Mo♓torLand Aragon has been the location of some of Alvaro Bautista’s most devastating performances in WorldSBK, but 🧔he is not expecting to dominate in 2024.

Aragon is a circuit where Bautista has seven WorldSBK wins, but the Spanish rider was co❀ncerned as much with the prospects of some of his rivals as with those of himself when speaking to the media on Thursday, especially those of Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea who both return from injury this weekend.

“It’s always special to ride at home,” he told WorldSBK.com. “Aragon is a track I like a lo🍸t and I have good memories from th𓆏e past; I won many races here.

“We’ll try to cr🥂eate a good base to start the weekend and then try to improve practi🧔ce by practice.

“I’m really happy that Toprak [Razgatlioglu] and also Jonathan [Rea] are fit. It’s always n💝ice to see all the competitors on th♛e grid.

“I hope Toprak can ride the bike 🃏as before without any problems and he𝔍 doesn’t have more problems.

“If he can ride the bike as normal, I expect he’ll be very competitive and fight for the victory in all three races; he can defend the gap in the chamꦍpionship.”

Focusing more specifically on himself, and his recovery from the rib injury he picked up at Magny-Cours, Ba🌳utista detailed his physical condition over the past week, and offered a comparison betwee🐼n how he feels ahead of Aragon, and how he felt a week ago in Cremona.

“Now, I feel a bit better than in Cremona,” Bautista said. “The Monday after Cremona, I was a bit more destroyed because after all the effort I had to make and adrenaline had worn off, it 🐼was like my body was saying ‘Okay, you have to relax and stop just for a while’.

“I felt much better on Tuesday and Wednesday and today I’m improving. You can’t do anything𒅌 special for this [injury], it’s just a matter of time.

“I’m not 100 per c🌃ent but I hope tomorrow, Saturday, and especially Sunday, I feel better and better.”