Alvaro Bautista: “We need more humility, Race 2 was very critical…”

Bautista recovered from his Race 1 mistake where he crashed from the lead🍌, to win both the Superpole Race and Race 2 in Aragon.
Dominant in Race 2, Bautista h🅰ad to fight extremely hard in the Superpole Race as he overtook Jonathan Rea and Top🔯rak Razgatlioglu on the final lap.
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"I’m so 🦂happy to get the victory on Sunday," Bautista told Wor💮ldSBK.com. "From Misano I didn’t win two races on Sunday and I’m so happy.
"Especially because today I could reset after yeste♐rday and start from zero with the feeling I have with the bike.
"In warm-up I fe꧑lt very good riding my bike. The Superpole Race was amazing because Jonathan, Toprak ♛and I did a really good race with three different tyres on the rear.
"That means that the level was 🌳quite high. I felt good because the pace was fast and at the end I managed to overtake them on the last-lap. I knew I could fight for the win so I just tried without thinking about anything more.
"In the afternoon it was v𝄹ery critical because it was too hot. Already from the 𒁏first lap I felt the rear spinning a lot.
"I didn’t have good traction so for that I tried not to puജsh the rear and maybe I forced a bit more the front. After mid-race I felt a big drop on the front and in many corners I felt [the tyre] closing.
"I’m happy because in two differ💝ent races we were competitive and fought for victory. We ꦰcannot make any more mistakes. In some tracks we can fight for better positions than others but the thing we can’t do is make more mistakes."
Bautista’s mistake in𝕴 Race 1 was a follow-on from Imola and Magn🧔y-Cours where he also cost himself a shot at victory when he made errors.
And although this weekend’s error didn’t impact his championship lead too much, the world champion admits he needs to c𒐪ut out this recent trend.
B๊autista added: "It’s what I always say, I don’t think about points or the championship. I just try to do my best.
"If my best is to try and win then I will try. If it’s to finish fifth then I w൩ill do that.
"For sure, this weekend has been very important for me because I learned that even if it is a track that fits v🐠ery well to me and my bike, you can not be 100% confident.🧸
"In the ra🃏ces everything is possible and anything caꦿn happen. We need more humility."