San Juan WorldSBK: Alvaro Bautista victorious, calls Toprak Razgatlioglu move ‘very strange, risky’

Alvaro Bautista has taken another step closer to his maiden WorldSBK title after winning race one in San Juan, despite nearly being wiped out on the first lap by Toprak Razgatlioglu.
Alvaro Bautista, Ducati WorldSBK San Juan
Alvaro Bautista, Ducati WorldSBK San Juan

Bautista took the lead of the race on the opening lap after breezing past Razgatlioglu and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea on the back-straight. 

But too keen to respond, Razgatlioglu made a rash move ꦐto the inside of the Ducati rider and with it lost the front-end of his Yamaha R1.

The reigning world champion came very close to clipping Bautista, who inste♊ad had to s𝔉it up and lose three places as a result. 

Speaking about his win anꦗd the near-miss, Bautista said: “I felt very lucky today because in the first lap when Toprak crashed he nearly hit me. I was so lucky there! 

“After that I needed a couple of laps to u𒁏nderstand what was happening because it was very, very strange that in the first lap he did this kind of aꦗction. It was very risky. 

“But in any case, after that, I just tried to be focused and not think that Toprak was out or something like that. Just to be focused on my riding and my bike, try to get the feeling and try to get the pཧace. 

“After three laps I started to feel more comfortable on the bike an꧃d push a bit more the pace. I felt that my pace was maybe a couple of tenths fas🌳ter than the rest so I tried to get to the lead.”

Rea heaps praise on ‘untouchable’ Bautista after dominant WorldSBK win

Unlike 2019, cracks𒆙 in the Ducati rider’s armour have been far and few between, with the Spaniard instead showing more consistency than anyone.

In total control of the race while Rea was busy trying to fend off 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Axel Bassani in the🌠ir intense race-long battle for second, Bautista evℱentually won by five seconds.

Rea did manage to show impressive late race pace, however, the Kawasaki rider was unable to deliver the same l꧒ap times as Bautista when the serౠies leader put the hammer down after five laps. 

Jonathan Rea, Argentinian WorldSBK, 22 October
Jonathan Rea, Argentinian WorldSBK, 22 October

"Yeah I’m really happy with that one because my team worked tirelessly throughout the weekend to try and piece togeth🍒er the jigsaw of tyres, chassis balance and they gave me a really good bike," said a happy Rea. 

"When Alvaro got to the front I was quite happy to sit behind Bassani, but when Alvaro came past, woah! - he had such a pace that he was just going a🌼way. 

"Unfortunately I just got stuck behind Bassani and couldn’꧟t pass. He was just too strong in a few key areas of the track. 

"But I could just bide my time and plot [an overtake]. I could do my rhythm [after that] b♑ut Alvaro was gone. He was untouchable today."

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