{"id":672016,"date":"2026-05-15T06:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672016\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T06:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:21:21","slug":"nicolo-bulegas-mammoth-journey-from-historic-worldsbk-race-to-ducati-motogp-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672016\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolo Bulega&#8217;s mammoth journey from historic WorldSBK race to Ducati MotoGP test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Nicolo Bulega has detailed the huge car journey he had to make in order to get from the Hungarian WorldSBK round to Tuscany for his first 850cc MotoGP test with Ducati.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bulega\u2019s Hungary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WorldSBK<\/a> round was already a milestone weekend for the Italian, who took his 14th, 15th, and 16th consecutive race wins in the championship, surpassing the record of 13 held by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/995265\/toprak-razgatlioglu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toprak Razgatlioglu<\/a> since the middle of 2024.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">His 16th win in a row was also his 32nd in WorldSBK in general in just his 84th race. This makes him the fastest rider to reach that tally in WorldSBK history, the previous record being 94 races by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/1992\/troy-bayliss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Troy Bayliss<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1309806_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Hungarian WorldSBK, grid. Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Hungarian WorldSBK, grid. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Additionally, Bulega is on a 25-race podium streak, the equal-longest in WorldSBK history, matched only by Razgatlioglu and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1196\/colin-edwards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colin Edwards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But after the Balaton race Bulega had to get in his car and drive across Europe in order to get to Mugello for his 850cc MotoGP test with Ducati.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was short but very nice,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/1043899\/nicolo-bulega\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolo Bulega<\/a> said of his MotoGP test.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI did only 25 laps, so not too much, because I drive with my car from Balaton to Mugello \u2013 900km!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThen, the day after I arrived in Mugello for the MotoGP [test], so I was a bit tired.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was good because I tried this bike and it was very nice, also because it was three years that I was not riding in Mugello, so it was nice to come back to Mugello with a MotoGP bike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bulega\u2019s future is still undecided. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> options are still possible for him, but it could also be the case that he is forced to stay in WorldSBK.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1309733_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Hungarian WorldSBK, podium. Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Nicolo Bulega, 2026 Hungarian WorldSBK, podium. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think I have a quite good feeling inside me, so we are just still talking with my manager for some situation, but I\u2019m positive,\u201d Bulega said of his 2027 negotiations.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He added: \u201cMotoGP is the dream because when you are young and you start racing, you watch on TV the maximum level, and it\u2019s MotoGP, no?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut anyway Superbike gives me a lot of motivation, so I\u2019m very happy to be here and if I have to stay here I\u2019m very happy, anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This weekend WorldSBK is in Czechia and the the Autodrom Most, where Bulega was victorious in Race 2 last year. It\u2019s not a track that he ranks among his favourites, but he prefers it to Balaton Park, where he won all three races anyway.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMost is a track that I like a bit more than Balaton,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cStill, not one of my favourites, but I have good memories from last year, so I hope to be fast also here in Most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He added: \u201cHonestly, we are reaching very good results with my team, with my bike, so\u00a0 we are in a very good moment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m enjoying a lot riding my bike, everything is under control, so I hope to continue like this and try to improve every time I go on my bike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicolo Bulega has detailed the huge car journey he had to make in order to get from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[6910,64,63,806,805,803,804,6909,85],"class_list":["post-672016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-aruba-it-racing-ducati","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-nicolo-bulega","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672016","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=672016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}