Nicolo Bulega will begin the ultimate WorldSBK races of the season from pole place after securing Superpole victory at Jerez.
Nicolo Bulega stormed to the ultimate WorldSBK Superpole of the season at Jerez in 1:36.643, his third on the Spanish circuit, securing a landmark twentieth profession Superpole place. For the second time in historical past, Ducati has secured all of the poles in a season.
The consequence capped off a sensational qualifying report for the Italian rider this 12 months, taking 11 out of 12 Superpoles on provide, along with his solely defeat of the season coming at Cremona to his teammate Iker Lecuona. It supplies a becoming milestone as he prepares to make the change to MotoGP with VR46 subsequent season.
The Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto stands as certainly one of Bulega’s most dominant venues. In his latest outings on the observe, he has conceded only a single victory to his rivals, a runner-up end behind Toprak Razgatlioglu two years in the past. Each different race look for Bulega at Jerez has yielded a victory, highlighted by dominant lights-to-flag performances the place he led each single lap in Race 1 of 2024 in addition to the opening two races final season.
Becoming a member of Bulega on the entrance row as the one different rider underneath the 1:37 mark, Sam Lowes matched his finest qualifying efficiency of the 12 months by securing second on the grid, equalling his front-row begins from Assen and Magny-Cours.
Iker Lecuona accomplished the highest three in third place, outqualified by the unbiased Marc VDS Ducati of Lowes. Jerez stays certainly one of solely two venues on the present calendar, alongside Phillip Island, the place Lecuona is but to step onto the WorldSBK podium, along with his private finest on the venue being a fifth-place end in Race 1 of 2024.
Yari Montella will head up the second row alongside Alex Lowes because the lone non-Ducati consultant inside the highest 9. Lorenzo Baldassarri will line up from sixth place on the grid, simply forward of Thomas Bridewell, main row three in seventh.
Alberto Surra secured eighth place forward of Alvaro Bautista in ninth, whereas Axel Bassani rounds out the highest 10. Xavi Vierge, Jake Dixon, Miguel Oliveira, Loris Baz, and Danilo Petrucci full the highest 15 grid positions.
