The question that 🅺many have been unable to answer so fa𓂃r this season, which is, can anyone beat the reigning WorldSBK champion.

Aside from a crash in the Superpole Race at Mandalika,꧃ Bautista has won all 🅺11 races that he’s completed, which is why Rinaldi feels as though winning in front of his home crowd at Misano will be a complicated assignment. 

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"I love Misano and I love racing in my home track," said Rinaldi after the recent test. "This test meꦐant a lot bec🎐ause, for sure, because you need to get the feeling. 

"We had a great feeling in Barcelona but we need to confirm it also here. It’s so important to be fast and consiste🐎nt in this trac𒀰k. 

"The goal is always to win. But this year Alvaro looks really, r♎eally strong. All the races he’s finished, he won. I will try to win my home race, but l🍌et’s see."

It’s not just Bautista who has strꦫong race pace in Misano though, as Toprak Razgatlioglu was another standout from the two-day test.

After a weather-impacted final day, Rinaldi said: "We were ওlucky with the weather because the forecast was de🦄finitely worse. We completed a lot of laps, working on the set-up and the feeling was very positive. 

"The race pace in dry conditions was strong, on the sameღ level ꩲas Alvaro and Toprak (Razgatlioglu, Yamaha). 

"One aspect we still have to improve on is the feeling with the new tyre. With the used o𒐪nes, on the other hand, things went very well. 

"We also lapped in wet conditions to collect data that we can use in thಞe future."

If Rinaldi does become a winner for the first time this season at Misano, then being fully fit wi꧟ll be a 🌱big reason as to why.

After his accident in Catalunya with Axel Bassani, Rinaldi was seen with ice on his right hand, similar to Ass🎉en when he burnt his hand due to an issue with his ♍Panigale V4 R.

This time the ice pack was becau🙈se of fears he had broken bones in his hand, which ultimately was not the case as he now expects to be fully recovered for next month’s M♎isano round. 

"For the round I think yes," said Rinaldi. "During the weekend [Catalunya], after the crash, I went to the medical centre🌊 for an X-ray. 

"I didn’t have any broken bones but I had a bi🌃g hematoma on my hand and everybody said to me you can ride but be careful and get some rest. 

"But here we are with two days of testing. They said to do an MRI to check the bones but I said I would test and then che🔯ck. I would not miss this 🐎test in any case."