P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Aruba.it Racing – Ducati’s Nicolo Bulega will start from first on the grid for Saturday afternoon’s Aragon race after setting a new lap record in WorldSBK Superpole.
Bulega claimed pole position in the Superpole session with a time of 1:47.840, edging out Andrea Iannone by 0.368s and securing Alvaro Bautista on the front row. Iannone initially set the pace with a time of 1:48.202, closely followed by Bautista and Bulega. Bulega set a new lap record in the closing minutes, holding off Iannone to secure pole. This results in Bulega closing in on Toprak Razgatlioglu in the championship standings. Danilo Petrucci qualified fourth, while Razgatlioglu, returning from injury, took fifth. Kawasaki’s Alex Lowes finished sixth, ahead of Locatelli, Sam Lowes, Lecuona, and Gerloff in the top ten. Other notable qualifiers include Michael van der Mark, who suffered an engine failure but secured 11th, and Jonathan Rea in 13th place.
