{"id":288143,"date":"2025-11-16T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/288143\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:18:07","slug":"nicolo-bulegas-frank-claim-about-his-motogp-stint-so-far-im-not-enjoying-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/288143\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolo Bulega\u2019s frank claim about his MotoGP stint so far: \u2018I\u2019m not enjoying it\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Superbike star Nicolo Bulega admits he is not enjoying riding the Ducati MotoGP bike yet \u201cbecause I\u2019m still thinking a lot\u201d about what he needs to do on it.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian has been drafted in as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1654\/marc-marquez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Marquez<\/a>\u2019s injury replacement for the final two rounds of the 2025 MotoGP season, ahead of his testing role with Ducati next year for its 2027 project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/1043899\/nicolo-bulega\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolo Bulega<\/a> came away from the Portuguese Grand Prix with a point, while he was 16th in the sprint on Saturday at the Valencia Grand Prix after qualifying on the back row.<\/p>\n<p>With little time on the Desmosedici so far, he admits he is struggling to ride \u201cnaturally\u201d on it, which is making it hard to enjoy right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, no, because I\u2019m still thinking a lot,\u201d he said on Saturday at Valencia when asked if he is enjoying riding the Ducati <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> bike.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not riding naturally. So, when I ride without thinking about anything and I\u2019m just riding free, I will enjoy it more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bulega \u2018too strong\u2019 on the Ducati MotoGP bike in some areas<\/p>\n<p>The biggest difference for Bulega to get adjusted to in MotoGP is the Michelin tyres, which led to him crashing out of the Portugal sprint as he braked as if on World Superbike Pirellis.<\/p>\n<p>Though there is much to learn still, Bulega admits braking is now arguably his strongest area of riding on the Ducati.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we watch the data, there are some parts where I am very strong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe sometimes even too much.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn other parts I struggle, which is normal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there are some parts, especially bringing the bike [into the corners] with brakes I\u2019m very strong, because normally in Superbikes we are strong in that part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, if we can do it like in Superbikes, I am very strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we miss in the second part of the corner, like the middle to the exit. But it\u2019s normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World Superbike star Nicolo Bulega admits he is not enjoying riding the Ducati MotoGP bike yet \u201cbecause I\u2019m&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,8456,806,805,803,804,6909,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-288143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-ducati-lenovo-team","11":"tag-motor","12":"tag-motor-sports","13":"tag-motosport","14":"tag-motosports","15":"tag-nicolo-bulega","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}