Traditionally, Donington Park has not been the strongest monitor on the WorldSBK calendar for Ducati, however present factors chief Nicolo Bulega is hopeful of reversing the Bologna model’s development at this weekend’ UK Spherical.
Bulega enters the Donington World Superbike weekend with a nine-point benefit over reigning champion Toprak Razgatlioglu, who would take the factors lead this weekend if he wins all three races.
The Aruba.it Racing Ducati rider admitted that Donington’s historical past favours Razgatlioglu over himself, however the Italian nonetheless is optimistic that he can have a powerful weekend versus his title rival.
“I really feel good,” Nicolo Bulega informed WorldSBK.com forward of this weekend’s UK Spherical, the place Ducati’s solely wins with the Panigale V4 R got here with Alvaro Bautista in 2023.
“The break was too lengthy however anyway I’m completely happy to race once more and I’m completely happy as a result of the climate may be very good – unusual for England!
“However we’re completely happy and I’ll attempt to do my finest.”
He added: “Should you see the historical past, possibly it’s not the most effective monitor for Ducati, but in addition this 12 months we see that generally the story was completely different,” he mentioned.
“We thought, earlier than going to Cremona, that it was not our greatest monitor however then I received three races, pole place, lap file, so it was our greatest weekend.
“So, I don’t wish to assume that it’s not our favorite monitor and I’ll do my finest as at all times.”
He added: “We all know that Toprak [Razgatlioglu] is at all times very robust, they’re working very effectively with BMW, so we all know that they’re robust rivals however I believe this 12 months that we had been fairly robust additionally.
“I believe there will probably be some circuits the place he’ll go a bit sooner and a few others the place I will probably be sooner.”
