{"id":2191125,"date":"2026-10-11T11:16:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T08:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2191125"},"modified":"2026-10-11T11:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T08:16:36","slug":"iker-lecuona-blames-weather-for-estoril-worldsbk-blunder-that-gave-nicolo-bulega-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2191125","title":{"rendered":"Iker Lecuona blames weather for Estoril WorldSBK blunder that gave Nicolo Bulega win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354492_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header id=\"lbs-article\" class=\"article header article-header section layout layout--article-header\">\n<div class=\"col headline\">\n<div>\n<h1>Iker Lecuona blames weather for Estoril WorldSBK blunder that gave Nicolo Bulega win<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Iker Lecuona says the wind caused him to make a mistake at turn one in the Estoril WorldSBK Superpole Race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section two-column\">\n<div class=\"col article-info\">\n<div>\n<address> Alex Whitworth <\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-10-11T12:16:36+01:00\">11 Oct 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-actions\">\n<div class=\"block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons\"><span class=\"ssb-title\"> Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"lbs-content\" class=\"content wide-two-column-sticky section layout layout--wide-two-column-sticky\">\n<div class=\"col first-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354492_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354492_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354492_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354492_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354492_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354492_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354492_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354492_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354492_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Iker Lecuona was leading the WorldSBK Superpole Race at Estoril before a costly mistake at\u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-preferred-source\">\n<aside>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div>  Prefer Crash.Net on Google <\/div>\n<div> See our stories more often<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"button\">  Add <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Unpredictable wind has been stated as the cause for Iker Lecuona\u2019s costly mistake in the WorldSBK Superpole Race at Estoril.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lecuona led at the start of the race, launching better than Nicolo Bulega off the line.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bulega sat behind his team-mate for a couple of laps, before Lecuona lost control in braking for turn one on lap three and went wide. Lecuona just about rejoined in front of Miguel Oliveira to keep second, but he couldn\u2019t get back to Bulega to challenge for the win before the finish.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Iker Lecuona said afterwards that the mistake came as a surprise to him, and that inconsistent wind was a factor in his costly error.<\/p>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Iker Lecuona, 2026 Estoril WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI didn\u2019t expect that huge mistake from myself,\u201d Lecuona told the WorldSBK world feed after the Superpole Race.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe thing is that the wind isn\u2019t constant, sometimes it arrives stronger, and I didn\u2019t expect it so I had a lot of pick-up on the rear and I could not stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI almost arrived to the gravel, so when I came back I said \u2018I f*cked my race\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut in any case I\u2019m really happy because we found something on the bike \u2013 I feel comfortable, very fast, honestly, during the race. I could also recover the gap with Nicolo [Bulega] that\u2019s also very important for myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read Also<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-2d207b6ac7220597f1caf184f90b2c9a36e49786f01b514f6a473f48db06ab76\">\n<div class=\"item-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Nicolo Bulega declared Estoril WorldSBK demolition \u201cone of the best\u201d of 2026<\/li>\n<li>Nicolo Bulega on the brink of another WorldSBK record but &#8220;just thinking to win&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNow we need to check all the tyre performance for the long race that is completely different, that we need to manage that dropping.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Iker Lecuona, 2026 Estoril WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut in any case I\u2019m happy. Let\u2019s see if we can do another small step for the long race and we can be with Nicolo until the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For Bulega, the win was his 28th of the season, a record for one rider, the Italian surpassing Alvaro Bautista\u2019s 2023 tally by one. 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improvement to fight Nicolo Bulega at Estoril WorldSBK<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1791631917\"> 10\/10\/26<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353474_hires.jpg?height=270&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=1:1 270w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353474_hires.jpg?height=180&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=1:1 180w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353474_hires.jpg?height=90&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=1:1 90w\" sizes=\"100px\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> WSBK  News <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 2027 WorldSBK rider line-up so far<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1791622503\"> 10\/10\/26<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-09\/gng_1341361_hires_1600x900.jpg?height=270&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=1:1 270w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-09\/gng_1341361_hires_1600x900.jpg?height=180&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=1:1 180w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-09\/gng_1341361_hires_1600x900.jpg?height=90&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=1:1 90w\" sizes=\"100px\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Iker Lecuona says the wind caused him to make a mistake at turn one in the Estoril WorldSBK Superpole Race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Unpredictable wind has been stated as the cause for Iker Lecuona\u2019s costly mistake in the WorldSBK Superpole Race at Estoril.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lecuona led at the start of the race, launching better than Nicolo Bulega off the line.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bulega sat behind his team-mate for a couple of laps, before Lecuona lost control in braking for turn one on lap three and went wide. Lecuona just about rejoined in front of Miguel Oliveira to keep second, but he couldn\u2019t get back to Bulega to challenge for the win before the finish.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Iker Lecuona said afterwards that the mistake came as a surprise to him, and that inconsistent wind was a factor in his costly error.<\/p>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Iker Lecuona, 2026 Estoril WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI didn\u2019t expect that huge mistake from myself,\u201d Lecuona told the WorldSBK world feed after the Superpole Race.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe thing is that the wind isn\u2019t constant, sometimes it arrives stronger, and I didn\u2019t expect it so I had a lot of pick-up on the rear and I could not stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI almost arrived to the gravel, so when I came back I said \u2018I f*cked my race\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut in any case I\u2019m really happy because we found something on the bike \u2013 I feel comfortable, very fast, honestly, during the race. I could also recover the gap with Nicolo [Bulega] that\u2019s also very important for myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read Also<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-2d207b6ac7220597f1caf184f90b2c9a36e49786f01b514f6a473f48db06ab76\">\n<div class=\"item-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Nicolo Bulega declared Estoril WorldSBK demolition \u201cone of the best\u201d of 2026<\/li>\n<li>Nicolo Bulega on the brink of another WorldSBK record but &#8220;just thinking to win&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNow we need to check all the tyre performance for the long race that is completely different, that we need to manage that dropping.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Iker Lecuona, 2026 Estoril WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut in any case I\u2019m happy. Let\u2019s see if we can do another small step for the long race and we can be with Nicolo until the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For Bulega, the win was his 28th of the season, a record for one rider, the Italian surpassing Alvaro Bautista\u2019s 2023 tally by one. For Ducati, it was a 36th consecutive win, going back to Race 2 at Estoril last year, a new outright record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Unpredictable wind has been stated as the cause for Iker Lecuona\u2019s costly mistake in the WorldSBK Superpole Race at Estoril.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lecuona led at the start of the race, launching better than Nicolo Bulega off the line.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bulega sat behind his team-mate for a couple of laps, before Lecuona lost control in braking for turn one on lap three and went wide. Lecuona just about rejoined in front of Miguel Oliveira to keep second, but he couldn\u2019t get back to Bulega to challenge for the win before the finish.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Iker Lecuona said afterwards that the mistake came as a surprise to him, and that inconsistent wind was a factor in his costly error.<\/p>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354541_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Iker Lecuona, 2026 Estoril WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI didn\u2019t expect that huge mistake from myself,\u201d Lecuona told the WorldSBK world feed after the Superpole Race.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe thing is that the wind isn\u2019t constant, sometimes it arrives stronger, and I didn\u2019t expect it so I had a lot of pick-up on the rear and I could not stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI almost arrived to the gravel, so when I came back I said \u2018I f*cked my race\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut in any case I\u2019m really happy because we found something on the bike \u2013 I feel comfortable, very fast, honestly, during the race. I could also recover the gap with Nicolo [Bulega] that\u2019s also very important for myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read Also<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-2d207b6ac7220597f1caf184f90b2c9a36e49786f01b514f6a473f48db06ab76\">\n<div class=\"item-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>Nicolo Bulega declared Estoril WorldSBK demolition \u201cone of the best\u201d of 2026<\/li>\n<li>Nicolo Bulega on the brink of another WorldSBK record but &#8220;just thinking to win&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNow we need to check all the tyre performance for the long race that is completely different, that we need to manage that dropping.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1353688_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Iker Lecuona, 2026 Estoril WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut in any case I\u2019m happy. Let\u2019s see if we can do another small step for the long race and we can be with Nicolo until the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For Bulega, the win was his 28th of the season, a record for one rider, the Italian surpassing Alvaro Bautista\u2019s 2023 tally by one. For Ducati, it was a 36th consecutive win, going back to Race 2 at Estoril last year, a new outright record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;http:\/\/crash.net\/wsbk\/news\/1107304\/1\/iker-lecuona-blames-weather-estoril-worldsbk-blunder-gave-nicolo-bulega-win&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-10\/gng_1354492_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;] Iker Lecuona blames weather for Estoril WorldSBK blunder that gave Nicolo Bulega win Iker Lecuona says the wind caused him to make a mistake at turn one in the Estoril WorldSBK Superpole Race. Alex Whitworth 11 Oct 2026 Share Iker Lecuona was leading the WorldSBK Superpole Race at Estoril before a costly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[47,226],"class_list":["post-2191125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crash-net","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2191125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2191125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2191125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2191125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}