Alvaro Bautista struggles at Jerez: ‘I felt a lot of pain in my neck and back’
The two-time WorldSBK champion admitted day one of the Jerez test did not go to plan after suffering with pain ꦕin his neck and back.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista was not his usual self on day one of the Jerez WorldSBK test, as pain in his neck and back red♌uced him to only a P10 finish.
The factory Ducati star has recently recovered from an injury at the tail end of last season, whi🦂ch impacted his MotoGP wildcard at Sepang.
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And although he’s over the worst ♛of his injury, it caused the Spaniard a bit of discomfort as he atte💃mpted to iron out ballast concerns at Jerez.
Speaking to WorldSBK.com, Bautista said: “It’s not been the best day for me. I struggled a lot d🎃uring this winter. I had a lot of pain in my injury after the Sepang race. I was really bad.
“I cannot have good training and I was working hard with my p💮🅠hysiotherapist to recover. It wasn’t easy because November and December, I was almost with pain all day. I didn’t feet improvement.
“I started to feel better in the last two weeks, and I started to work more on myself. Riding the bike in the morning, the strength in my arm was really good, but 🌌the problem was in my neck and back.
“I felt a lot of pain. I was really worried but, fortunately, lap after lap, it felt better so I got more relaxed, and I could do a lot of laps but not with my best performance. I wasཧ thinking more about the pain than riding the bike.”
Bautista has already admitted that work to iron out how much weight will be needed to reach the new rider-bike weig🎃ht limit has begun.
Bautista is one of the lightest riders on the grid and Ducati Corse general manager G▨igi Dall’Igna hinted at six kilos needing to be added t♏o the weight of his bike.
“We did the jo🌃b because, after the test last year, we decided to have two different bikes regarding the weight distribution,” added Bautista.
“I could compare both bikes and it was very clear which directi♚on we’ll take for the future. I’m happy about that and I’m happy for the feeling I have with the bike.
“I don’t know how much weight I’ve added. The engineers know how much and know where to add it. I don’t have these kinds of details. I just tell them if it’s better or worse. I don’t know! You’ll have to ask Giulio Nava 🔜or Marco Zambenedetti.
“It’s much worse to rid🌊e because, with more weight, you have more inertia, so it’s more difficult to turn in the corners and stop the bike. It’s more physical and all the areas are worse.”