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 extremely hard in the Superpole Race as he overtook Jonathan Rea and Topr🔯a꧟k Razgatlioglu on the final lap.
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"I’m so happy to get the victory on Sunday," Bautista told WorldSBK.co꧅m. "From Misano I didn’t win two races on Sunday and I’m so happy.
"Especially because to🌺day I could reset after yesterday and start from zero with the feeling I hav🃏e with the bike.
"In warm-up I felt ve🦋ry good riding my bike. The Superpole Race was amazing because Jonathan, Toprak and I did a really good𓃲 race with three different tyres 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 overtake them on ꩵthe last-lap. I knew I could fight for the win so I 🍰just tried without thinking about anything more.
"In the afternoon it was very critical because it was too hot. Already from the first la💖p 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 the front. After mid-race I felt a big dro👍p 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 for victory. We cannot make any more mistakes. In some tracks we can fight for better positions than others but the thing we can’t do is make more✅ mistakes."
Bautista’s mistake in Race 1 was a follow-on from Imola and Magny-Cours where he al🅠so 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 cut out this recent trend.
Bautista added: "It’s what I always say, I don’t think about points or the championsh❀ip. I just try t🐻o do my best.
"If my best is to try and win then I will try. If it’s to finish fifth the𒈔n I will do that.
"For sure, this weekend has been very important for me because I learned that even if it is a track that fits very well tꦡo me and m🍨y bike, you can not be 100% confident.
"In the races everything is possible a♐nd anyꦏthing can happen. We need more humility."