Nothing can stop the rookie Bulega: the fastest and under the Jerez record

The first private trial of World Superbike ended this Thursday in Jerez where the rookie of the official Ducati team, Nicolo Bulega, destroyed the current category record at the Jerez track. He stopped the clock in 1.37.809, the only one to drop 1’38”, improving by 438 thousandths the official record of 1,38,247 set by Jonathan Rea in 2019.

A record that, unofficially as it was a private test, shows the quick adaptation the 24-year-old Italian has to the category he entered after winning the Supersport world title last season.

If the face in the official team Ducati Aruba.it was then Nicolo Bulegathe cross on this occasion was for the two-time world champion, Alvaro Bautistawho is unable to perform as usual due to physical problems that prevent him from getting the most out of his motorcycle, in addition to having to work on adapting to the new minimum combined rider-bike weight regulations, which include, in his case , ballast weighing six kilos on his mount. The one from Talavera de la Reina finished sixteenth with a 1.39.583, 1.774 behind his teammate.

Following Bulega at 0″536, the Northern Irishman Jonathan Rea qualified, indicating his good and quick adaptation to the Yamaha R-1. The BMWs of Scott Redding (Bonovo Action) and the Turkish Toprak Razgatlioglu (Rokit BMW Motorrad) placed further with respective times of 1.38.572 and 1.38.638. Good record on this final day for Italian Andrea Iannone (Ducati) who returned to motorcycling after his doping sanctioned and starting to get into the privileged positions.Now he is fifth in 1.38.744, with Garret Gerloff (BMW) (1.38.832) behind him.

Also a good test for the debutant in the category, ex-Moto2 Sam Lowes (Ducati) seventh with 1.38.852, before Yamaha Remy Gardner (1.38.871), Ducati Danilo Petrucci (1.38.907) completed the top-10 ) and Yamaha Andrea Locatelli (1.38.943).