Alvaro Bautista is currently the cream of ☂the crop when it comes to riders switchi𝓡ng from MotoGP and having success in WorldSBK.

Whether it was 2019 or his return to Ducati at the beginning of last season, Bautista h💦as been a winning machine every time he’s been in red.

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His title win last season sealed what was a dominant campaign, although 2023 looks to be heading the same way in more devastating fᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚas💖hion.

But outside of Bautista, Scott Redding, who won the 2019 BSB title following several seasons꧃ in MotoGP, also won raceꦕs with Ducati but was unable to beat the likes of Jonathan Rea (both his seasons with Ducati) and Toprak Razgatlioglu in 2021. 

This year, 🌸Danilo Petrucci and Remy Gardner joined the series, both of whom have recent experience in MotoGP. However, both riders are yet to claim a podium. 

Not🥀 taking anything away from the talents that Petrucci and Gardner are, Checa belie🥂ves the current level in WorldSBK shows that you can’t be guaranteed success just because you came from Grand Prix racing.

Speaking to WorldSBK.com, Checa said: "I think WorldSBK always had a strong grid a♐nd the performance of all the riders is quite high. We can see the evidence. 

"We see first, second, third and it seems like the others are not good enough but Petrucci won in Mot💦oGP, Remy did really good in Moto2 but it’s not a Championship where you arrive and because you were in front in a different champi🧸onship or MotoGP, you can automatically be in front. 

"There’s a lot of ♎work, it depends on the bike and the team. You can adapt better or not. It seems like Bautista adapted p🍨erfectly and other riders, like Petrucci and probably Remy, are struggling as well. 

"I think these riders have the capacity and ability and the performance to potentially be in front. Sooner or later, if they have an opportun𝓡ity, we can see them at the front."

Speaking of Bautista and the Spanꦕiard’s current level of success, Checa doesn’t see the likes of Rea and Razgatliogl𓂃u working together to try and stop the Ducati rider.

"This is an individual sport, and everyone is working for themselves," adde🧸d Checa. "Clearly, now, Alvaro is one step in fron꧋t as Jonny and Kawasaki did in the past, as Toprak did in some moments, catching Jonny and beating him. 

"Now Alvaro has arrived and beat them. Maybꦦe with more room or space than they expected. He’s the reference. 

"Now they need to catch Alvaro and the distance is quite big. I don’t know if they will be able to. It seems so difficult because Alvaro is controlling and riding over them, and he inc🦩reased the lead quite a lot. I don’t think they will do any teamwork. 

"It’s more a resignation, it seems they cannot fight to win so they will fight for ♕second place. So far, if ther♛e’s no problem for Alvaro and Ducati, they need to fight for other positions. 

"It’s clear that in some circuits they’ll be closer, I don’t know if they’ll be able to beat ꦦhim, although it would be nic🧜e for the spectacle, because these three battling is what the fans like. 

"But they have to do a great job, with their teams, with Yamaha and Kawasaki, because Ducati has done a big step forward and have found a rider who can take profit of the bike, whic📖h is Alvaro."