Alvaro Bautista: “We need more humility, Race 2 was very critical…”

Bautista recovered from his 🐼Race 1 mistake where he crashed from the lead, to win both the Superpole Race and Race 2 in Aragon.
Dominant in Race 2, Bautista had to fight extremely𓄧 hard in the Superpole Race as he overtook Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu on the 💎final lap.
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"I’m so happy to get the victory on ꦫSunday," Bautista told WorldSBK.com. "From Misano I didn’t win two races on Sunday 🙈and I’m so happy.
"Especially because today I could reset after yesterday and start from zero witꦑh the feeling I have with the bike.
"In warm-up I felt very good riding my bike. The Superpole Race was amazing because Jonathan, Toprak and I did a really♉ good race with three different tyr🥃es on the rear.
"That means that the level was quite high. I felt good because the pace was fast and at the end I managed to overta𒐪ke them on the last-la𒁃p. I knew I could fight for the win so I just tried without thinking about anything more.
"In the afternoon it was very critical becaus൩e it was too hot. Already from the first lap I felt the rear spinning a lot.
"I didn’t have good traction so for that I tried not to push the rear and maybe I forced a bit more theꦑ front. After mid-race I felt a big drop on the front and in many corners I felt [the tyre] closing🐈.
"I’m happy because in two different races we were competitive and fought f🌌or victory. We cannot make any more mistakes. In some tracks we can fight for better positions than others but the thing we can’t d⛄o is make more mistakes."
Bautista’s mistake in Race 1 was a follow-on from Imo⭕la and Magny-Cours where he also cost himself a shot at victory when he made errors.
And although this weekend’s error didn’t impact his🎃 championship lead too much, the world champion admits he needs to ꦉcut out this recent trend.
Bautista added: "It’s what I always say, I don’t think about points or 💟the championshipꦐ. I just try to do my best.
"If my best is to try and win then I will try. ♎If it’s to finish fifth then I will do thatꦆ.
"For ♏sure, this weekend has been very important for me because I learned that even if it is a track that fits very we⛦ll to me and my bike, you can not be 100% confident.
"In the raꦑces everything is possible and anything can happen. We need more🧜 humility."