Alvaro Bautista enjoys “really fun” Australian WorldSBK fightback after Superpole Race “mistake”
Alv🦂aro Bautista wཧent from 11th to second in WorldSBK Race 2 at Phillip Island.

Two mistakes in the Australian 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike Superpole Race left Alvaro Bautista 11th on the grid for Race 2 at Phillip Island, but he recovered to second in the final r🌠ace😼 of the weekend.
Bautista’s Superpole Race issues sta🙈rted on the first lap when he ran wide at turn four and dropped to the back of the pack. A lap later, he crashed at turn six, and remounted to finish last, forcing him to start 11t♌h on the grid for Race 2.
“The problem [aꦐt turn four] is that the wind there is in a different direction to [Saturday],” Bautista explained whe🐎n speaking to WorldSBK.com.
“So, with the sl✃ipstream of t🎀he other riders, I arrived a bit faster and the wind was pushing me. I braked at the same point, but I could not stop the bike.
“I think Toprak [Razgatlioglu] was behind me and he felt the same as me, so he cannot stop the bike and he went loꦕng like me.
“Fortunately I was alo🐽ne, because it could be dangerous if we touched anot🍸her rider.”
Abou🐠t Race 2, Bautista said: “For sure it has been a really fun race for me, because starting from the back I had to overtake many riders, so I enjoyed a lot the race.
“Especially I’m happy because the feeling with the bike is getting better and better, I can push more the bike to the limit, so I’m so proud of the work my team has done, and myself to never give up and try always to imꦜprove step-by-step.
“So, I’m really happy, more than the result it’s the way we get it and𒅌 the feeling I have with the bike.”
He added: “I don’t [know if], starting from the front, I can be or not be with Nicolo [Bulega], but it’s true tha𓆉t I was catching him in the second half of the race and I did the fastest lap of the race.
“So, my pace was to fight for the victory.”
𝄹Despite missing out on a potential victory in Race 2 at Phillip Island as a result of the poor Superpole Race result, Bautista was happy with his weekend a🦹s a whole.
“Basically, I didn’t come with any👍 expectations, especially after the winter tests that we cannot make good work with the bike,” he said.
“The t🅠arget was just to feel better and better wi🐼th the bike, to get the confidence.
“I think we were im𒁃proving every day of the weekend, and at the end I think overall we have to be happy because I think we end the weekend with a lot of performance, very competitive, a good feeling with the bike, and happy.
“So, I think it’▨s been positive – not perfect, because we are on our way to our real target [whiꦏch[ is to be at our 100 per cent.”

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