Fresh off his fi⭕rst WorldSBK podium of 2021, Alvaro Bautista will have the chance at repeating his Catalan success with a second consecutive home round in Jerez. 

Bautista finished P3 after getting the better of Alex Lowes and Michael Rinaldi during the Superpole race, before coming close to a second third place in race two.𓄧 

The former MotoGP rider finished fourth, two tenths behind Scott🎀 Redding and four tenths off championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu in second. 

"We arrive at Jerez in very good spirits after a positive weekend at Barcelona. We hope to have the same feeling and be able to work as well as we did last weeke♏nd," said Bautista.  

"Jerez is a slight🍸ly different track to Barcelona though, as although there are some long corners, there aren't so many straights🦄 so maybe we'll suffer a little more, but we'll see. 

"We completed a test recen𒐪tly so we have some references that will be useful. 

"We are always trying to improve and are current✤ly fixing some details that are taking us🦋 in the right direction. I hope to have another good weekend in front of the Spanish fans."

For Bautista’ꦚs team-mate Leon Haslam, Jerez was an especially tough round for the Brit in 2020, however, a ‘ಞvery good’ test recently in hotter temperatures has the former BSB champion ‘quite positive’. 

Haslam added: "Jerez is a circuit at which I 🐎struggled a lot last year. Having said that, we made a very good test there in hot conditions not so long ago, and this is quite a positive sign because we generally struggle in high temperature♒s. 

"So hope꧟fully this information can help us as we head into the race weekend. 

"Once a🎶gain, we will be testing a💝 series of things to see if we can improve our overall package."