Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing - Ducati) continues to re-write the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship as he racked up another hat-trick at MotorLand Aragon, extending his winning run to 22 races. The stats don’t stop there for ‘Bulegas’, who is closing in on more records as his march towards glory in 2026 continues. Catch up on some of the best stats from the Aragon Round below.
255/258 – After a heroic home round, Alvaro Bautista (Barni Spark Racing Team) is three race starts away from drawing level with Toprak Razgatlioglu, for tenth in the all-time list.
150 – Bulega’s Superpole Race win was Italy’s 150th in WorldSBK.
74/75 – Bulega is one podium away from tying Colin Edwards and Marco Melandri for rostrums. Melandri has the most podiums by an Italian rider in WorldSBK.
38/52 – Bulega has won 38 races on Ducati machinery in WorldSBK. He’s 14 behind his next target, Troy Bayliss, who won 52.
22 – Bulega has now won 22 consecutive WorldSBK races, extending the all-time streak.
18/27 – The #11 has taken 18 wins this season. The all-time record for wins in a single campaign is 27, set by Bautista in 2023. 18 is the third-highest number of wins in a season.
17 – Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing - Ducati) has 17 rostrums without a win in WorldSBK, an all-time record.
15/17 – 15 of Lecuona’s 17 podiums have come this season. They have all been P2 finishes, and all consecutive, which is an all-time run.
15 – Bulega has 15 poles in his WorldSBK career. He’s one behind 2003 World Champion Neil Hodgson.
11 – Bulega has 11 Grand Slams in 2026, an all-time record.
11 – Thanks to his three P3s, Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) moved onto 11 WorldSBK podiums. 9 of these have been in third place.
7 – Bulega has seven consecutive pole positions in WorldSBK, the joint second-longest streak with Ben Spies in 2009.
4/5 – Both Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) and Tommy Bridewell (Superbike Advocates) took their best WorldSBK results at Aragon. Surra claimed P4 in the Superpole Race, while Bridewell was fifth in Race 1.
1 –Surra claimed his first front row start in WorldSBK.
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