𒈔Alvaro Bautista has again addressed Andrea Iannone’s claim to be “faster” in his MotoGP wildcard.

Iannoܫne followed in Bautista’s꧑ footsteps by featuring in the Malaysian MotoGP as a one-off, a year after his rival.

Iannone, who rode a GP23 for the VR46 Ducati team, claimed a🦩fterwards that he had gone faster than Bautista managed a year earlier.

“Comparisons are never nice, and I'm sorry that Andrea wanted to compare himself to me since theyไ were two very different situations,” Bautista told .

“I don't know w✃here he saw that he was faster than me, since he did one lap less in the race.

“I just want to defend myself because it's not a good situation, and as I said we're talking about two different situations♚, also because I arrived in Sepang with a major shoulder injury.

"If he ♔had done the tꦡests he would have been faster, like me without injury, but with ifs and buts you don't do much.

“If I had be🅷en born in Hollywood ꦛmaybe now I am a famous actor, but I was born in Talavera and I am a rider!

♌“The numbers tell the truth🅺, and I'm sorry for this comparison.

“I don't♛ want controversy but o🍬nly to defend myself: it's bullshit, but I didn't want it to end in a certain way.”

Bautꦕista, in 2023, was still feeling the effects of a shoulder injury when he rode for Ducati in Sepang.

Both Bautista in♛ 2023 and Iannone this year finished the grand prix in 17th.

They locked hor﷽ns in the World Superbike Championship this year, where Iannone returned to after a four-year ban elapsed.

Bautista finished third in hi🙈s title defence, Iannone was seventh.

They will both return in 2025 riding Ducatis.