Nicolo Bulega prolonged his mastery at Jerez with a dominant Race 1 victory, controlling the sphere from pole place to assert his seventh win on the circuit within the WorldSBK season finale.
With a seventh success in Jerez, Nicolo Bulega secured his fiftieth WorldSBK win milestone whereas main a outstanding top-seven sweep for Ducati. Taking the chequered flag in first place, the Italian crossed the road 1.657 seconds forward of Sam Lowes in second.
The consequence noticed the Briton declare his greatest race end because the Superpole Race throughout the Hungarian spherical in 2025. His robust drive to second additionally introduced him quickly tied on 245 factors within the World Championship standings along with his twin brother Alex Lowes.
In the meantime, Iker Lecuona held agency in third to safe the ultimate step on the rostrum, surpassing his earlier private greatest results of fifth at Jerez from 2024. After a troublesome begin, the Spaniard got here beneath heavy stress as Yari Montella launched an assault, however the #7 Ducati rider held robust to defend his place.
Simply behind the rostrum battle, Alvaro Bautista in the end snatched fourth place from Yari Montella with three laps remaining, placing on a outstanding cost to combat his manner up from ninth on the grid. Montella completed 1.2 seconds behind in fifth, crossing the road simply forward of Alberto Surra in sixth.
Lorenzo Baldassarri recovered to take seventh, one spot down from his beginning place, after battling his manner again via the sphere.
Additional again, Alex Lowes adopted in eighth forward of Thomas Bridewell, who completed ninth after steadily dropping floor to his rivals following a troublesome early stint in Jerez.
Axel Bassani took tenth place forward of Jake Dixon in eleventh, whereas Loris Baz, Andrea Locatelli, Garrett Gerloff, and Remy Gardner accomplished the highest 15 point-scoring positions.
On the tail finish of the sphere, Xavi Vierge suffered an unlucky finish to his race, compelled into retirement with 13 laps to go after his bike caught hearth. He was one among simply two non-finishers in Race 1 alongside Danilo Petrucci, who additionally recorded a DNF.
