Alvaro Bautista on WorldSBK rider-bike weight limit: ‘It’s more difficult in the fast corners’

Two-time WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista says the new rider and bike weight limit will make it especially hard for hiꦐm this season.

Alvaro Bautista Race 1, Spanish WorldSBK, 28 October
Alvaro Bautista Race 1, Spanish WorldSBK, 28 October

A rider and bike weight limit will be implemented in WorldSBK this season which should help those with a bigger frame to compete in an easier fashion against the likes of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista, who alo🦩ng with Ducati’s stunning top speed, can do significant damage on circuits with long straights.

Bautista, who is one of the lightest riders in WorldSBK, ꦰcould suffer more than most from this rule change and speaking about the challenges he expects, the Spaniard admitted that fast corners could be a problem area in particular.

“My biggest problem or the area we have to work on is the extra we⛦ight on the bike,” confirmed Bautista at the Ducati launch, in Italy. “With more weight on the bike, you feel it’s more difficult to ride it especially in the fast corners.

“With more inertia, the bike goes wide and it’s more difficu🌊lt to close the corner. Also, fo🍌r stopping under heavy braking, we struggle a lot.

“Weඣ will concentrate on this and try to be penalised as little𝓀 as possible and try to be at the best possible performance.”

Bautista is set to test for the first time in 2024 during this week’s Jerez test, beꦬfore a second outing is scheduled at ꧂Portimao.

It will also be the first time he’s on-track since suffering an injury that hampered his MotoGP wildca⛦rd at Sepang last November.

On his current level of fitn🌱ess, Bautista added: “I feel much better from my injury. I spent many weeks trying to recover as much as possible. I feel good now.

“The last test I have to do is riding my bike and to check that 🦂there’s no problem ridin💞g the bike.

“I’m happy with my physical condition right𒈔 now. Let’s see how it goes in the test.”

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