Nicolo Bulega believes he will be more competitive at his home WorldSBK round, after a positive test at Misano.

Althougဣh Bulega was very fast at times in Assen, Bulega didn’t have the pac𓆉e of team-mate Alvaro Bautista or Toprak Razgatlioglu.

But the WorldSB𓆉K rookie was impressive at th🦄e recent two-day Misano test, finishing second on day-one before closing out the test in third.

“I’m happy with this test because we i🐠mproved my fe🍃eling,” said Bulega. “I’m still not 100% but better than day-one.

“🌠We tried something different that I liked and we took a 🎃good direction.

“Not bad because today we focused on finding different se♍tups on t✱he bike. I feel more comfortable on the bike.

“We just need to work on it and improve my feeling. The feeling is not better♚ on the bike, but mಞy position on the bike, yes.

“I think we can start to work from this p💖osition in order to improve my feeling. I thin🍎k we are in a good way. it will be special, being Italian on an Italian bike. It will be nice.”

Another factory rider who was strong at times during the two-day test was Michael Van Der Mark, although the Dutchm♓an was unable to get on terms with Razgatli🐎oglu who was fastest on both days.

Speaking abou🌊t the test, Van Der Mark added: “We had some clear things to try. Every time we wanted to try something this morning, i⭕t started raining or drizzling. It was a long day.

“You wa♔nt to work and im🎃prove, try different things, and I didn’t really get the time to.

“At the end of the day, we had two dry hours but it’s never enough. It’s always us﷽eful to ride together [with Razgatlioglu], you can always learn and improve.

“We want to improve this pa♒ckage so somet💫imes you have to ride together.”