WorldSBK: Alvaro Bautista: ‘I showed people that this year was different from three years ago’

After making just one mistake throughout the entire 2022 WorldSBK season, new world champion Alvaro Bautista answered critics who thought mistakes would continue to happen like his first season with Ducati in 2019.
Alvaro Bautista, Ducati WorldSBK Phillip Island
Alvaro Bautista, Ducati WorldSBK Phillip Island

After being mistake-free during the first four WorldSBK rounds of the y꧒ear, Bautista crashed out of the opening race at Donington Park.

It was a mistake that allowed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu to breathe fresh hope of a championship challenge after goiꦑng on to complete a hat-trick of wins that weekend.

But while the mistake was a surprise, the response from Bautista was not as he went on to win the opening race in Most, a circuit that was expected to suit Razgatli൩oglu and Yamaha. 

Razgatlioglu did manage to win the next two races while also winning twice at Magny-Cours, however, Bautista again took the opening win in France when Raz𝐆gatlioglu suffered a mechanical issue that led to him crashing before recovering to 11th.&nb🦄sp;

Bautista would continue to claim victories at circuits that were expected to suit Razgatlioglu and Kawasaki’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Rea, although it was the Misano round earlier in the season that he believes was as important as any 𓃲other. 

"T𝔉he Misano round was very important. I remember that weekend, I was so focused and concentrated so much," Bautista told WorldSBK.com. 

"I just wanted to do a perfect job and the feeling of the bike was amazing. Finishing in front of Jonathan, who, at that moment, was the main rival in the classification made it one of the b𓄧est weekends of the season. 

"If I say the Misano round🌸 was a perfect weekend, I think Catalunya was even better! Especially coming from Magny-Cours. The best was the feeling I had wit🐎h the bike was amazing. I enjoyed all the races and all the practices. 

"I think the best weekend of the season. My worst thing w♚as when I crashed at Donington. It was my fault, my mistake. But many people thought ‘now he starts to feel the pressure and it starts to be like 2019 and he starts ma🌄king mistakes.’ 

"I was really, really calm because I knew what the problem was. In Race 2, I showed myself and all the 🉐people that I made a mistake, but this year is different from three years ago."

Bautista wanted to ‘celebrate’ WorldSBK title but had ‘no energy’

Alvaro Bautista, Superpole race, Australian WorldSBK, 20 November
Alvaro Bautista, Superpole race, Australian WorldSBK, 20 November

The Ducati rider won the world title during the final race of t🅷he Mandalika weekend after securingဣ second behind Razgatlioglu. 

Battling hard with the Yamaha rider during the early stages of Race 2, Bautista lacked the pace required to go with the Turkish star, although winning the race was not his main p𓆉riority. 

"I always tried to be focused but, believe me, in Race 2 I started to feel more pressure than all the season," Bautista continued. "When I was leading at tha𝔉t moment,🌜 I was too nervous. I didn’t want to make a mistake and, maybe because of that, I was making a lot of mistakes. 

"My target was trying to win the championship, not the ﷽race, so it was different from other races! 

"After the race, when I stopped to celebrate and to put the #1 on my bike, at that moment I wanted to celebrate. But,👍 at the same time, I couldn’t because I didn’t have energy. 

"The first phone call I made was to my wife because I want to see her and see my daughters. It's funny because, when I arrive home, I always show the trophies to my daughters, especiall🃏y the big one, as they’re st🅷arting to understand more things. 

"Imagine when I arrive with the World Champi🍬on trophy an𝓰d give it to her… for me, that will be more emotional than everything."

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