Alvaro Bautista was bac🧸k in the groove after finding a breakthrough with his Panigale V4 R on day-one of the Czech WorldSBK round at Mos♏t.

Second overall on Friday, Bautista was just ov🍨er a tenth down on series leader Toprak Razgatliꦑoglu.

Asked if it was the best start to a weekend in 2024, Bautista said: "Yes, but it was🗹 easy to do the best Friday of this season because we have been struggling a lot. 

"But, today I'm really happy because from the last weekend in Donington we made some changes to the b⛎ike and the feeling was bac😼k again. 

"I feel good today. It was the day I enjoyed the most on the bike this season. It's been a long time since I rode the bike like I did today.&🌼nbsp;

"I'm really🔯 happy; not for the position but the feeling. I could enjoy and ride the bike like mꩵy bike." 

Discussing the changes that allowed Bautista to ride with freedom again, the two-time world champ✱ion said: "We made some changes to the set-up of the bike and it allowed me to force more the bike and to have more feedback with the tyres and to find more the limit. 

"I started to r༒ide like I wanted from the beginning of the season and 🎃I felt like I could do it. 

"At the moment we need to analyse today because we made a big improvement with my feeling ꦕon the bike. 

ꦆ"I'm not thinking about the front row or the position for tomorrow. 

"I just want to keep the feel⛎ing on the bike and make some small steps forward. 

"The important thing is that I can enjoy the bike. That's more important 💎than the position ♕and other things."