Unfortunate to miss out on victory in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Superpole race as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu delivered one of the performances﷽ of the season, Bautista was not to be denied as he claimed a very important win in his bid to become world champion.

Seen as a round that was supposed to favour Razgatlioglu and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea, Bautista instead lost one point to the Yamaha rider over the course of the weekend, while gaining points on Rea in every rꦏace. 

After spending several laps watching Razgatlioglu and Rea during the opening st♕ages, Bautista made his way through to the lead with just over half-race distance complete. 

Setting a very hot pace knowing he’s traditionally kinder on his tyres, Bautista’s charge was too much for Rea to handle as the six-time world 🧔champion began to suffer with tyre degradation with eight laps to go - the same happened to Razgatlioglu with four laps to go. 

Asked about his incredible straight line speed, Bautista was quick to deny that being the main reason for hiﷺs win: “Yeah but at the end there is only one straight on the t🃏rack. I’m so happy because I did a good start and I stayed in the front group,” Bautista told WorldSBK.com in parc ferme. 

“At one poin𝓡t I saw Jonathan [Rea] get the lead and Toprak [Razgatlioglu] stayed behind him so I thought thꦐat maybe Toprak had more than him because the lap time was not too fast like yesterday or like this morning, I thought Toprak was saving the tyre. 

“I thought if I take the lead [of the race] and put a f💃aster pace then I can make the others use more the tyre. I did it and at that moment I saw Toprak was behind me. 

“He was very close but maybe he had less tyre and at the end he struggled a little bit more than me. More than the victory, I’m so happy because of the wꦐay we won.”

Rea’s winless WorldSBK streak continues

A round that has been his most successful on the Superbike calendar, Portimao was ultimately  a ♊disappointing weekend for Rea, who was beaten by both Bautista and Razgatlioglu in all three races. 

Without a win since Estoril in May, Rea added: "I can’t grumble too much. I gave it my all and honestly I’m a bit disappointed with tﷺhe weekend because I thought I could get back and get some race wins under my belt, especially as I have so much support here, so thanks to everyone back home for coming out. 

"My team worked hard all weekend to give🔥 me a bike to try and fight with. I was there, I was enjoying the fight, but as soon as Al🎶varo got the lead he was gone. 

"Well done to Alvaro and Ducati an෴d well done to Toprak, he hung in there and I was just the best of the rest toda💖y."