Nicolo Bulega had a season to remember for the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati squad. He won the vast majority of MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship races in 2026, he claimed all but one pole and he broke several records along the way – right up to his final race at the Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto, Andalucia. Here are some of his numbers from an incredible season, and a very successful three-season stint in WorldSBK.
726/744 – Out of a possible 744 points, Bulega scored 726. He dropped points only in Race 1 at Donington Park and the three races at Cremona, losing 18 points to Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing - Ducati).
726 – 726 is a new record for points in one campaign, and Bulega is the first rider to hit the 700-point barrier in WorldSBK history.
499 – Out of 612 laps raced in 2026, Bulega led for 499 of them. Lecuona led for 104, Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) for 4 and Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) for 3.
100% - Ducati claimed every victory this season, for the second time in their history. They last did it in 2003. They also claimed every pole, repeating their achievement from 1992.
92 – Bulega racked up 92 podiums from 108 races, putting him tenth on the all-time list.
56 – The #11’s tally of 56 fastest laps from his 108 races puts him fifth on the all-time list. He’s one behind Alvaro Bautista and two behind Noriyuki Haga.
52 – Bulega ended his WorldSBK career on 52 wins, level with Troy Bayliss. He had 20 prior to the start of this season.
49 – The Italian has finished on the podium in 49 consecutive races, smashing the previous record. Previously, Colin Edwards and Toprak Razgatlioglu had jointly held the record, with 25.
36 – Bulega took a podium in every race in 2026, securing 36 in total. The previous record for rostrums in one campaign was held by Jonathan Rea, when he took 34 in 2019.
32 – Bulega took the record for most wins in a single season. Previously, it was 27, held by Alvaro Bautista from 2019.
31 – The Italian rider set the fastest lap in 31 races this year, a new record. The other riders to set one were Lecuona, with 4, and Lowes with 1.
25 – The #11 set a new record for a winning streak when he won 25 races in a row (including the final four from 2025). The previous record was 13, held by Razgatlioglu. ‘El Turco’ achieved this in both 2024 and 2025.
20 – In three seasons, ‘Bulegas’ took 20 poles. He finished seventh in the all-time list, one behind four-time Champion Carl Fogarty.
11 – Pole at Jerez was the Bulega’s 11th of the season, tying him with Ben Spies for poles in one year. The American achieved this in 2009.
10 – From Jerez 2025 to Magny-Cours 2026, Bulega took every pole consecutively. 10 in a row is an all-time record. Rea held the previous record with 8.
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