BIG TITLE RACE SHIFT 🔄 Bulega out of Race 1 💥 | 2024 #AragonWorldSBK 🏁

Niccolo Bulliga, 13 points down on him and Alvaro Bautista, 82 down on top spot and more importantly for him behind his rookie teammate. Whose bike is that smoking out there? It's not Bulliga, is it? We did see his mechanic on the grid for a while, just assessing something. It is Niccolo Bulliga. He's shaking his head. I saw a puff of smoke. He's continuing on around the circuit and the smoking has stopped now. But for Niccolo Bulliga, who remember stopped at the end of the Superpole race last time out in Cremona, looks like more mechanical misfortune for him. Yeah, and for Bulliga and Ducati, we've already seen it, where they've had a lot of problems this season. Lost an engine, he stopped up at the top right-hand side of the shot, so Bulliga will non-score. And after six consecutive non-scores for top-rack Raz Gatlioglu, this will be the first race at which he has the opportunity to extend that championship lead. And it's an emotional moment here for Niccolo Bulliga, because he knows that this is only going to harm his championship chances. I said that I'd caught a glimpse of some smoke coming out of the rear of that machine. Bulliga then putting up his hands and then pulling up at the side of the circuit. And this is going to be pivotal in the context of the championship. Look at the faces in the Aruba.it racing pit box.