Spoiler alert … that’ s exactly what he did but perhaps not quite in the style he would have preferred. Stablemate Iker Lecouna was on fire, netting his first clean sweep of three wins from three starts in WorldSBK. Lecuona also led all 56 of the weekend’ s racing laps. Bulega had to be content with three second place finishes, but it was very clear that he knew what he had to do and wasn’ t going to risk pushing and possibly crashing whilst chasing race wins, when second place finishes were sufficient to secure the title. A crash in FP2 earlier in the weekend had, Bulega admitted, unsettled him a little which gave him more reasons to not ride any closer to the edge than necessary during the races. His caution and patience meant that he waited until the second full-length race of the weekend on Sunday to be crowned 2026 WorldSBK champion.