Here is the thing about the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship heading back to northern Italy for a third visit to the Cremona Circuit: this EICMA Italian Round marks the 10th round of this year’s championship, and it could be a crowning moment for Nicolo Bulega riding for Aruba.it Racing - Ducati. To understand how the form book stacks up, we have to look back at what happened during the two previous visits to this venue.
Looking at the recent results, the statistics are completely dominated by one man. Nicolo Bulega swept the 2025 race winners list by taking victories in Race 1, the Superpole Race, and Race 2 on his Ducati. He also claimed pole position at Cremona in 2025 with a time of 1’27.866s, following up on his pole-sitting time of 1’27.953s from 2024.
When we break down the manufacturer podium places and wins accumulated from all races at Cremona, Ducati leads the way with 14 podium places including 6 wins. BMW follows with 3 podium places, while Kawasaki has 1.
The gaps from the 2025 action show just how tight the competition can get on track. The front row was covered by 0.293s, while a mere 0.970s covered the top 14 riders in Superpole. When it came to race finishes, the closest race gap between 1st and 2nd was 1.456s, set when Nicolo Bulega finished 1st and Toprak Razgatlioglu took 2nd in the Superpole Race. That same Superpole Race also produced the closest race podium, with a margin of 6.060s separating Nicolo Bulega in 1st, Toprak Razgatlioglu in 2nd, and Alvaro Bautista in 3rd. Meanwhile, the closest Cremona podium of all-time remains the 1.797s gap recorded in the 2024 Superpole Race featuring Danilo Petrucci in 1st, Alex Lowes in 2nd, and Andrea Iannone in 3rd.
Finally, the top speeds recorded across the manufacturers at Cremona in 2025 give us a clear look at the raw power of these machines. Ducati reached a peak of 310.3kph in Superpole thanks to Nicolo Bulega and Danilo Petrucci. BMW matched that exact top speed of 310.3kph through Toprak Razgatlioglu in Superpole. Bimota hit 308.6kph with Axel Bassani in FP2, while Kawasaki and Honda both maxed out at 306.8kph via Garrett Gerloff in FP2 and Iker Lecuona across Superpole, Warm Up, and Race 2. Yamaha rounded out the top speeds with Remy Gardner reaching 305.1kph in Superpole.
