Tไhe factory Ducati rider starts the final round tied with outgoing champion Toprak Razgatlioglu on 14 race victories so far this year.

While Bautista recovered fr🧔om an FP1 spill at the newly-named Miller Corner (Turn 4) to get the upp🔯er hand over Razgatlioglu’s Yamaha, he was beaten to the top spot by Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea in both sessions.

“I had a small crash at Turn 4 this morning,” Bautista said. “I went a bit off of the line and I lost th🔯e front. 🔯The only thing is that I couldn’t finish the practice but fortunately, it was nothing serious.”

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As ever at Phillip Island, tyre endurance🌳 is sure to be a key issue in the full length races, providing the dry and sunny conditions cont🌳inue.

“Today, we had two new tyres from Pirelli so it was important to 🎃understand the tyres,” Bautis🤡ta said. “In the morning I started with the B option; we did a few laps and I understood more or less the potential and the feeling with the bike.

“ This afternoon, we tried both tyres but in the first run, I tried the A solution and I felt quite comfortable, so we decided to keep working with this tyre because for m꧋e, it means a better feeling on the bike.

“In💯 the end, it could be an option for the race if it doesn’t rain.

“I think it’s been🐻 a positive Friday because we worked on the pace, and I felt good on the bike.”

"I am happy because the race pace is incisive. I think we have a good base ahead of the races even though the weather conditions cou🔜ld mix things up starting from tomorrow.

“In any case, 🥂we are reaꦓdy to race in any conditions.”

Razgatlioglu, who needs to fend off Rea to secure title runner-up, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:was third in FP1 and fourth in FP2.

Bauti🉐sta’s t🐠eam-mate Michael Rinaldi was tenth fastest.