The Aruba.it Ducati rider completed his third Wo🌄rldSBK hat-trick of the season last weekend in Catalunya, which means 11 from a possible 12 wins have gone to Bautista.

And while the opening day of testing was only into ♈the first sessiꦑon, Bautista picked up just where he left off by setting a new unofficial lap record.

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Bautista’s fastest time was a 1:33.035s, which is around thre🍃e tenths clear of the official lap record set by Bautista during last season’s Superpole. 

At the end of session one (midday), Bautista😼 was more than s👍ix tenths clear of Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Another two tenths furthꦛer back wa🍰s Michael Ruben Rinaldi, with the Italian facing a deficit of +0.896s.

Those were and remꦇain the only two riders to get within a second of Bautista ⛦as Garrett Gerloff and Scott Redding rounded out the top five.

Xavi Vierge then bumped Gerloff down to fifth during the afternoon, but he too could not get w💜ithin a second of Bautista.