Alvaro Bautista: Sunday changes at Italian WorldSBK “not enough, but we are on the way”

Alvaro Bautista was upbeat after a trio of thir𝔍d places at the Italian WorldSBK.

Alvaro Bautista, 2025 Italian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Alvaro Bautista, 2025 Italian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Changes made to his bike setup between Saturday and Sunday were not sufficient for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista to improve on the third place he scored in Race 1, but the two-time 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike Champion was pleased with the work he was able to do during he Italian WorldSBK weeke🐭nd.

The weekend started with three crashes for Bautista on Friday, and on Saturday he finished more than 10 seconds behind the victorious 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nicolo Bulega in Race 1.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:The Spania🦋rd had anticipate🎀d on Saturday that the changes he expected to make in order to improve his bike setup might not have been enough to fight with Bulega and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu, and this turned out to 🙈be true in Sunday’s two races, as he finished six seconds off the win in the Superpole Race and almost nine seconds a🐲drift in Race 2.

The Aruba.it Racing Ducati rider was pleased with the improvements he was able to make, though, and felt assured that he is working in the ri🌄ght direction to close the gap ൲to WorldSBK’s two current benchmark riders.

“Fortunately, after Race 1 we analysed the data﷽ and to♑day we tried some adjustments,” Bautista said.

“For sure, it helped me a ꧃lot, especially in Race 2 for the pace – I can improve my lap times on the pace, the feeling with the bike was much better, I felt more safe and I could push a bit harder than [Saturday].

“It🧸 wasnඣ’t enough [to fight against Bulega and Razgatlioglu], but we are on the way.

“I’m happy with the work we did and we have to keep th�🧸�is tendency for the next rounds.”

Bautista explained that the improvements he found related specifically to the hotter ൩conditions of the afternoon, and that he didn’t feel much benefit to the changes he made overnight in Sunday morning’s Superpole Race.

“From [Saturday], 🐻especially we improve🔜d in hot conditions,” he said.

“[On Saturday morning], the bike worked more or less good, but in 𝓰the hot conditions was where ♚we found some problems.

“We tried to make the bike a bit [better] on tyres, and wജe did iꦆt, so I’m happy.

“In the morning, I didn’t feel a big difference, but in the afternoon I felt much better than [Sa🌄turday]. It’s one thing that we have to keep in mind for the next round if we finꦆd this kind of situation.”

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