Bautista has made mistakes in three of the last fou🎃r WorldSBK rounds, two of which were from the lead of the race.

Prior to his mistake at Imola, Bautista had won all but two races in 2023 which included a run of 11 consecutive winsꦕ ♚from Mandalika to Donington Park. 

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But while Bautista has still managed to recover from his m🃏istakes by winning races in each of the last four rounds, Toprak Razgatlioglu had halved his championship lead.

Rea, who won all six of WorldSBK titles in back-to-back fashion, knows the pressure that can be put on a rider when momentum begins to s🍸hift.

Talking about the championship fight, of which he’s not part of heading into the final two rounds, Rea said: "When I was in Alvaro’s position, you s𝓡tart to think about the gap coming down and how many races are left. 

"Wi൲th every race that goes by, the gap can be less and less but you see how quick an advantage can swing with a good weekend or 🎉bad one. 

"It seems the momentum was all with Alvaro at the beginning of the season, now in the last races, they’ve faced dif🀅ficulties. It seems to be going against him right now with uncharacteristic𓄧 mistakes and Toprak’s riding in a good way but you have to win races. 

"The points gap between winning and finishing second means a𝄹 lot at this stage; it’s all for him to lose. 

"꧑We have to look at our competition to understand our strengths and weaknesses and exploit them at di▨fferent circuits. 

"This is one that might not penalise our weaknesses as much; we come on in fourth gear, carrying momentum and hopefully around the rest of the track, we can ma𒁏ke a difference."