Alvaro Bautista on WorldSBK rider-bike weight limit: ‘It’s more difficult in the fast corners’

Two-time WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista says the new rider and bike weight limit will make it es෴pecially hard for him this season.

Alvaro Bautista Race 1, Spanish WorldSBK, 28 October
Alvaro Bautista Race 1, Spanish WorldSBK, 28 October

A rider and bike weight limit will be implemented in WorldSBK this season which should help those with a bigger frame to compete in an easier fashion against the likes of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista, who along with Ducati’s stunning top speed, can do significant damage♈ on circuits with long straights.

Bautista, who is one of the lightest riders in WorldSBK, could suffer more than most from this rule change an♍d speaking about the challenges he expects, the Spaniard admitted that fast corners could be a problem area in particular.

“My biggest problem or the area we have to work on is the extra weight on the bike,” confi♛rmed Bautista at the Ducati launch,🙈 in Italy. “With more weight on the bike, you feel it’s more difficult to ride it especially in the fast corners.

“With more inertia, the bike goes wide and it’s more difficult to close the corner. Also, for stopping u🎐nder heavy braking, we struggle a lot.

“We will concentra🎶te on this and try to be penalised as little as possible and try 🌟to be at the best possible performance.”

Bautista is set to test for the first🦩 time in 2024 during this week’s Jerez test, before a second outingꦕ is scheduled at Portimao.

It will also be the first time he’s on-track since suffering an injury that hampered his MotoGP wildcard aℱt Sepang last November.

On his current level of fitness, B🌄autista added: “I feel much better from my injury. I spent many weeks trying to recover as mඣuch as possible. I feel good now.

“The last test I have to do is riding my bike and to chไeck that there’s no problem riding the bike.

“I’m happy with my phys💮ical condition right now. Let’s see how it goes in the test.”

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