Is Alvaro Bautista back and can anyone stop him in Catalunya?

Back close to his best, Alvaౠro Bautista gelled with his Panigale V4 R at the Catalunya test but can anyone stop him a꧃t his home round.

Alvaro Bautista
Alvaro Bautista

Since re-joining Ducati, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista has been nearly untouchable in Catalunya and the two-time WorldSBK champion was very stꦇrong🍌 during day-one of the test last week.

The second day didn’t quite go to plan for Bautista as he admitted he felt worse from the be𝄹ginning, but the reigning world champion made steps for✃ward that should put him in position to challenge for victory this weekend. 

Bautista ﷽has won the las꧋t six races in Barcelona and most of them have been in very dominant fashion.

Even during his time with Honda, Bautista was very strong a▨t his home round as he claimed one of his three Honda podiums in Catalunya.

But will his improved feeling ꦉbe enough to win again this weekend?

The likely answer to that is yes but Bautist🐟a’s team-mate Nicolo Bulega was still the rider to beat during the test.

B☂ulega topped both ℱdays and had very good pace in both qualifying and race trim.

The WorldSBK rookie showed that he can win when he took the checkered flag first in Race 1 of the season-opene🅰r, becoming the first WorldSSP champion to ever win on his debut.

Then there’s Andrea Iannone and Danilo Petrucci, both of whom are also on Ducati bikes and both went very well in𝄹 Phillip Island and the Catalunya test.

Bautista will be expected to fight for wins in at least some of the races, if not all of them, however, hi♔s list of challengers could be a long one.

Yamaha proved to be qu⛄ick at the test as Jonathan Rea regained his early pre-season form, while Andrea Locatelli has been very quick in race trim so far in 2⭕024.

🌳Then there’s BMW and Toprak Raz🍃gatlioglu, who had it not been for an unofficial lap record from Bulega, would have topped the Catalunya test.

The challenge for BMW and R💯azgatlioglu is to have race-winning pace over the course of both long distance races, but if they can avoid severe tyre wear, then Razgatlioglu will be in the mix too.

Alex Lowes and Kawasaki can’t be ruled out either🍎, although the two-day tesꦏt in Barcelona was somewhat of a struggle for the series leader.

For Bautista, he appears to have gained a certain level of confidence with the new ballast aboard his P💮anigale V4 R.

Something that was a struggle particularly in corners, Bautista has found more potential as a result of getting more comfortable with the ♉adjustments.

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