The two-time WorldSBK champion is making his return to MotoGP with a wildca🌄rd appearance at Sepang.

After clinching his second Superbike title with victory in Race 1 of the season-finale at Jerez, Bautista's return to MotoGP action comes with v🌠ery little pressure, despite high expectations being set by others.

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Previewing his return to MotoGP, Bautista said this about the biggest challenge he wil🅺l face: “I think the biggest challenge is maybe to keep the other people calm who maybe think I can win or get a podium because many people are creating a lot of r🦂eally high expectations! 

“Keep calm and there’s no pressure on me to have a good result or try to ♉repeat like other riders in the past did. This is the case, and I will try to have some fun. 

“It’ll be important to find a good setup with the bike and to give my best. I think this will be the biggest challenge because we don’t have a lot of time, we have two Free Practices and there’s not too much time to get a good feel🎉ing. 

“If I can finish the weekend better than I started, it’ll be nice. If I feel that I give my best and I have a good feeling with the bike, I finish the race saying, ‘this was the best performance I can do with the time we had during the🦂 weekend’.”

Bautista has alಌready stepped onto the latest M𒀰otoGP machinery after conducting a private test at Misano earlier this year.

Bautista 🍷was very quick and knows that Sepang provides a good oppo🃏rtunity given the long straights.

“I’m so happy to defend the title with the #1 but now we are in MotoGP for this weekend,” added Bautista. “ಞI’m so excited to race here at Sepang. It’s one of my favourite tracks and I miss this track. 

“It’ll be really nice to come b🍬ack and do laps with the MotoGP bike. To race again in MotoGP will be nice, especiall🔴y with this new format with the Sprint on Saturday and then the race on Sunday. 

“I don’t have any expectations about the result because the🗹 level of the categ✅ory is so high and so close. 

“Even if you are 🎃not so far𝔍 away with the lap time, in positions you are a bit far. 

“For me, the target is trying to find good confidence with the bike, try to en🐠joy and do a weekend from less to more. The main thing ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚis trying to have fun and try to do my best.”