Overview
- Nicolo Bulega recovered from a Saturday Sprint fall to finish 15th in Sunday’s grand prix and score his first MotoGP point.
- The debutant set his best lap on lap 23 of 25, clocking 1:39.391 with only five riders quicker on that lap, and closed back to a group fighting for 11th after an earlier mistake.
- He crashed out of the Sprint on lap 4 while chasing Franco Morbidelli, losing the front under braking for his first MotoGP fall.
- Bulega attributed the Sprint error to using a ‘Superbike style’ on Michelin tires, noting he must brake later and more smoothly, and said it was his first run on the hard front.
- Francesco Bagnaia placed eighth in the Sprint with traction issues before crashing from fourth in the grand prix, as Bulega prepares to substitute again at Valencia.