Alvaro Bautista hints at WorldSBK future: “I wouldn’t like to go home without racing that bike”
Alvaro Bautista has suggested that he could continu🙈e his WorldSBK career beyond this year.

Two-time WorldSBK Champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista currently has no contract that take🅘s him beyond the end of 2025, but he has suggested 🌳he would be open to continue racing after this year.
The Spanish rider, who debuted in 2019 in the production derivative series after a 15-year full-time Grand Prix career, will turn 41 in November, and through two rounds has been unable to match the pace of his second-year teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nicolo Bulega in 2025.
But that does not mean he is yet ready to quit, partly because he fee𝕴ls he is making progress with the current Ducati Panigale V4 R but also because of the looming 🧔arrival of an updated Panigale.
“I’m no🎶t thinking a⛦bout my future,” Bautista said ahead of this weekend’s Dutch Round.
“Now, I’m recovering my confidence and I feel strong. At the moment, I feel good on the bike and tha♌t I can improve and be a better rider.
“Next year, Ducati will bring the new model, and for sure I’d like to race with that bike because I started in WorldSBK with the new Panigale V4 R, and now with the new model, I wouldn’t📖 like to go home without racing that model.”
By Bautista’s admission, Bulega is currently extracting the most from the Panigale V4 R at the moment꧒.
“Nicolo’s [Bulega] very strong and he has a lot of confidence with th🍎e bike, and he can ride it at its best,” he said.
“For me, I feel that I’m closing the gap but we’re not at the top 🔜with the feeling. We’re recovering it from two years ago.
“There’s not a bi꧑g difference in the data, but some places the big difference is the confidence he has with the bike. When we recover that confidence, we can be close and fight with him.”
♕The Italian is also confident about his chances in Assen, having🍰 won there twice in his WorldSSP title year: 2023.
“Assenꦗ is a track that I lik💧e a lot and in Supersport I won two races and did pole position,” he said.
“Last year on the Superbike it was not soജ easy because the weather was very difficult and also I had the surgery of my arm last year, so🍌 it was a bit of a difficult weekend.
“But this year I feel🦹 completely different, I feel very good, so I🐈 will try to stay at the front.”
He added: "I always have fun here in Assen, I like this circuit, for my riding style I think it’s better than Portimao. But you can be never [too] sure, so we will see during the weekend."

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