Mandalika WorldSBK: Alvaro Bautista: Title win ‘Incredible, so difficult to beat Toprak Razgatlioglu, Jonathan Rea’

Alvaro Bautista is your new WorldSBK champion after finishing second in Race 2 at Mandalika behind Toprak Razgatlioglu.
Alvaro Bautista, Ducati WorldSBK Mandalika
Alvaro Bautista, Ducati WorldSBK Mandalika

Bautista managed to fight the Yamaha rider for much of the race before Razgatlioglu produced back-to-back fastest laps late on that resulted in a one second gap separating the two.&nbs🅺p;

Although the Indಌonesian round is only the second this season where Bautista failed𝓰 to win a race, the Spaniard showed impressive consistently to again be a contender before wrapping up the title. 

Speaking about his championship win, but also about how hard it’s been to achieve his title win due to the level of rivals Razgatlioglu and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea, Bautista said: "Incredible! I want to say thanks to🍒 everyone that trusted in me. To give me this chance 🍒to fight for good places, for races, and we got the championship. 

"Thanks to Ducati and thanks to my bike. Today was the first time I felt a bit nervous or stressed, which was in Race 2 on the grid. I tried to manage the emotions and when I was first I was doing a lot of mistakes because there ꦗwas too much thinking in my head. 

"I just preferred to stay second behind Toprak and he was very strong sꦇo I couldn’t follow him. I just tried to finish the race. 

"Congrats to Toprak and Jonathan because it has been an amazing performan𝔍ce during all the season. It’s really, really, really difficult to beat them."

Bautista’s ওchampionship win sees him bring glory back to Ducati for the first time since 2011 in the Superbike class.

It also comes seven days after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia secured the MotoGP title for the Italian manufacturer, making 2022 their most successful season ev🐎er. 

After two difficult seasons with Honda, Bautista’s return to Ducati was always expected to bring with it good results, howꦓever, to beat Razgatlioglu and Rea in the fashion he has speaks volumes about how good Bautistaඣ and the Panigale V4 R have been together.

Detailing his journey to this stage, Ba✅utista added: "I feel so happy. I started this championship four years ago and I felt really good on the bike. We did a great start to the season🔯 and then for sure, I missed some experience in the category. 

"I didn’t know very well the tyres and some tracks were new for me and we did some mistakes. Also for Ducati it was the first season with a comple🥃tely new bike and they made a great bike but still we needed to work. 

"Then I spent two years with another manufacturer, two very difficult years for me because I never felt the ღsame feeling that I did with Ducati, but it was positive for𓂃 me because I learned a lot. 

"I got a lot of experience in the championship, with tyres and I always tried t♏o find something to help ไus, to help me go fast. 

"In my se💙cond year [with Honda] I met with Ducati - there was no management just myself - I wanted to speak directly with them. I felt that I still had something on my inside to fight for wins and I felt I had enough experience and I needed a bike that could win. 

Alvaro Bautista , Race2, Indonesian WorldSBK. 13 November
Alvaro Bautista , Race2, Indonesian WorldSBK. 13 November

"Then we restarted and I found the same team. The team is perfect and is one of the best teams I’ve been with in my career. But also I found a better bikꦫe. The bike was amazing, the feeling wh🉐en I rode the bike again was incredible."

Bautista,✃ who tested the 2022 bike for the first time during a test at Jerez last November, immedi✅ately remembered why he loved the Ducati. 

"I remember the first lap I did in November with the rain tyre and I said ‘Oh♓h, this is my bike’," said the former MotoGP rider. "I’m so happy to win the title because we did an amazing season, the bike was perfect in all the races. Ducati supported us 100%. 

"I tried to do my best every time I jumped on the bike. This is the consequence of all the work behind the door. I felt stronger than ev🌱er physical🐻ly but also mentally."

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