WITH NICOLO Bulega (Aruba Ducati) on pole and then in the lead of Race 1, it looked like another Ducati V-twin metronome of a race result.
However, Marcel Schroetter (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) chased and almost caught Bulega at the flag, finishing just 0.626sec down.
Another MV Agusta, of Bahatt in Sofuoglu, would get on the