Alvaro Bautista was back in the groove after finding💯 a breakthrough with his Panigale V4 R on day-one of the Cz༺ech WorldSBK round at Most.

Second overall on Friday,💫 Bautista was just 🌟over a tenth down on series leader Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Asked if it was the best start to a weekend in 2024, Bautista said: "Yes, but it was easy to do the best Friday of this season because we have been ⭕struggling a lot. 

"But, today I'm really happy because from the last weekend in Donington we made some changes to the bike and the feel𒀰ing was back again. ꦫ;

"I feel good♑ today. It was the day I enjoyed the most on the bike this season. It's been a long time since I rode the bike like I🍌 did today. 

"I'm really happy; not for the position but the feeling. I could enjoy and ride the bike like my b🌠ike." 

Discussing the changes that allowed Bautista to ride with freedꦑom again, the two-time world champion said: "We made some changes to the set-up of the bike and it allowed me to force more the bike and to♐ have more feedback with the tyres and to find more the limit. 

"I started to ride like I wanted from the beginning of the season and I ﷽felt li💝ke I could do it. 

"🌳At 🤪the moment we need to analyse today because we made a big improvement with my feeling on the bike. 

"I'm not thinking about the front🎉 row or the position for tomorrow. 

"I just w♛ant to keep 🐟the feeling on the bike and make some small steps forward. 

"The important thing is that I can enjoy the bike. Th🤪at's mo🐻re important than the position and other things."