Fresh off his first WorldSBK podium of 2021, Alvaro Bautista wil꧅l have the chance at repeating his Catalan success with a second consecutive home round in Jerez. 

Bautista finished P3 after getting the better of Alex Lowes and Michael Rinaldi during the Superpole race, before coming close to a second third place in r💞ace two. 

T💜he formerꦬ MotoGP rider finished fourth, two tenths behind Scott Redding and four tenths off championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu in second. 

"We arrive at Jerez in very gooꩲd spi🔯rits after a positive weekend at Barcelona. We hope to have the same feeling and be able to work as well as we did last weekend," said Bautista.  

"Jerez is a slightly different track to Barcelona though, as although there are some long corners, there aren't so many straights so maybe we'll suffer a litt🐟le more, but we'll see. 

"We completed a test recent👍ꦫly so we have some references that will be useful. 

"We are always trying to improve and are currently fixing 🐻some details that are taking us in the right direction. I hope to have another good weekend in front of the Spanish fans."

For Bautista’s team-mate Leon Haslam, Jerez was an especially tough round for the Brit in 2020, however, a ‘very good’ test recently in hotter temperatures has the former BSB champion ‘quit🦄e positive’. 

Haslam ad꧃ded: "Jerez is a circuit at which I struggled a lot last year. Having said that, we made a very good test there in hot conditions not ꦗso long ago, and this is quite a positive sign because we generally struggle in high temperatures. 

"So hopefully this information can helpꦐ us as we head into the 🔴race weekend. 

"Once again, we will🔯 be testing a series of things to see if we can improve our 🍸overall package."