The former four-time WorldSBK champion with Ducati says Bautista’s꧂ current level of dominance is rem🧜inding him of the 1994 and 1995 seasons when he won the title.

Bau🐬tista has w♔on 14 out of 15 races so far in 2023, which is a streak that’s considerably more dominant than at any stage of his title win last season.

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That’s not to say 2022 wasn’t a convincin𓃲g season for Bautista, as it was, but the former MotoGP rider is putting together arguably the greatest individual year that any rider has ever managed before. 

"It’s a pretty dominant se𓄧ason for Ducati and Alvaro! They’re both as one, both incredible!" Fogarty told WorldSBK.com. "He’s becoming unbeatable and even for the other Ducati riders, he’s becoming unbeatable. 

"It kind of reminds me of my 1994 and 1995 s🍰eason, my first years on the Ducati 916.&nbsღp;

"He’s ironed out all of the little teething problems that maybe𓃲 they had last year with his first year back on Ducati and he’s come out the blocks fighting like me in 1995. 

"He’s incredibly dominant with the package he’s got and the others are doing a bit of whinging and moaning about it.&ꩲnb🌟sp;

"It’s for the others to do their h🥀omework, get better bikes or riders and imp♏rove their packages a bit."

The only race Bautista didn’t win was the Superpole Race at Mandalika♉, as a crash when battling Jonathan Rea took him out of contention. 

In terms of Bautista’s future t𓂃eammate, much is being said about who could ♑line-up alongside him in 2024.

Rinaldi has been strongest of the other Ducati riders 𒆙when on form, however, Bassani has been the rider with better consistenc⛦y.

When asked who he believes should part꧂ner Bautista, Fogarty leaned in the direction of Bassani: "I’d like to see Bassani; he was unlucky not to get it this year and his results have been better. 

"Michael’s had quite a ܫfew chances now and he’s struggling to get near Alvaro so🍰, with Ducati being the top team, you have to be consistently in the top three, even back in my day. 

"In 1999, Troy Corser finished joint-second 💧in th♌e championship behind me and he was out of a ride with Ducati as they brought in Ben Bostrom. 

"Bassani is still a bit consistent, like them al🔯l really, but he deserves a crack at it."