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Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
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Rea 13th after penalty as Bulega wins WSB thriller
Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea was handed a double long lap penalty for irresponsible riding before finishing 13th in the concluding World Superbike race of the weekend in the Czech Republic on Sunday. Championship leader Nicolo Bulega extended his lead in the standings after snatching victory from his closest championship rival Toprak Razgatlioglu with the chequered flag in sight. Razgatlioglu, who had already won both Race One and the Superpole sprint race ahead of Bulega at the Most circuit, held the lead from the 14th lap but was pipped by 0.027 seconds by the Italian Ducati rider. The leading pair would finish more than 16 seconds ahead of Danilo Petrucci, who rounded out the podium for the third time in the round. Britain's Sam Lowes was fourth and remains sixth in the championship standings. Rea was involved in an incident at the first corner which brought about a yellow flag. The six-time champion, who made his return from injury at the Italian round two weeks ago, was ultimately penalised for the collision which saw Alvaro Bautista and Xavi Vierge unable to finish the race. After finishing 10th in the round's previous two races, Rea earned three points to take both his weekend and seasonal totals to nine. Bulega leads the standings on 252 points with two-time champion Razgatlioglu a further 31 behind. The sixth round of the championship will take place at Misano between 13 and 15 June. Rea 10th as Razgatlioglu wins in Czech Republic
BBC News
18-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Rea 13th after penalty as Bulega wins WSB thriller
Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea was handed a double long lap penalty for irresponsible riding before finishing 13th in the concluding World Superbike race of the weekend in the Czech Republic on Sunday. Championship leader Nicolo Bulega extended his lead in the standings after snatching victory from his closest championship rival Toprak Razgatlioglu with the chequered flag in who had already won both Race One and the Superpole sprint race ahead of Bulega at the Most circuit, held the lead from the 14th lap but was pipped by 0.027 seconds by the Italian Ducati leading pair would finish more than 16 seconds ahead of Danilo Petrucci, who rounded out the podium for the third time in the round. Britain's Sam Lowes was fourth and remains sixth in the championship standings. Rea was involved in an incident at the first corner which brought about a yellow six-time champion, who made his return from injury at the Italian round two weeks ago, was ultimately penalised for the collision which saw Alvaro Bautista and Xavi Vierge unable to finish the race. After finishing 10th in the round's previous two races, Rea earned three points to take both his weekend and seasonal totals to nine. Bulega leads the standings on 252 points with two-time champion Razgatlioglu a further 31 behind. The sixth round of the championship will take place at Misano between 13 and 15 June.
BBC News
03-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Rea takes 19th on return as Bulega wins in Italy
Jonathan Rea finished in 19th place on his return to World Superbike action in the fourth round of the 2025 championship at Cremona in Northern Ireland rider had missed the first three rounds of this year's series after suffering a serious injury to his left foot in a crash in testing at Phillip Island in Australia in qualified 17th in Superpole for the first of the weekend's three races on his Pata Yamaha on Saturday but suffered setbacks during the race as he twice ended up riding through gravel six-time champion had been given the go-ahead to compete by medical personnel at the race was won by Italian Ducati rider Nicolo Bulega, who took his fifth victory of the season to extend his lead at the top of the standings to 26 and defending champion Toprak Razgatlioglu was 2.8 seconds adrift of Bulega at the end of the race and the BMW rider retains his second place in the Bautista was third on his Superpole race and second feature race will take place on Sunday.
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Automotive
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Bulega makes perfect start to World Superbike season
Ducati racer Nicolo Bulega has pulled off a hat-trick, sweeping the opening World Superbike championship round at Phillip Island. The Italian had already stunned the grid on Saturday when he outpaced reigning champion Toprak Razgatlioglu by a monster 4.811 seconds. Bulega claimed his second win at the iconic Victorian track by 2.324 seconds in the SuperPole race on Sunday, before beating Phillip Island expert Alvaro Bautista for his third victory in race two. It is Bulega's career-first sweep after topping every session in Australia, building a 26-point lead over teammate Bautista in the standings. BULEGA CLAIMS HIS FIRST #WorldSBK HAT-TRICK 🏆🏆🏆What a start to the season 🔥 @nbulega has led every session of the weekend ☝️#AustralianWorldSBK 🇦🇺 — WorldSBK (@WorldSBK) February 23, 2025 "What a way to start the championship," Bulega said. "I'm happy because my feeling was good from the first session of the Monday test. "Every time I go on the bike, I know what I can do and what I have to do. "I'm just enjoying riding my bike, lap by lap, and it's an amazing feeling." Bautista walked away with his second podium after race two, the two-time champion finishing third in race one. The Spaniard was forced to accept a sub-standard 19th-placed finish in the SuperPole race, as Andrea Iannone came runner-up and Danilo Petrucci third for an all-Italian podium. Turkey's Razgatlioglu was 13th in the first race on Sunday before failing to complete the final, ending his streak of top-two finishes going back to round 10 last year. CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1. Nicolo Bulega ( Racing - Ducati) - 62pts 2. Alvaro Bautista ( Racing - Ducati) - 36 3. Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) - 35 4. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) - 31 5. Scott Redding (MGM BONOVO Racing) - 30
