The Aruba.it Ducati rider completed his third WorldSBK hat-trick of the season last 🐈weekend in Catalunya, which means 11 from a possible 12 wins ha🌺ve gone to Bautista.

And while the opening🌄 day of testing was only into ♔the first session, Bautista picked up just where he left off by setting a new unofficial lap record.

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💮Bautista’s fastest time was a 1:33.035s, which is around three tenths clear of t🐠he official lap record set by Bautista during last season’s Superpole. 

At the end of session one (midday), Bautista wa🧔s more than six tenths cl🥀ear of Toprak Razgatlioglu.

Another two tenths further ba♍ck was Michael Rubenಞ Rinaldi, with the Italian facing a deficit of +0.896s.

Those were and remain the only two riders to get within a second of Bautista as Garrett Gerloff and Scott Redding r♉ounded out the top five.

Xavi Vierge then bumped Gerloff down to fifth during the afternoon, but he too could not get within a secoꩵnd of Bautista.