are all giving our best, but some-
times, if you just don't have luck
on your side, let's say, it doesn't
matter how hard you work."
The next round (March 28-30)
is at Portimao in Portugal, a
had a technical issue in the Sat
-
urday race, so the bike stopped,
and I was not able to finish the
race. Honestly, it was a kind of
horrible weekend, and I feel bad
for the team and everyone. We
Ducati, sixth and seventh, in
Sunday's races.
Rapid Ducatis may have been
layered on equally potent Duca
-
tis at the top of the round-one
race results, but easily best-of-
the-bunch Bulega heads the
championship by a whopping 26
points already. He leads from his
relatively resurgent teammate
Bautista, with Iannone 27 points
from the series lead in third.
It was a rough weekend for
Garrett Gerloff in his Kawasaki
debut. The Texan only saw the
checkered flag once in race two
in 13th, and leaves Australia
15th in the standings, some 59
points away from Bulega.
"Not the best way to start the
championship, unfortunately,
and I am sure we were all ex
-
pecting more," Gerloff said. "I
ROUND 1 / FEBRUARY 21-23, 2025
PHILLIP ISLAND CIRCUIT / VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
ROAD RACE I FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
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Hopefully it gets better
for Garrett Gerloff. His
Kawasaki debut was a
bruising one.
Home hero Remy Gardner leads teammate Dominique
Aegerter. It was a miserable weekend for Gardner, with an
ultra-high-speed crash at Doohan Corner in race two to go
with his crash at Miller Corner in race one.
