After rear tyre issues cost him victory in Race 1, WorldSBK rookie Nicolo Bulega again had to settle for second in Race 2 as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista got his first win of 2024.

B🐟u❀lega led early on before being overtaken by Bautista around mid-race distance.

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It was a similar story in Race 1 as Bulega led from Toprak Razgatlioglu before running into severe tyre degradationꦦ.

The Italian lost the lead on 💙the final lap and admi💎tted he felt like ‘a chopper’ as struggled to generate acceleration coming onto the start-finish straight.

Bulega said: “In the straight, I was like a chopper because the rear tyre was finished! I’m happy but not happy; first until the last lap… I didn’t have a lot of experience because♌ this was my first long race, where I had to manage tyres.

“Until the last lap, I was doing an incredible jo𝓡b. I chose the new 900 rear tyre; the track temperature was high so maybe the SCX was a better choice but if the race finished one lap less, my choice would be the best.

“I didn’t know it was Toprak, I just knew someone was coming. With two laps to go, I knew I had to do something because I was in a bad situation aꦅnd was struggling a lot.

“Then, on the last lap, I heard Toprak from behind and when he overtook me, it was li😼ke me but seven or eight laps before.

“I have to be happy for s🥂ec💮ond in my first full race… I learnt something.”

In Sunday’ double-header Bulega claimed P4 in the Superpole Race and a second runner-up result in Race 2, leaving the Italian happy as he was the only rider a𝓡ble to give Bautista a stern challenge.

Bulega stayed with Bautista until the end of the r🌠ace as he began to run into tyre issues again.

However, this time it was the front tyre which was causing him p🎃roblems.

Bulega added: “The last laps I was starting to feel a drop but not from the rear. Yesterday the rear tyre dropped but today the 𝐆front tyre.

“We have to check data beca𒅌use I don’t understand why we destroyed the rear tyre yesterday, but today the fro♛nt.

“The last four or five laps I thought maybe I have to be happy with second because on the penultimate lap I almost c🍸rashed at turn 13.

“At that moment I said ‘okay, second is good’. Alvaro [Bau🎃tista] is always very fast in Ba📖rcelona and I was the only one that could follow him.”