Bulega does the WorldSSP double at Phillip Island

2023 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship

Round One – Phillip Island

World Superport Race Two

Adrian Huertas was missing from the World Supersport grid after a crash yesterday left him a fracture of the fifth vertebrae along with some fractured ribs.

All riders started the race on standard SC1 front and SCX-A (development SC1 A1128) rear Pirelli tyres.

Nicolo Bulega led the field away with Oncu and Manzi giving chase and that trio immediately started to stretch a gap over the rest of the field.

Truelove went down and out on lap one while Spinelli pulled off with a technical problem a couple of laps into the race.

Oli Bayliss was just outside the top ten during the opening laps and remained there for much of the race before a technical problem for Caricasulo made him stand it up which forced Bayliss off onto the grass at high speed.

The Cape Barren Geese then made another appearance on the circuit which brought the red flags out and as more than two-thirds race distance had been run called the final result at it stood five laps short of the scheduled 18-lap distance.

Ducati ecstatic with their double for the weekend with Bulega the victor ahead of Manzi and Oncu.

World Supersport Race Two Results

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap	Speed
1	N. Bulega	Ducati Panigale V2	20m43.231	280,.5
2	S. Manzi	Yamaha YZF R6	+0.382	275.5
3	C. Oncu	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1 Sector	279.8
4	M. Schroetter	MV Agusta F3 800 RR	2 Sectors	275.5
5	G. Van Straalen	Yamaha YZF R6	2 Sectors	280.5
6	J. Navarro	Yamaha YZF R6	2 Sectors	270.0
7	R. De Rosa	Ducati Panigale V2	2 Sectors	279.8
8	V. Debise	Yamaha YZF R6	2 Sectors	277.6
9	N. Tuuli	Triumph Street Triple RS 765	2 Sectors	270.0
10	O. Bayliss	Ducati Panigale V2	2 Sectors	269.3
11	B. Sofuoglu	MV Agusta F3 800 RR	1 Lap	276.9
12	J. Mcphee	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1 Lap	281.3
13	A. Wongthananon	Yamaha YZF R6	1 Lap	279.1
14	A. Sarmoon	Yamaha YZF R6	1 Lap	272.7
15	A. Norrodin	Honda CBR600RR	1 Lap	268.0
16	T Mackenzie	Honda CBR600RR	1 Lap	262.1
Not Classified
NC	N. Spinelli	Yamaha YZF R6	/	268.0
RET	F Caricasulo	Ducati Panigale V2	/	286.5
RET	A. Mantovani	Yamaha YZF R6	/	274.8
RET	H. Truelove	Triumph Street Triple RS 765	/	270.7
RET	H. Truelove			270.7

World Supersport Championship Points

Pos	Rider	Points
1	Nicolo Bulega	50
2	Stefano Manzi	30
3	Marcel Schroetter	22
4	Nicholas Spinelli	20
5	John Mcphee	20
6	Niki Tuuli	20
7	Jorge Navarro	17
8	Can Oncu	16
9	Glenn Van Straalen	13
10	Tarran Mackenzie	11
11	Valentin Debise	11
12	Anupab Sarmoon	10
13	Raffaele De Rosa	9
14	Oliver Bayliss	6
15	Federico Caricasulo	6
16	Bahattin Sofuoglu	5
17	Harry Truelove	5
18	Adam Norrodin	5
19	Apiwath Wongthananon	4