Phillip Island WorldSBK: Alvaro Bautista sets new record - ‘Maybe we can change the name to Baustralia’

The WorldSBK champion led all-but a few corners of the Superpole Race after being challenged early by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu, in what was another top performance fr﷽om the Ducati rid🌸er.
After getting the holeshot into turn one again for Race 2, Bautista faced little competition as he streaked away from teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Ruben Rinaldi.
- Phillip Islaౠnd World Superbike Race (2): Bautista wins, Razgatlioglu taken out
- Phillip Island World Superbike Superpole Race: Bautista wins aꦛgain, Rea P7
It means a perfect points score of 62 has been amassed, while Bautista’s expected title rivals Razgatlioglu aဣnd Rea faltered in a big way.
Razgatlioglu crashed out of Race 2 after being an innocent victim of Alex Lowes falling directly in front of him at tur𝕴n four, while Rea could only manage seventh and eighth from Sunday’s double-header.
Bautista said: "It’s the best way to start the season! I’m happy because we were competitive in all three races, with three different situations. Yesterday, with the rain we could make ౠa good performance and win the race.
"Then this morning, not with cold conditions but cooler than the afternoon and the soft tyre in the rear - no༺body cares about pushing the tyre consumption and we could win again.
"Then for Race 2, more temperature, the ha🦄rd tyre in the rear and I could manage and adapt to the situation to be very consistent. The feeling with the bike has been amazing this weekend🔯 in all conditions."
Bautista moves past 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Troy Corser, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Tom Sykes in WorldSBK record books
Bautista's double victory has helped put him in a class of his own when it comes 𒀰to most hat-tricks (5) - which is one more than Rea - while Bautista also took his ꦚeighth win at Phillip island which is the most of any Superbike rider at the Australian venue.
Rea and Corser has been tie💦d for seven S𒊎uperbike wins at Phillip island prior to Bautista's hat-trick.
But that’s not all as the Spaniard also moved ahead of Corse🅘r and Sykes on the all-time winners list with 35.
"I didn’t know ♛that because I normally don’t look at statistics," added Bautista. "But it’s nice and this track I like a lot. Maybe, we can change the name to Baustralia or something [laughs].

"I’m happy but I don’t like to see the statistics and just do my best in the present. Then, ♋in many years when I’m at home and watching the racing [I can enjoy more]. For now it’s more for you journalists than me."
D𒊎espite his dominant weekend Bautista is keen to not get carried away, especially heading to Mandalika which is one of the few circuits where he failed to win in 2022.
"It’s only the first race weekend of the season," stated Bautista. "We will just enjoy the moment and think about the next race weekend which will be 🍰a 🎃more difficult one.
"It will be difficult because this track is good for us and also the conditions were favourabl🍸e for us. We have to get the maximum in every condition and here this weekend we did it."