Nicolò Bulega aboard the Ducati Panigale V4R of the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati workforce within the 2024 WorldSBK season
Aruba.it Racing – Ducati is happy to announce the settlement with Nicolò Bulega: the present Supersport World Championship chief (9 wins and 13 podiums within the season to this point) will defend the colours of the official Staff within the 2024 WorldSBK season aboard the Ducati Panigale V4R.
On the identical time, the Staff want to thank Michael Ruben Rinaldi for what they’ve executed collectively in these years: from the SuperStock 1000 championship win achieved in 2017, to the successes (3 victories and 16 podiums whole) obtained with Aruba.it Racing – Ducati in WorldSBK, with the knowledge of celebrating different podiums within the subsequent rounds of the present championship.
Stefano Cecconi (Staff Principal Aruba.it Racing – Ducati)
“Nicolò is a alternative that makes us proud as a result of it confirms the standard of the mission we undertook two years in the past within the SuperSport World Championship. His progress has been regular and we count on him to proceed on this path driving a Panigale V4R, as he has confirmed he may be very quick with this bike throughout testing. From the start, we’ve got believed within the expertise of Nicolò who, furthermore, on this 12 months and a half has proven nice professionalism and attachment to the colours of the Staff. I’d additionally like to handle a giant thanks to Michael Ruben Rinaldi with whom the skilled and human relationship has all the time been very sturdy. Even when our paths separate he’ll all the time be a part of our household. Good luck Michael!”
Luigi Dall’Igna (Ducati Corse Basic Supervisor).
“We’re happy to welcome Nicolò Bulega to the official Superbike workforce. Since final season, Nicolò has been capable of give us immense delight. He’s a really gifted rider, and his expertise (regardless of his younger age) might be a figuring out think about going through this fascinating and demanding problem. Through the take a look at held with the Ducati Panigale V4R machine, he has proven that he has the potential to compete with one of the best riders within the WorldSBK Championship, and sharing the storage with Alvaro Bautista will solely assist him develop. Nonetheless, it will likely be necessary for him to remain targeted on his WorldSSP season. The Aruba.it Racing workforce had the benefit final 12 months to consider Bulega and contain him in a very new mission that Ducati cares a lot about. We hope he can wrap up his final season in Supersport in the absolute best method”.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing WSSP #11)
“I need to be trustworthy: this can be a dream coming true. Racing for an official workforce is the need of each rider. Subsequently, earlier than I discuss my feelings and expectations, I need to thank Ducati and Aruba.it Racing. And I’m additionally extraordinarily grateful for the chance I used to be given already final season by Aruba.it and Really feel Racing and particularly by Stefano Cecconi, Serafino Foti and Daniele Casolari. They selected me to trip a implausible Ducati Panigale V2, on which I felt instantly snug. I understand how necessary this chance is and I’ll all the time give my finest to enhance myself, day after day, with the one aim of getting the absolute best outcomes. I say it once more: thanks for the belief. Desirous about the historical past of this Staff, the place nice champions have all the time raced, I really feel proud to have the ability to defend the identical colours. Additionally, I’m very completely happy to have the ability to share the field with Alvaro Bautista. Having him as a teammate can be a giant plus: I’ll attempt to take up each data I can be taught from him.”
Nicolò Bulega was born in Montecchio Emilia on October 16, 1999, and started racing in 2007 within the Italian Minibike Championship. In 2011 he was the Italian and European MiniGP Junior 50 champion, within the following season, he turned the Italian PreGP 125 champion, whereas in 2013 he gained the PreGP 250 class championship. In 2014 he took half to the Spanish championship (CEV), Moto3 class, ending the season in sixth place; the identical 12 months he additionally participated in a number of CIV Moto3 races. Within the 2015 CEV season, he bought three third locations, three-second locations, and a victory, conquering the title within the final race in Valencia. His debut within the Moto3 class of MotoGP got here in 2015, within the Grand Prix of the Valencian Group with the SKY Racing Staff VR46: it’s with this workforce that he’ll conquer the primary podium in 2016, on the finish of the Japanese Grand Prix. From the 2019 season, Bulega participated within the Moto2 championship acquiring as finest consequence seventh place within the Czech Republic Grand Prix. Within the 2022 season, the moved to the World Supersport Championship with the Aruba.it Racing workforce and the Ducati Panigale V2 with which he achieved 9 podiums ending fourth within the standings.
