Niccolò Bulega has admitted that he missed his battle with Torak Razgatlioglu after his appearance in the 2026 World Superbikes season. Bulega won nine races in the first three rounds.
Italy already leads. Ducati Teammate Iker Lecuona has 69 points and looks set to make it to the World Championships as predicted this summer.
Last season, the title battle between open And Razgatlioglu went to the wire, the latter eventually winning by just 13 points. Together they won 35 out of 36 races.
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Nicolo Bulega misses Toprak Razgatlioglu’s rivalry when he dominates WSBK
Ducati scored nearly double the points for second-placed Bimota in the manufacturers’ standings, but Bulega still pointed out that he still had to beat eight other riders in the class-leading Panigale V4R.
However, he will not miss the tougher competition with him. RazgatliogluHe moved to MotoGP with the Pramac team ahead of the 2026 season.
Bulega had a brief cameo as a replacement for the injured Marc Marquez at the end of the season and joined the Ducati test team for this year.
“I don’t care if people say I won because I have the best bike, the important thing is to win,” he said. Motosan. “Lecuona, Sam Lowes and the other Ducati riders have the same bike as me, so the main thing for me is to beat them and beat them. I don’t care what other people think.”
I will definitely miss Toprak as I had a lot of fun battles last year. Maybe I’ll pick ahead now, but I think someone caught me, and the first one is doubtless Ecker, who’s there because he’s so close.
Nicolo Bulega is ‘very happy’ in Superbikes if MotoGP move doesn’t materialise.
Expressing his desire to follow Razgatlioglu into the Grand Prix paddock, Bulega could lose his MotoGP seat. Unless he’s willing to let go of Ducati’s composure.
The factory seats are reserved for Marc Marquez and Pedro Acosta, Fabio Di Giannantonio with Fermin Aldeguer is the most popular in the VR46 and VR46 partnership. Gresini showed little interest in taking Bulega..
Significantly, the Bullega manager will talk to Aprilia at the Spanish GP this weekend after a vacancy at the trackhouse, with Ai Ogura set to join Yamaha.
However, the 26-year-old insists he would be happy to stay at the Superbikes for at least a year if necessary.
“There may be news next week, because my manager will go to Jerez, he will talk to some MotoGP teams, then we will see,” he said. “Maybe I can tell you more at Balaton (the next WSBK round in early May). After Balaton, I will take my first test, which is on May 5 at Mugello.
“It’s difficult, because there aren’t many bikes and there are too many good riders. So I have to be lucky when some riders go where I want. But even if I have to stay in Superbike, it won’t be bad news, because I’m very happy at the moment.”
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