Arguably more dominant in 2019, Bautista was undoubtedly a more complete rider last season as he managed to out-duel 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, both of whom won world ti🧸tles in the previous two seasons. 

Bautista showed a side to his riding that had been missi♈ng during his first three seasons, which was eliminating unforced erro🧔rs. 

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Instead, the Spanish rider was more consistent tha♊n any other rider on the grid, despite fighting at the front of the field in a year where the level in Superbike had ne𓄧ver been higher. 

Calm under pressure, unflappable during battles with Razgatlioglu🐈 and Rea, Bautista believes 2022 was his best season to date.

Speaking exclusively to wuqian0821.com about whether he felt like a more complete rider than ever before, Bautista said: "Could be! Sincerely, after many, many years at the highest level of motorcycling in MotoGP🐻 and here in WorldSBK, it’s 🌄not easy to have this motivation, to have this habit to win or to work and be a better rider. 

"To be strong enough to say I need to change thi𒊎s thing in my training to be a better rider. For me it has been one of my best se🅺asons so far because I worked like never before. 

"I was♎ more concentrated about areas that in the past maybe I didn’t care so much about. Espec♐ially on the mentality and the vision area. 

"I was working harder to improveꦐ in those areas. Physically I felt as strong✱ as in my whole career, because fortunately on the physical side and physical training I was always quite well before. 

"But maybe I didn’t care about the other areas of the riding like flexibility, coordination, mentality, and so꧃ this time I worked in those areas and felt a big improvement. Last season I was a more complete rider than before." 

WorldSBK champion Bautista in his ‘best moment’, challenge is to ‘keep #1’ - Ducati

While Bautista feels he’s at the peak of his career, so does Ducati, who ☂will be relying on the former MotoGP rider to bring them back-to-back titles for the first time since Neil Hodgson and James Toseland won the championship in 2003 and 2004. 

"Having the #1 back on a Ducati in WorldS💮BK, and also in MotoGP, is just a great feeling," said Ducati Corse Sporting Director, Paolo Ciabatti, when speaking at the team’s♔ 2023 bike launch. 

"The challenge is to keep the #1 on the fairing for next year. We have a new model homologated for this season. It’s an evolut𒀰ion of the V4 R which has been very competitive. 

"On the other side, I think Alvaro is very confident and in full form. He knows very well that the usual suspects, Top🍌rak and Jonny, will be his main rivals but we also have good expectations that Michael can make that little step. 

"Honestly, ther🍃e is always some pressure especially if you are the reigning World Champion and you’re coming into the next season. I see Alva🅘ro in a way that’s very self-confident, very relaxed. 

"I think he’s coming at a time in his career, he’s 38, but probably his best moment. He’s happy at home with the family and his 𝔉daughters. 

"I think he’s in a very positive mode and he will, for sure, feel some pressure, but I don’t s🌱ee him really worried about what is expected of him. He’s ready to fight again as he did in 2022 and keep #1 on the fairing for 2023."