In close to good situations on the Cremona Circuit Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) topped the occasions on his Ducati.
The Italian rider loved a robust begin to the weekend to paved the way from championship rival Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Crew).
Free Observe HighlightsBulega accomplished 39 laps on the 3.768km lengthy circuit. The Ducati rider topped the occasions in each Free Observe periods with a quickest time of 1’29.158.
Having missed final yr’s Italian spherical at Cremona, Razgatlioglu spent the morning understanding the circuit. The Turkish rider notched up 35 laps right now and ended the day simply 0.3s slower than Bulega.
With excessive observe temperatures, 40C in FP1 and nearly 50C in FP2, the observe floor was slick and performed a job in quite a few crashes. Danilo Petrucci ended the day third quickest however suffered a crash in Free Observe 1. He wasn’t alone with Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) struggling three crashes. The Spaniard ended the day eighth quickest however solely accomplished 18 laps.
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Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) was the busiest rider on observe with 41 laps and completed the day fourth quickest whereas Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Crew) was one place additional again.
Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) made his return to WorldSBK. The six occasions World Champion has sat on the sidelines via harm for the primary three rounds and accomplished a full programme of 36 laps right now however ended the periods twenty first quickest.
P1 – Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati)“I’ve a robust mentality from Assen as a result of I used to be very quick there. I wished to deliver that optimistic feeling right here to Cremona. I don’t actually like this observe as a result of my using fashion doesn’t swimsuit it very nicely. I’ll all the time attempt to do my greatest and work nicely with the mechanics for one of the best consequence. Toprak is all the time very sturdy and I feel such a observe fits his using fashion rather well. He’ll be quick. I additionally count on different riders to be aggressive. At the moment, I felt fairly good. My tyre consumption was good and my tempo was sturdy. We have to hold enhancing as a result of everybody will take a step ahead tomorrow so we have now to enhance as nicely. We’ll see what occurs.”
P2 – Toprak Razgatlıoglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Crew)“We’re nonetheless engaged on the bike as a result of we’d like a very good setup for the race. At the moment, we centered particularly on enhancing rear grip. I didn’t initially plan a race simulation however with the recent situations it turned clear we would have liked extra grip on the rear. We discovered one thing as a result of within the final run I used to be capable of set an excellent lap time. I felt extra grip, which is optimistic, however we nonetheless want extra. The others are very sturdy. Bulega was doing 1’29s fairly simply. It’s wanting a bit higher for us as a result of we’ve made some progress and hopefully we will discover a bit extra tomorrow. After lacking this spherical final yr I’m actually having fun with using this observe.”
P3 – Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Crew)“It’s a vital race and there are quite a lot of expectations after successful right here final yr. That is our house race, so let’s see how we really feel tomorrow. I’m fairly joyful right now regardless of a small crash this morning. There was no warning for the crash however the climate may be very totally different in comparison with final yr. It’s actually scorching now and there have been quite a lot of crashes already. It’ll be troublesome to remain out of hassle as a result of it’s very troublesome to search out rear traction. I’m fairly calm and I’m not fascinated about successful or something like that. I simply wish to go into Superpole and attempt to be on the primary or second row. Then we’ll play my playing cards within the race. There’s quite a lot of strain on me however I’m stunning myself. I don’t wish to make any errors tomorrow and if I can end inside the highest 5, or get on the rostrum, that will be an incredible consequence.”
Mixed Outcomes after FP21. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 1’29.158s2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK) 1’29.465s +0.307s3. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Crew) 1’29.537s +0.379s4. Iker Lecuona (Honda HRC) 1’29.621s +0.463s5. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Crew) 1’29.640s +0.482s6. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Crew) 1’29.669s +0.511s
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