Chaz Davies: ‘A lot of people didn’t understand Nicolo Bulega’s real level’
Chaz Davies is not surprised by the early poten꧋tial shown by Nicolo Bulega in WorldSBK.
Winner of the first WorldSBK race⭕ in 2024, Nicolo Bulega made a statement of intent after a very promising pre-season.
While 2024 cꦓould still turn out 🌊to be a championship year for Alvaro Bautista, it’s clear that a tougher challenge lies ahead of him this season.
One of the reasons for that is the new minimum rider/bike com🌱bined weight limit rule, however, Bulega’s performance is likely to be another.
Speaking to , Davies was aꦦsked if he expected the type of results we’ve already seen from Bulega, saying: “Honestly yes. I watched his last two years from the outside and his performance has grown a lot, both as a rider and as a person.”
“In particular, last year he b🎉elieved in himself a lot and obviously last year he showed a very high level.
“I think a l🍸ot of people didn't understand Bulega's real leve♚l last year, from the sidelines I was able to understand his level which is very high.”
Davies is one of 💖Ducati’s most successful WorldSBK riders in terms of wins, as only Carl Fogarty, Bautista and Troy Bayliss have more Superbike wins abo🌺ard a Ducati than Davies.
Known foꦜr his very smooth riding style, Davies believes that’s one of the m▨ajor skills Bulega has.
“His riding style is perfect, he is very precise and clean, he is really very fluid,” added Davies. “When h💯e laps in 1'28” at Phillip Island it seems like he's lapping in 1'38” because he's really clean.”
“It's also difficult ♏to understand the bike's problems when you look at him from the outside, beca🐬use he is always clean.
“When I work with him, now after two years, I no longer look at the bike how it works but I look at hi🌊m in the saddle.
“Whether he has confidence or not and whethe🌠r he is 100% or not.
“This is the way to understand 🦹how Nicolo is finding himself in the saddle an൩d at the moment he is not yet 100% with the Panigale V4 R, he has room to improve and I really believe in his talent.”
