Alvaro Bautista: Sunday changes at Italian WorldSBK “not enough, but we are on the way”

Alvar🎃o Bautista was upbeat after a trio of third pl🌃aces at the Italian WorldSBK.

Alvaro Bautista, 2025 Italian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Alvaro Bautista, 2025 Italian WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Changes made to his bike setup between Saturday and Sunday were not sufficient for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista to improve on the third place he scored in Race 1, but the two-time 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike Champion was pleased with the work he was able to do during he Italian W💎orldSBK🦹 weekend.

The weekend started with three crashes for Bautista on Friday, and on Saturday he finished more than 10 seconds behind the victorious 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nicolo Bulega in Race 1.

168澳洲ꦛ幸运5官方开奖结果历史:The Spaniard had anticipated on Saturday that the changes he expected to make in order to improve his bike setup might not have been enough to fight with Bulega and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu, and 𝓰this turned out to be true in Sunday’s two races, as he finished six seconds off the win iꦦn the Superpole Race and almost nine seconds adrift in Race 2.

The Aruba.it Racing Ducati rider was 𝓀pleased with the improvements he was able to make, though, and felt assured that he is working in the right direction to close the gap to WorldSBK’s two current benchmark riders.

“Fortunately, after Race 1 we analysed 🌱the data and today we tried some adjustments,” Baut꧅ista said.

“For sure, it helped me a lot, especially in Race 2 for the pace – I can improve my lap𒁏 times on the pace, the feeling with the bike was 🍸much better, I felt more safe and I could push a bit harder than [Saturday].

“It wasn’t eno🎃ugh [to fight against Bulega and Razgatlioglu], but we are on the way.

“I’m happy wi෴th the work we did a♑nd we have to keep this tendency for the next rounds.”

Bautista explained tha🃏t the improvements he found related specifically to the hotter conditions 😼of the afternoon, and that he didn’t feel much benefit to the changes he made overnight in Sunday morning’s Superpole Race.

“From [Sa🍌tur♚day], especially we improved in hot conditions,” he said.

“[On Saturday morning], the bike worked more or less good, but in the hot conditions was where we found some prob🍸lems.

“We tried to make the bike a bit [better] on tyres, and we did it, so I’m ꦐhappy.

“In the morning, I didn’t feel🥀 a big difference, but in the afternoon I felt ♍much better than [Saturday]. It’s one thing that we have to keep in mind for the next round if we find this kind of situation.”

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