MotorLand Aragón, Spain
Sixth round of the 2026 Superbike World Championship, sixth sweep for Nicolò Bulega. At MotorLand Aragón, in Spain, the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati rider claimed pole, Race 1, the Superpole Race and Race 2, keeping a perfect run that is starting to look genuinely historic.
In Superpole Nicolò took his sixth consecutive pole of 2026, lowering the all-time circuit reference with a 1:46.836 lap. All-Ducati front row: Iker Lecuona second, 476 thousandths back, with Alberto Surra (Motocorsa Racing) third to round off Borgo Panigale's qualifying clean sweep.
In Race 1 Bulega got away well from pole and withstood Lecuona's pressure at turn 1, then settled into his rhythm and steadily pulled clear: half a second clear by lap five, and the margin kept growing all the way to the flag, crossed 1.274 seconds ahead of his team-mate. It's his 20th consecutive WorldSBK win, and a 72nd career podium in the class — just three short of Colin Edwards and Marco Melandri. For Lecuona, his 15th podium. Sam Lowes returned to the rostrum for the first time since Assen: in the opening laps he lost a place to his brother Alex Lowes (Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team), but reclaimed third on lap two and held it all the way to the chequered flag.
A very different story in Sunday's Superpole Race: eight laps of full-blown combat, all of it in-house at Ducati. Bulega — alone on the SC0 rear tyre, while the rest opted for the SCX — ran wide at turn 1, handing Lecuona the lead, before Alberto Surra dived past the Spaniard at turn 11. On lap two Surra tried again at turn 5 but ran wide, and on the next lap Sam Lowes gained ground on the Motocorsa rider, with Nicolò right in the mix. Lowes and Lecuona made contact at turn 11; the Spaniard reclaimed the lead at turn 16 and Bulega moved back onto the podium with a pass on Surra. Lap six lit the race up: Bulega pulled off a double overtake into turn 1 to grab the lead, only for Lecuona to hit straight back at turn 7. Counter at turn 12 from Nicolò, answered again at turn 14. Lap eight saw Bulega back in front, before Lecuona reclaimed it at turn 15. Starting the penultimate lap Nicolò took the lead for the umpteenth time, held off one final attack and went on to seal his 21st consecutive win, even setting the fastest lap of the race on the very last tour. Sixteenth career podium for Lecuona, ahead of Sam Lowes; Surra finished fourth, Alex Lowes fifth.
In Race 2 Bulega got away well from pole and took the lead straight away, soaking up Lecuona's early pressure. The two Aruba.it riders immediately broke clear of Sam Lowes. On lap one the Spaniard tried a move at turn 16, but "Bulegas" shut the door on the inside and stayed in front. In the second half of the race Nicolò found the rhythm he wanted and steadily edged clear of his team-mate, putting the weekend beyond doubt: sixth seasonal hat-trick across six rounds, and twenty-second consecutive WorldSBK win. Sam Lowes again completed the podium — a Ducati podium lockout — ahead of the Kawasaki trio of Alex Lowes, Axel Bassani and Garrett Gerloff. For Lecuona it was a 15th consecutive second place, for Sam Lowes a sixth podium of the season.
The numbers from a weekend that adds another chapter to the record book: sixth seasonal hat-trick, 22 consecutive wins, 18 from 18 in 2026, 6 poles from 6. A level of consistency without recent precedent in WorldSBK, leaving the championship gap looking wider by the round.
Next up is a home race: the Misano round, at the Misano World Circuit "Marco Simoncelli", scheduled from 12 to 14 June. In front of his Italian fans, Nicolò will look to extend a streak that right now shows no sign of ending.
