Let’ s cut to the chase, Bulega was in unbeatable form again, took pole position and all three race wins and was troubled less by Iker Lecouna than he had been at the previous two rounds. Lecuona would, no doubt, have liked to take the opportunity to finally beat his teammate and to be the one on the top step of the podium for a change... but it wasn’ t to be. Yes, ok, Lecuona did take the lead briefly in the two full length races but, they were‘ blink and you’ ll miss it’ moments. Bulega stuck to his game-plan, hit the front and stayed there. Lecuona did his best but, small mistakes when Bulega had already stretched out a lead emphasised just how hard he was working to just stay in touch. Three 2nd place finishes for Lecouna played out to form and, post-race, the Spaniard expressed his frustration with not being able to find those tenths he needs to find if he’ s to beat Bulega. He’ s making no excuses even though it’ s clear that the Ducati has been developed around Bulega, in his 5th year with the team, whereas Lecuona is in his 1st year on the V4R.
WHERE IT WAS AT The real action was behind the Aruba. it guys with the fight for 3rd place in the championship and the fight for top independent rider which had seen, in previous rounds, some excellent performances by all the key protagonists and some absolute horror weekends by the same cohort.
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