and the grip was much better than before but during the race there was a problem and I could not continue. But I now only focus on the next race. Finally we are going to Europe and I’m just starting to fight with all the Ducatis because this is almost like a Ducati Cup. Nicolò Bulega was strong here last year, so I was not surprised that he was fast.
Congratulations to him, he did a very good job and deserves it. I think that we will fight more this year. Álvaro Bautista is also strong, but this year, all Ducatis were in front. This is not normal and I hope that it will not continue like this. Now we have a long break of almost one month and we will work hard and try to come back stronger. We have a test at Portimão and these two test days are really important because we try to improve the bike. We are still not at hundred percent but I know that everyone is pushing hard.”