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World Superbike | 2025 | R8 | Magny-Cours (France) | Thursday 4 September 2025

After the long summer break, the Superbike World Championship is back in action. The Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team is at Magny-Cours for the French Round.

More than a month after the last race at the Balaton circuit in Hungary, the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team is back to rev up the engines of the Panigale V4R machines, this time in France, at the Magny-Cours circuit.
The WorldSBK paddock was greeted by heavy rain this morning. However, the weather forecast is for a dry track, with partly cloudy skies, at least until the end of Saturday.

Nicolò Bulega arrives at the ninth round of the 2025 WorldSBK season with 26 points to make up on championship leader Razgatlioglu (BMW). Alvaro Bautista is fifth in the standings, 16 points behind Petrucci (Ducati) in third place.

Nicolò Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati #11)
“I am delighted to be back on track after this summer break, which has been far too long. Last year's weekend at Magny-Cours was very special: I started badly with a crash in Race 1, but then I managed to win the Superpole Race and Race 2. It's a track I like, and I'm confident that I'll be able to find a good feeling starting tomorrow.”

Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati #19)
‘We arrive at Magny-Cours with our batteries fully charged. This is a circuit that I really like, where we have achieved important results in the past, under all conditions, both on a dry track and in the rain. As always, the weather will be unpredictable, so I don't want to set myself any goals, but try to enjoy riding the bike from the first free practice session tomorrow.’