Delighted Alvaro Bautista after Catalunya test: “I feel like I’m back again!”
Niඣcolo Bulega (P1) and Alvaro Bautista (P3) r🍨eact to Thursday's WSBK test
The Catalunya 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:WorldSBK test might eventually be remembered as the moment 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista’s title defence truly began.
Bautista has endured an injury-disrupted winter ahead of t𝓡he 2024 season which features new weight rules.
But on T🥀hursday, the first of two days of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Cataluny༒a, Bautista went third-fastest and emerged with a feeling of delight.
Bautista was second-quickest until a late surg🍎e from Toprak Razgatlioglu, but still completed 100 laps with a best time of 1’41.029s.
He confirmed there are no lingering feelings from his injury, and added: “Now, I am happy because I am feel🔯ing like I am back ag🦂ain.
“After the Australian Round, I was quite confident and, today, I started like a bit a🍸wkward but then I f⛄elt good on the bike.
“I can say I don’t have problems riding the bike.
“We didn’t make a lot of changes because, for me, it’s important to get the feel✤in🦂g with the bike.
𓆉“The bike is basically the same as last year. A bit more weight but basically the bike didn’t change.
“It’s important to get the feeling, get used to the new weight of the🥀 bike and see in which areas we can push morꦍe or less.”
Nicolo Bulega fastest on Thursday in Barcelona
Bautista’s Ducati teammate Ni💫colo Bulega has topped the timesheets at every WSBK test he has been involved in.
On Thursday he completed 72 laps with a best t﷽ime of 1’40.305s, which arrived on his 67th lap.
He finished half-a-second clear of Razgatlioglu.
Bulega reacted: “It’s not a bad feeling to be P1!
“I know෴ it’s just a test, but it gives me a lot of confidence to be P1 but also if I was P2; I’m fast, sꦚo it’s good.
“I used the SCQ, I think like everybody. I used it like Alvaro, Toprak and a lo💙t of𝔉 guys.
“I tried the new Pirelli C900 tyre, and I liked it; I think it can be a good cho🐼ice for the round.
“All the tyres✅ I tried today, I had a good feeling. We concentr൲ated a lot on the clutch because, in Australia, my three starts were bad.
“We tried something new on the clutch to sta𝔍rt better. I improved a little bit, so I’m happy, but when you are in the races, it’s more difficult.”
Every WSB🐼K rider will also test on Friday in Barcelona.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Amer🃏ican sports, to football, to F1.
