Alvaro Bautista “lucky I didn’t crash” in Czech WorldSBK lap one contact
Alvarꦕo Bautista says he was “lucky” to avoid a crash when he had contact on the opening lap of Czech WorldSꩲBK Race 1.

The Czech WorldSBK presented immediate difficulties for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista in Race 1, the Spanish rider getting into trouble at the first chicane on lapꦿ one.
Bautista started 10th, and being in the middle of the pack in the tight f꧃irst chicane resulted in contact for the Spanish rider.
He got away relatively lightly, as both 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael van der Mark and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Andrea Locatelli retired when they crashed as a🍬 result of the mid-corner stack-up.
“Here at Most, the first two corners are always tricky because we arri🔯ve together and it’s easy to have a situation like t𝄹his,” Bautista explained, speaking WorldSBK.com.
“Today, I was lu♏cky I didn’t crash, because I had to close the throttle a little bit as Vierge was on the inside.
“Then somebody hit me really hard from the back.
“When I nearly crashed to the right, I saw a 🦋bike without a rider! It hit me again and it put me back on track. I was a biܫt lucky not to crash.”
The contact left Bautista down in 16🏅th, but he recovered to fifth by the finish.
“After that, Most isn’t an easy track to overtake because we have a lot of changes o💫f direction, and a lot of flowing areas🧸 and it’s not easy,” Bautista said.
“I tried to keep 🌜calm and not be nervous; just finish my race and get my pace and confidence.”
The two-time 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike Champion added that he was st𒐪ruggling with his feeling on the bike🏅.
“Thಌe first laps, I didn’t feel good,” he said. “I struggled a lot especially when I had to release the brake, because the bike felt like it would push me ouꦡt and I was struggling a lot to turn in the corners.
“I nearly crashed a couple of times due to t🌞his becau🌳se I lost the front.
“Lap after lap, it improved, and I got more confident. I stꦏarted to pass other riders and, when I had some free track, I was able to push hard.
“When I arriv𒆙ed at ot🍌her riders, it wasn’t easy to overtake.
“I think we are happy because the performance was good, and our pace wasಞ to fight for the ꧂podium. I’m happy with my feeling and the confidence on the bike.”

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