After qualifying down in 11th place, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista was then dropp𝓡ed to P14 ahead of the race after being given a three-place grid penalty for ‘slow riding’ in qualifying൲.

The two-time WorldSBK champion was quiet in the opening stages before finding✤ his rhythm which ༺led to him seething his way through the second group. 

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On🙈ce Bautista overtook Danilo Petrucci and Michael Van Der Mark, the Spaniard quickly latched onto the r♉ear of Andrea Iannone before taking P3 away from the GoEleven rider.

“It’s never easy, esp🐟ecially because this track is so complicated to push from the beginning<” said Bautista post-race.

“You have to manage the tyres. I was in the situation that I wanted to push more in the first laps 🌜to gai𒐪n some positions but, at the same time, I had to save the tyres.

“I tried to keep calm, to manage the tyre as well as possible. B༺ehind the other riders, the big group, I had some problems with tꦦhe front as it overheated.

“I didn’t have good turning and I had to save some slides with my elbow; fortunately, I could save everyth🍒ing.

“At the 💙mid-race point, many riders we꧃re coming to me, and I think third was the maximum I could do.”

Bautista said the biggest challenge when following other riders was not being ableܫ to do ‘the lines I wanted’.

On several occasions it appeared as though Bautista was losing front 🔥grip when following riders aheadꦓ of him.

However, quick overtakes followed on most of the ri꧂ders around him which gave him the chance to secure a double podium for the factory Ducati team.

Bautista added: “When you are behind the other riders, the front tyre doesn’♚t work as expected and I struggled to brake hard or enter fast into corners.

“I lost it many tꦦimes behind other riders because I can’t do the lines I wanted to.

“I spent some time behind him, but🤪 I don’t think that if I passed him quicker, I could’♒ve got to second place.

“I think our best wa🅠s to get a podium, but this was a surprise for♓ me.”