Alvaro Bautista takes over the championship lead with ‘impressive comeback’
Alvaro Bautista claims the championship lead for the first time in 2024 after another impressive Sundaꦕy double podium in Assen.
After closing in on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Remy Gardner, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea, two-time WorldSBK champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista quickly used his stunning pace to dispat🍒ch the trio in just one lap.
A𒁏 double overtake on Rea and Lowes heading into turn five was the ♚pick of his overtakes, before rapidly catching Nicolo Bulega who held a three second advantage.
Bautista, who had to regroup following a couple of mistakes early on, demonstrated the tဣype of pace no one could live as his dominant form of 2023 appeared to be back.
Speaking about the 🤡Superpole Race, Bautista said: “In the morning during the Superpole Race I had a really good feeling and I could push 100%.
“The conditions were m𒆙oreꦗ stable than the whole weekend. It was the first time we found the track in normal conditions.
“I enjoyed the first few laps where I battled a lot to make an impressive comeback. I was ꦜreal♑ly happy with the feeling.”
In Race 2, Bautista spent the first third of the race leading as r🦋iders battled behind.
But꧂ unable to🀅 escape, Bautista fell into the clutches of Gardner and Toprak Razgatlioglu before losing positions to both riders, plus Locatelli.
Drops of rain then followed which expanded the lead group from five to seven riders, but Bautista never 🥂lost sight of the lead.
The problem for Bautista was𝐆 neither did Razgatlioglu who had more performance late on and managed to pip the Spaniard to victory.
Discussing Race 2, rear tyre issues⛎ were the cause of Bautista being unable to challenge Razgatlioglu.
Bautista began by saying: “In the afternoon I made a good start and just tried to keep my pace. I was quite confident with the bike and making 𓆏good lines, but then it started to rain a bit and basically it never stopped being light rain.
“In what part of the race it started to rain a bit harder and in some areas of the🦹 tr✃ack we slowed down a bit and when I tried to push again the rear tyre cooled down too much and I could not get the temperature to keep pushing.
“At the end, I didn’t have🐠 the same feeling to push as at the beginning of the race. But I’m happy to finish on the podium.
“It ha🔯s been a tough weekend with a lot of changes with the conditions.”
Despite that, Bautista did getꦉ close on the final lap although a mistake at turn one halted his momentum.
“I made a mistake at the first corner, I braked a bit too late and went wide, but again,🍷 I think the rear tyre was not as in the beginning,” added Bautista.
“I could not push and st💧op 💧the bike like I wanted. Even if I didn’t make a mistake in turn one it would have been difficult to fight for the win.”
