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

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

But the WorldSBK rookie was impressive at the recꦜent two-day Misano test, finishing second on day-one before closing out the test in third.

“I’m happy with this test because we ༺improved my feeling,” said Bulega💝. “I’m still not 100% but better than day-one.

“We tried something di🌄fferent that I liked and we took a good direction.

“Not bad becau🔯se today we focused on finding different setups on the 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 my🦩 position on the b💟ike, yes.

“I think we can start to work from this position in order to improve my feeling. I think we are in a good way. it will be special, being Italian on an Italian bike. It will be nicꦰe.”

Another factory rider who was strong at times during the two-day test was Michael Van𒁏 Der Mark, although the Dutchman was unable to get on terms with Razgatlioglu who w😼as fastest on both days.

Speaking about the test,🐈 Van ൲Der Mark added: “We had some clear things to try. Every time we wanted to try something this morning, it started raining or drizzling. It was a long day.

“🌠You want to work and improve, 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 𒊎always useful to ride together [with Razgatlioglu], you can always learn and improve.

“We want to imp🍌rove this package so sometimes you have to ride together.”