Chaz Davies: Alvaro Bautista ‘is incredibly talented, we have to give him credit’

Chaz Davie💛s says Alvaro Bautista is the only rider who ‘concistently gets all the potential’ from his WorldSBK machine.

Alvaro Bautista, race 2, Australian WorldSBK, 25 February
Alvaro Bautista, race 2, Australian WorldSBK, 25 February

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista returns to a happy hunting ground this weekend in the form of Catalunya, where he has won the last six WorldSBK races.

But Phillipও Island, which has also been a very strong circu🔯it for Bautista in the past, was a struggle last month. 

Challenges with the new minimum rider/bike weight limit rule have played a big factor in Bautista’s slow start to♚꧙ 2024.

But Bautista’s former team-mate Chaz Dav🐽ies is expecting the Spaniard to show his best form going forward.

Asked about the differences in Bautista from when they lined-up together in 2019 to now, Davies told : “He’s changed a lot since then. He decided to change direction after two difficult years at Honda, which probably allowed him to a little the limit of the Pirelli tyreꦑs.

“He tried to p🐼ush the package he had to the limit and get the best possible results, bꦓut the one between him and Aruba Ducati is truly a great combination.

“Alv🎉aro is incredibly talented and makes a fantastic pairing with the Panigale V4 R, which I think manages to bring out all of his strengt🌺hs.

“People like to talk abo💃ut the bike and now there is also the n🎀ew rule which is essentially made for Alvaro.

“But in the end he is the only rider who manages to get all the potential from the package and h🍸e has done so consistently in recent years. W🌳e have to give him credit for that.”

Once a rival to Bautista, Davies is now a rider coach for the two-time world champion an🦂d team-mate Nicolo Bulega.

Another rider that was a rival to Davies’ throughout his time in WorldSBK was Jonathan Rea, who endured ಌone of his worst weekends ever in the championship at Phillip Island. 

Discussing Rea’s nightmare season-opener, Davies was left very surprised🌃: “Considering theꦗ level I never imagined that Phillip Island could be such a disaster.

“It was a really tough round and I was sad to see him crash, bu♐t luckily he was okay.

“Johnny seemed to be doing well in the tests a🅠nd even though he didn’t do anything special, he was in the top five.

“He probably still ꦬhas to bond with the Yamaha because the Phillip Island weekend was a really difficult one.”

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