Since re-joining Ducati, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista has been nearly untouchable in Catalunya and the two-time WorldSBK champion was very strong during day-one of the test last 🔯week.

The second day didn’t quite go to plan for Bautista as he admဣitted he felt worse from the beginning, but the reigning world champion made steps forward that should put him in position to challenge for victory this weekend. 

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Bautista 🅷has won the last six races in ♏Barcelona and most of them have been in very dominant fashion.

Even during his time with Honda, Bautista was very strong at his ho❀me round as he claimed one of his three Honda podiums in Catalunya.

But wil꧟l his improved feeling be e🥀nough to win again this weekend?

The likely answer to that is yes but Bautista’s team-mate Nicolo Bulega was s♓till the rider to beat during the test.

Bulega topped both days and had ♉very good pace in both qualifying and race trim.

The WorldSBK rookie showed that he can win when he🅘 took the checkered flag first in Race 1 of the season-o♏pener, becoming the first WorldSSP champion to ever win on his debut.

Then there’s Andrea Iannone and Danilo Petrucci, both of whom are also on Ducati bikes and both w♈ent very well in Phillip Island and the Catalunya test⛎.

Bautista will be expected to fight for🥀 wins in at least some of the races, if not all of them, however, his list of challengers could be a long one.

Yamaha proved to be quick at the test as Jonatha🍌n Rea regained his early pr🧔e-season form, while Andrea Locatelli has been very quick in race trim so far in 2024.

Then there’s BMW and Toprak Razgatlioglu, who had it not🐬 been ဣfor an unofficial lap record from Bulega, would have topped the Catalunya test.

The challenge for BMW and Razgatlioglu is to have race-winning pace over the course of both long distance races, but if they can avoid severe tyre wear, th🐎en Razgatlioglu will be in the mix too.

Alex Lowes꧃ and🌳 Kawasaki can’t be ruled out either, although the two-day test in Barcelona was somewhat of a struggle for the series leader.

For Bautista, he appears to have gained a certain level of confidence with the new ballast aboard his P🥀anigale V4 R.

Something that ꩲwas a struggle particularly in corners, Bautista has found more potential as a result 🗹of getting more comfortable with the adjustments.