Bulega can win the title at Magny-Cours: here are the conditions

2026: a total dominance

The summer break of the 2026 season was interrupted by the first Free Practice sessions at Magny-Cours, the French circuit hosting the penultimate Round of the championship. It will be here that, after Ducati’s Constructors and Team titles victories, Nicolò Bulega will be able to mathematically secure his first Superbike world championship. Up to this point, the Emilian has been the protagonist of an absolute and uncontested dominance: in all eight weekends raced he has always secured the Superpole, winning all the races on the calendar with the sole exception of Race 1 at Brands Hatch.

Thanks precisely to this series of impressive results, Bulega (whose future now seems destined for MotoGP) holds a 133-point lead in the standings over his teammate Iker Lecuona, and the chances of being crowned champion in France are there. Obviously, for this to really happen, Lecuona himself will have to hold on and postpone everything to the next appointment which will take place in Cremona.

The conditions

Specifically, the Spaniard must not make repeated mistakes. Should these result in a loss of another 53 points in the standings, the Emilian will already be able to celebrate the world championship on French soil. A difficult goal for Bulega, even more so considering that for Lecuona, over the three race days, it will be enough to score at least 10 points to postpone the potential celebrations of his teammate in Italy.

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