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NICOLO BULEGA
Another top WorldSBK rider with long experience inside the MotoGP™ paddock, Bulega was introduced to the WorldSSP in the 2022 season, running inside the Aruba. it Racing- Ducati squad. He, like all the other Ducati riders, could not quite win a race in 2022 but he more than made up for it by securing 16 wins and the Championship itself in 2023. It was a logical move to promote him to the factory WorldSBK squad immediately, but he surely exceeded every reasonable level of expectation by being the only real challenger to eventual WorldSBK Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu. Nicolo won six races in all.
MICHAEL RINALDI
Michael Rinaldi is a rider who has worked his way through all the classes inside the WorldSBK paddock since he first raced in the STK600 category, way back in 2014. He was the STK1000 Champion with Ducati in 2017 before taking his first WorldSBK steps in 2018. Michael has been something of a WorldSBK fixture since then and has secured five WorldSBK race wins and 23 podiums so far. His first race win, in 2020, came while he was an Independent Team rider- always a notable feat in any category of racing. Starting out in WorldSSP this year, he is now back on the WorldSBK grid.
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Motorcycle Ducati Panigale V4R
Team Aruba. It Racing- Ducati
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Date of birth 16 / 10 / 1999
Nationality Italy
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Motorcycle Yamaha YZF R1
Team Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team
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Date of birth 21 / 12 / 1995
Nationality Italy
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