The dominator of Aragon Sunday, Nicolò Bulega appeared relieved at the end of Race 2 and this for two reasons: first of all for being able to get on the top step of the podium again, but also for having found a solution to the problems that had bothered him in Race 1.
"Yesterday's anger gave me the right motivation for today because I knew I had the speed, but some problems on the bike affected my performance. Thanks to the work done in the evening we solved it and I had the Sunday I wanted," he explained.
About the head-to-head with Razgatlioglu he then revealed, "I realized he wanted to block me because he knew I had more. At that point I tried to dictate the pace by always closing the line at turn 15 where I was weaker or he was stronger, kind of like me at the last corner. After I started going at a steady pace and 2 or 3 laps passed I realized that he was not going to pass me."
In the space of a few hours the Emilian managed to get his head around the situation and spoil the party for BMW. "Yesterday I had started with a good mentality considering also that I was starting from the pole, but I didn't feel 100 percent comfortable on the bike. Spurring me on was the knowledge that I would only need a tenth to be first, so the evening's work was geared in that direction," he confessed.
Returning to the morning's Superpole Race and the maneuver that proved decisive for success, he explained, "Closing the line at the last corner like that was difficult. Toprak knew that I was going to try to pass him since I had already been faster than him there on Saturday, so he kept more on the inside than he had on the previous lap, but I lifted the bike up where it seems unfeasible so I could take more advantage of the grip, opened the throttle aggressively and passed him. I was convinced I was going to make it."
For the Ducati man, there is only one winning strategy. "Maybe it's easy to say because I succeeded, however, I think the ideal formula, is to not make so many changes to the bike and always have the same package available to make the most of it and be fast as in this case," he argued before casting his eyes ahead.
Indeed, the next round, as well as the penultimate round of the championship, will be at Estoril. "It's a circuit I like, although I prefer the last one, Jerez, which I love like Phillip Island. In 2024 I was still quite fast despite being my first year in SBK and I won the Superpole Race. That said, I don't want to look back too much because I was a rookie and because the situation was different. I will certainly give it a try," he said.
The 25-year-old then revealed that he has been in constant contact with Bagnaia this weekend."Yesterday Pecco sent me a message with a piece of advice that I used today and that partly helped me. To make overtaking Toprak more difficult, he suggested I release the brake more at turn 14 and turn a little wider; I also told him I was struggling to corner and even before the race he tried to help me, so thanks to him," his words.
Finally, on the Turkish rider's missed record of wins just because of his Sunday supremacy, the 2023 Supersport champion asserted, "I'm not happy that I stopped him from winning, but that I avoided a new second place. I needed this day. Two wins give me the right motivation for the final rounds."