Nicolò Bulega

Nicolò Jarod Bulega (born 16 October 1999) is an Italian motorcycle racer. Bulega has also been a competitor in the CEV Moto3 Championship in 2014 and 2015, becoming Moto3 Junior World Champion in 2015. Prior to competing in the CEV, Bulega won the Italian and European MiniGP 50 championships, and was Italian champion in the PreGP 125 and PreGP 250 classes.

Nicolò Bulega
Bulega at the 2016 Qatar Grand Prix
NationalityItalian
Born (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999
Montecchio Emilia, Italy
Current teamFederal Oil Gresini Moto2
Bike number11
Websitenicolobulega.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2019–
ManufacturersKalex
2019 championship position17th (48 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
19 0 0 0 0 48
Moto3 World Championship
Active years2015–2018
ManufacturersKTM
Championships0
2018 championship position26th (18 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
50 0 2 2 2 232

He is the son of the Grand Prix motorcycle racer, Davide Bulega.[1]

Career

Early career

Born in Montecchio Emilia, Bulega started his career aged 8 in the Italian Minimoto Championship. In 2010 he made his debut in MiniGP 50, in both the Italian and European championships, winning both in 2011. In 2012 he won the Italian Championship 125 PreGP and the following year he won the Italian Championship Pre GP 250. As a result, he moved into the CEV Moto3 Championship for the 2014 season, he finished 6th overall in his rookie season with two podium finishes.[2]

He also won the 2015 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship.

Moto3 World Championship

2015

In 2015, Bulega made his Grand Prix début with Sky Racing Team VR46 riding a KTM in the Valencian Grand Prix. Bulega finished the race at twelfth place. He was ranked 31st for the 2015 Moto3 World Championship with 4 points to his name.

2016

In 2016, Bulega started competing full-time in the Moto3 World Championship with Sky Racing Team by VR46. Bulega started the 2016 season with sixth place at Qatar. At his fifth race in Moto3, Bulega achieved his first Grand Prix podium at Jerez with 2nd-place finish having started from pole position, which was his first pole position in Grand Prix. Bulega's first fastest lap came at the British Grand Prix in the last lap. Followed by a crash in Aragon, On his birthday Bulega finished the Japanese grand Prix at fourth place and set the fastest lap. But after the third place holder Hiroki Ono was disqualified Bulega was awarded third place. Both in Australia and Malaysia Bulega crashed in the opening lap. His last three crashes in Aragon,Australia and Malaysia was because of the fellow riders. Despite qualifying 4th Bulega started the final race at Valencia in 16th place due to 12 grid penalty and finished the race at 17th losing the Rookie of the year title to Joan Mir. Bulega finished the championship at 7th place with 129 points.

2017

In a year where formed Rookie of the Year rival Joan Mir won the Moto3 championship, Bulega struggled to follow up his debut season, his difficulties being bad qualifying strategies and bad starts (mainly due to his height). His best result in the year is a 4th place on Germany, one of the few times he was able to qualify on the top 6, and some 5th places, including one in his "home" race in the San Marino and Riviera di Rimini race (and in Argentina). He finished the disappointing year only in 12th place, with 81 points.

2018

Bulega's first five 2018 races were even worse than last year's. He retired in the first four races and finished only on the fifth race, with a 17th place in Spain, being one of the two regular drivers to never score points in the first five races of the year.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season
Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2015 Moto3 KTM SKY Racing Team VR46 1 0 0 0 0 4 31st
2016 Moto3 KTM SKY Racing Team VR46 18 0 2 1 2 129 7th
2017 Moto3 KTM SKY Racing Team VR46 17 0 0 1 0 81 12th
2018 Moto3 KTM SKY Racing Team VR46 14 0 0 0 0 18 26th
2019 Moto2 Kalex SKY Racing Team VR46 18 0 0 0 0 48 17th
2020 Moto2 Kalex Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 4 0 0 0 0 8* 18th*
Total 72 0 2 2 2 288

 * Season still in progress.

By class
Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
Moto3 2015–2018 2015 Valencia 2016 Spain 50 0 2 2 2 232 0
Moto2 2019–2020* 2019 Qatar 19 0 0 0 0 48 0
Total 2015–Present 69 0 2 2 2 280 0

 * Season still in progress.

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pos Pts
2015 Moto3 KTM QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
12		 31st 4
2016 Moto3 KTM QAT
6		 ARG
18		 AME
10		 SPA
2		 FRA
5		 ITA
8		 CAT
5		 NED
7		 GER
Ret		 AUT
9		 CZE
9		 GBR
5		 RSM
4		 ARA
Ret		 JPN
3		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
Ret		 VAL
17		 7th 129
2017 Moto3 KTM QAT
14		 ARG
16		 AME
5		 SPA
7		 FRA
17		 ITA
10		 CAT
9		 NED
10		 GER
4		 CZE
23		 AUT
11		 GBR
20		 RSM
5		 ARA
14		 JPN
12		 AUS
11		 MAL
Ret		 VAL
DNS		 12th 81
2018 Moto3 KTM QAT
Ret		 ARG
Ret		 AME
Ret		 SPA
17		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
21		 CAT
Ret		 NED
11		 GER
14		 CZE
19		 AUT
23		 GBR
C		 RSM
Ret		 ARA
14		 THA
7		 JPN
 AUS
 MAL
 VAL
 26th 18
2019 Moto2 Kalex QAT
Ret		 ARG
Ret		 AME SPA
9		 FRA
10		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
13		 NED
Ret		 GER
18		 CZE
7		 AUT
13		 GBR
20		 RSM
Ret		 ARA
12		 THA
8		 JPN
Ret		 AUS
12		 MAL
12		 VAL
22		 17th 48
2020 Moto2 Kalex QAT
18		 SPA
14		 AND
12		 CZE
14		 AUT
 STY
 RSM
 EMI
 CAT
 FRA
 ARA
 TER
 EUR
 VAL
 THA
 MAL
 ARG
 18th* 8*

 * Season still in progress.

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References
  1. "Moto3: Bulega in Moto3 2016". Motoblog.it. Moto Blog Italia. 23 September 2015.
  2. "La penúltima, en Jerez". Diariojerez.es. Diario Jerez Espana. 28 October 2015.
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