Alvaro Bautista was back in the groove after finding a breakthrough with his Pa꧃nigale V4 R on day-one of the Czech WorldSBK round at Most.

Second overall on Friday, Bautista was just over a tenth down on ser💧ies leader Toprak Razgat🅷lioglu.

Asked if it was the best start to a weekend in 2024, Bautista said: "Yes, but it was easy to do the best Friday of this season because we hav🧸e been struggling a lot. 

"But, today I'm really happy because from the last weekend in Donington we made some changes to the bike and the f�⛄�eeling was back again. 

"I feel good today. It was the day I enjoyed the mo𓆉st on the bike this season. It's been a long time since I rode the bike like I did today. 

"I'm really happy; not for the position but the feeling. I could enjoy and ride the bike lik♑e my bike." 

Discussing the changes that allowed Bautista to ride with freedom again, the two-time world champion said: "We made some changes to the set-up of the bike and it a🎃llowed me to force more the bike and to have more feedback with the tyres and to find more the limit. 

"I started to ride like I wanted from the beginning 💦of the season and I felt like I could do it. 

"At the moment we need to analyse to🧸day because we made a big improvement with my feeling on the bike. 

"I'm no♏t thinking about the front row or the position f🌠or tomorrow. 

"I just want to keep the feeling on⛄ the𒁃 bike and make some small steps forward. 

"The importaꦿnt thing is that I can ൩enjoy the bike. That's more important than the position and other things."