168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista believes victory could have been his in Race 1 of the Assen WorldSBK round without a red flag.

An oil spill with seven laps remaining resulted in Race 1 being cut short, giving WorldSBK debutant Nicholas Spinelli a sh𝔍ock win after he chose to run intermediate tyres while most of the grid elected for slicks despite a very wet track at the start of the race. 

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The final two sec♒tors were dry throughout, but Spinelli gained enough time on the wet sections to c💟reate a big lead.

Bautista and Toprak Razgatlioglu closed in rapidly with eight laps to go, but the red flag soon cඣame ou꧒t.

Discussing the mental challenges of Race 1, Bautista said: “We had to switch our minds every lap. The first sectꩲion was a bit too wet and the last two were completely dry so we had to switch every lap. In the firs🐷t corner you had to take it easy and relax.

“Then, when you passed the back straight you just pushed at 120%. But the problem was 🔯that sometimes when you arrived at the first corner after pushing, it was like ‘ah s**t’ because it was wet. It has been a really challenging race.

“A𓄧lso, in the beginning it was crazy because everybody that w♌as in front was discovering the track so all the guys behind them could push them and pass each other. I enjoyed the race a lot.

“I think that without the red flag I could have fought for the victory until the end. But thes𒈔e things can happen.

“I’m happy with my⛄ performance even tho💃ugh we couldn’t work on the bike in practice because of the conditions. But it was the same for everybody.”

Bautista admitted Spinelli was lucky, but tha💧t sometimes in racing you need luck to be on your side for such surprising results.

Bautista began by saying: “Well, when I saw him get past on the inside atꦕ corner three and four, touching the knee on the ground and passing six or seven riders, I thought ‘okay, he has rain tyres’ because it is impossible to do with the slick.

“But at the same time I thought that maybe he didn’t under🧔stand these tyres and just pushed like on slicks.

“I thought that we could catch him after mid-race. It’s true that the𓄧 first part was too wet and it took a long time t🔥o become dry. I expected it to dry quicker.

“Eveꦫn in the last few laps there was just one dry line. So you could not make any mistakes. 

“He was lucky th🥂at the red flag came, but als🌊o it is important to have luck to win some races.”