Following two wins at Aragon two weeks agꦿo, Alvaro Bautista arrives in Portugal for the Estoril World Superbike with renewed motivation.

Bautista had only recorded two wins in 2024 before Aragon, 🍸meani🉐ng he doubled his tally at MotorLand.

“After a Sunday like I had at MotorLand Aragon, I’m very motivated,” Bautista told WorldSB💎K.com ahead of this weekend’s Estoril Round.

“That was then and now 𓄧we’re here at a different track, different conditions.

“It’s two years since I raced here. The target is tr𝓡ying to get the feeling I had at Aragon which was really ꦡnice. I’m happy the feeling’s coming back!

“We struggled a lot at the beginning of the season because I started with an injury, then we didn’t know why I couldn’t ha𝓡ve the confidence with the bike, or the same performance.

“Fortꦍunately, it was like a light switch on at Most and we made a change on the bike which definitely helped me to recover the confidence.”

Both Bautista and his factory Ducati teammate, Nicolo Bulega, are mathematically in contention for the title with BMW’s Toprak Razgatli🦩oglu entering Estoril this weekend, but Bulega is also 42 points clear of Bautista, and 39 points behind Razgatliog🎶lu.

The t𒐪e𓄧am orders question came up two weeks ago in Aragon between Bautista and Bulega, and the Spaniard beat his Italian teammate in both of the Sunday races.

“At Aragon,🐠 we had a small briefing before the Saturday race bec🍒ause it was clear that both riders had the chance to fight against Toprak [Razgatlioglu],” Bautista said.

“But it’s true Bulega’s chances were much better than 𝔉mine.

💧“We decided to help Nicolꩲo [Bulega] at Aragon, try not to be between him and Toprak, and try to help him take off some points.

“After Saturday, the probl💦em he had with the engine, the situation was different. On🍒 Sunday, he was there, and it was the same idea; don’t be between Toprak and Nicolo.

“In the Sup🅰erpole Race, it was our target to try to help Nicolo and be between them but with Nicolo first.

“In the last laps, I saw it could be Toprak, Nicol😼o and me so I tried to make it so Nicolo lost two points instead of three, which was better; I tried to win th📖e race and I did, and it was the same in Race 2.

“Right now, there’s not that kind of team order but this weekend will be ♈something similar; try not to disturb my teammate but also him not disturbing me.”

Bulega was also asked about the t🃏eam orders situation. “I never ask, and I don’t want [team orders],” he told WorldSBK.com. “Alvaro [Bautista] is very fast — if he can have the possibility to win, he has to win.”