Nicolo Bulega was simply too good from start to finish including that pole award earlier in the day with the Race 1 win for the No.11 Ducati bike at Phillip Island.
While everyone were out of reach chasing Bulega all along, there’s at least 1-2 riders went after the defending champ Toprak Razgatlıoğlu who struggled to keep up from 2nd down to 5th and then up back front again over the first few laps.
It could’ve been a Ducati 1-2 had Alvaro Bautista not stuffed up that one and only mandatory pit stop halfway through 20 laps that gave Toprak his position back in 2nd. But at least Bautista is happy with the result in 3rd and Toprak able to stabilise 2nd – just not enough time though like we saw in the Superpole session.
And off the back of that thrilling Top 4 fight on the run home also in Race 1 of the new World Supersport season (2nd tier), shoutout to Oli Bayliss in 7th with Luke Power picking up a few points in 12th.
