The new WorldSBK champion made an instinctive decision to switch from full wets to dry tyres while mo🧸st of the grid went for the intermediate option.

The Ducati rider looked to have made the wrong call as he dropped out of the points having started from pole, however, a rapidly drying circuit gave Bautista just enough time to not only fight his way back into the points but overhaul 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Rea for victory on the penultimate lap. 

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Confirming the decision was his, Bautista said members of his team thought he was crazy for making such a call: "They didn't say anyt🧸hing, but they certainly thought so. Fortun⛄ately I have a lot of experience with this track and with such weather from my MotoGP days. 

"Even after a lot of rain, the track can dry up within a few laps – and t♉hat's how it happened. I'm v𓆏ery proud, but I also needed big balls to start like this.

"When I rode out of the pits, I thought there was less water. I rode behind Rinaldi and got his spray. That's when I thought 'shit' for the🐈💞 first time.

"I had told my crew chief ♔Giulio to change to a dry setup.𝔉 He asked me if I was sure and if I could already see that it had rained a lot and everything is wet. I said 'believe me, convert to dry setup'. He said 'okay'. 

"When I was on the starting grid, I had my doubts. He✅ told me he had three tires: rain, intermediate, slick. For a short time I didn't know what to do - I was expecting less water on the track." 

Lack of pace with intermediate tyres forces the WorldSBK champion’s hand

As the debate with his crew 🌟chief but also himself continued, Bautista ultimately went for dry tyres due to his lack of speed with the intermediates. 

"He advised me on a rain tyre on the front and intermediate on the rear, that was the safe option,"&nb🌜sp;continued Bautista. "But I'm not fast with an inter🔜mediate. and I saw that the straight line dried up in the middle.

"So I took a risk and went for slicks. He asked, 𒈔'Are you surജe?' Me: 'Yes!' I'm sure everyone thought I was crazy."

Another factor in Bautista’s decision to gamble with 🧜the dry tyres was the fa🤪ct he already clinched the world title.

With the pressure completely off his shoulders as Razgatlioglu and Rea were instead battling for second in the ♎WorldSBK standings, the Spaniard claimed he had nothing to lose.

Bautista added: "ౠIf thinꦕgs are going well for you, you're lucky too. You have to be strong, but also lucky. But there is also the fact that I have a lot of confidence in my bike and in my driving. 

"If the world champiꦿonship hadn't been deciꦕded yet, I would have chosen the safe option. But I had nothing to lose, so I tried."