Alvaro Ba🌠utista’s two wins last weekend at the WorldSBK Aragon Round appeared to reinstate him as one of the championship’s most formidable riders, but with an 81-pꦺoint championship deficit his title chances are still remote.

Bautista entered the Aragon Round with the question of team orders hanging over his head, as his tea🧸mmate, Nicolo Bulega, was only 13 points adrift of championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu, who made his racing comeback at MotorLand after three weeks on the sidelines.

💦“Sincerely, before this weekend there was nothing about team orders,” Bautista told WorldSBK.com.

“But, because Toprak [Razgatlioglu] raced this weekend, we spoke at least tౠo don’t be between Toprak and Nicolo [Bulega] to not take away more points [from Bulega].

“But, yesterday he was really unlucky, Nicolo, and ⭕he lost a lot.”

Bautista passed Bulega for second place in his charge to the frontꦫ to win the Su🙈perpole Race at Aragon with a move at turn 15.

“[In the Superpole Race], I did that move to Nicolo because I saw that🍌 𒁃he cannot fight against Toprak.

“🌌For that, in that moment, I say ‘Win, or third, you cannot be in between both’, so I tried to win, and at least three points [difference] are more than two points, for Nic💝olo.

“[In Race 2], I ♐was just pushing, and the same: four points [difference] are better than five. But, for sure, I don’t know for the next round [if there wi🐲ll be team orders].”

Turning his attention to his own championship chances, Bautista essentially said that he’s relying on mistakes or misfortune from Bulega and Razgatlioglu to sཧee him lift his third💝 WorldSBK crown.

“For mℱe, mathematically it’s possible, but I think— we saw in the past many strange things, but [the championship] is not my target right now. My target is to keep my confidence on th༺e bike, to keep growing my confidence, and that’s all.”