Czech WorldSBK: Alvaro Bautista: “The championship is not over, it doesn’t matter about the points”

Alvaro Bautista says he’s not focusing on the WorldSBK championship despite holding a significant advantage over Toprak Razgatlioglu.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, Yamaha World Superbike Imola 2023
Toprak Razgatlioglu, Yamaha World Superbike Imola 2023

The reigning WorldSBK champion saw his lead in the standings bitten into by the ꧟Yamaha rider following a mistake in Race 2 at Imola, which resulted in the Spaniard crashing out.

While Bautista♋ watched on, Razgatlioglu went on to claiꦆm 25 points thanks to victory ahead of Axel Bassani. 

"This Championshipꦚ is so good because we have a lot of poi𝓡nts to play for each weekend," Bautista told WorldSBK.com. 

"It’s nice because you think the Championship is long and, for sure, it’s no⭕t over. I’m not thinking about the Champio♍nship or the points. I’m just trying to take it race by race. I’m trying to do my best. 

"It doesn’t matt🌼er ab🥀out the points. I want to be the best rider I can be. The tyres are harder than last year at Most so it’s even more difficult. 

"We have the same tyres as Phillip Island but they are different tracks because the 𓃲speed is so high and you force the tyres a lot. 

"In those tracks where you don’t need to stop the bike too much and accelerate from low speed, it’s ꦛeasier to use the hard compound because you have high corner speed."

Bautista is one♏ of three riders to have won around Most, with the others being Razg🎶atlioglu and Scott Redding.

Looking to add his name to that list is Rea, who feels he has unfinis♉hed business at the Czech ജcircuit. 

Rea stated: "I’m quite excited!𓃲 I feel like I have some unfinished business at Most as I’ve never won ༒a race here! 

"We’ve had some good momentum at Donington Park and Imola, so I feel more comfortable with the bike, so let’s hope I can fight in the front g⛄roup. 

"Like in the last few races, the target has to be the podium, to head into summer in a healthy conditio𓂃n and then we’ll be looking towards the last part of the season. 

"400 starts makes me feel quite old b෴ut it’s some𝔉thing else!"

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