Following two wins at Aragon two weeks ago, Alvaro Bautista arrives inꦅ Portugal for the Estoril World Superbike with renewed motivation.

Bautista had only recorded two wins in 2024 before Aragon, meaning♛𓆏 he doubled his tally at MotorLand.

“After a Sunday like I had at MotorLand Aragon, I’m very motivated,” Bautista💞 told WorldSBK.com ahead of this weekend’s Estoril Round.

“That was♈ then and now we’re her💦e at a different track, different conditions.

“It’s two years since I raced here. The target is trying to get✃ the feeling Iꦚ had at Aragon which was really nice. I’m happy the feeling’s coming back!

“We struggled a lot atꦇ the beginning of the season because I started with an injury, then we didn’t know why🍎 I couldn’t have the confidence with the bike, or the same performance.

“Fortunately, it was like a lౠight switch on at Most and we made a change on the bike which definitely helped me to recover the confidence.”

Both Bautista and his factory Ducati teammate, Nicolo Bulega, are mathematically in contention for the title wꦛith BMW’s Toprak Razgatlioglu entering Estoril this weekend, but Bulega is also 42 points clear of Bautista, and 39 points behind Razgatlioglu.

The team orders qu🐲🌳estion came up two weeks ago in Aragon between Bautista and Bulega, and the Spaniard beat his Italian teammate in both of the Sunday races.

“At Aragon, we had a small briefing before the Saturday race because it was clear that both ri𒐪ders had the chance to fight against Toprak [Razgatlioglu],” Bautista🥀 said.

“But it’s true Bulega’s𒅌 𓆏chances were much better than mine.

“We decided to help Nicolo [Bule🦩ga] at Aragon, try not to be between him and 💜Toprak, and try to help him take off some points.

“After Saturday, the problem he had with the en🍸gine, the situation was different. On Sunday, he was there, and it was the same idea; don’t be between Toprak and Nicolo.

﷽“In the Superpole Race, it was our target to try to help Nicolo and be between them but with Nicolo first.

“In the last laps, I saw it could be Toprak, Nicolo and me so I tried to make it so Nicolo lost two points instead of three, which🌱 was better; I tried to win the race and I did, and it was the same in R𒀰ace 2.

“Right now, there’s not th🀅at kind of team order but this weekend will be something similar; try not to disturb my teammate but also him not disturbing me.”

Bulega was also asked about th💛e team orders situation. “ꦍI never ask, and I don’t want [team orders],” he told WorldSBK.com. “Alvaro [Bautista] is very fast — if he can have the possibility to win, he has to win.”