He WorldSBK arrived at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the second round of the season, and it does so a week after the Catalan track hosted a two-day test session led at a record speed of Nicolò Bulega.
The Italian, debutant in the category, celebrated his first victory in the first race of Phillip Island and second in the general classification with 41 points, nine behind the leader, Alex Lowes. The British, with his Kawasakicrossed the finish line first in both the Superpole Race and Race 2 of Australia.
But in the Catalan route, ‘Bulegas‘He was a favorite because of his test results and because, historically, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya This is a favorable track for Ducati. Something they will try to take advantage of Alvaro Bautista, Andrea Iannone and Danilo Petruccipilots also carrying one of those motorcycles Borgo Panigale.
However. If the two Italians try to repeat the success of the trials -‘The crazy‘is fourth and’Peter‘ third -, the current world champion of WorldSBK He had to find someone else, because in the trials he finished almost a second behind his teammate Bullega and in Phillip Island He could only get on the podium in Race 2 (second).
Could Razgatlioglu and Rea be there?
After the beginning of world different than expected, Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea They want to fight for the top positions again. The Turk, eighth overall with bmwtook a step forward in the tests and said after the tests “I’m very close to the first, I’m very happy (…) it’s my dream to win here because I’ve never done it.”
For his part, the six-time world champion of WorldSBK wants to leave his bad start of the year with the yamahawhere he even suffered a nasty fall and had to be evacuated on a stretcher and later by ambulance.
Andrea Locatelli (yamaha), Aegerter (yamaha), Michael van der Mark (bmw) and Garrett Gerloff (bmw), Sam Lowes (Ducati) and Rinaldi (Ducati) are pilots who will also fight for the top positions of a WorldSBK Catalunya Round which is expected to be exciting.
Source: La Verdad
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