A two-day test for WorldSBK in Jerez was shortened to one-and-a-half days for the Aruba.it Racing Ducati team, as Alvaro Baౠutista looked for new ways forward with the Panigale V4 R.

Bautista spent most of his one-and-a-half days in Jerez focusing on 🔯changing how he rides the Panigale V4 R.

“Today [Wednesday, day two], we decided to do just a half-day, 𒅌and we continued the work we started yesterday,” Bautista told WorldSBK.com on Wednesday in Jerez.

“So, for us, the important thing is just to reset and💎 create a new base.

“Yesterday, I didn’t want tඣo touch anything, just to change my approach to riding the bike. Also, today we didn’t touch anything until just the last run.

“It was good because I was getting mo♎re confident, I was changing a little bit my riding with the bike and understandin🅘g many things.

“Then, with all the data from yesterday and the first part of the mo💫rning, we did a change in the setup, just to allow me to ride a bit 💦better.

“I just did on the final exit♛ but it was really nic🦩e. I had a better feeling, so I’m happy; it’s been positive.

“Now we have different data from the past, we💫 ha🃏ve now all the winter to analyse everything and try to make a programme for the work in the first tests of next year.”

Bautista explained that his work during the test had been with a setup that wa๊s not personalised to him, but was a more generic setup that is more similar to what most of the other Ducati ♍riders use.

Then, his change for the final run was an🐼 adjustment made to that setup to suit his own needs.

“I asked Ducati to make a ‘Ducati’ setup,” he said. “So, I just tried to understand how was the ‘Ducati setup’ bike, and then try to unde🅷rstand the positive and the negative points of the bike.

“Then, together, we decided to make a change on the setup, and definitely it was a bit better for me: I have the bike more in my hand and I can ride i🔴n the same way, but more comfortable.”

Bautista said that the work done in the test allows him to go into the winter 🉐with a clear mind.

“Af🔯ter today, I’m looking forwarꦚd to starting 2025 because I had a different feeling from the past,” he said.

“This is good because I go to the winter break with a clear mentality, more open to more setups ✤and more ideas to im♔prove.”

Af𓄧ter a 2024 below his expe💫ctations, Bautista now wants to use it to rebound in 2025.

“For sure, it’s not the best season [I’ve had♕] so far,” he said. “I had two injuries, one at the beginning of the season and then another one at the end; we had some problems with the bike, I never really had a goo🌠d feedback.

“But I think, at the end, this kind of season is one to learn. More than it pushed me ꦏdown, it gave me motivation, so I w💛ill try to be a better rider.

“I’m happy also that the championship is growing up, like the level, more riders battling for the good positions — that means that, right now, ever🥀y single detail will be important.”