Alvaro Bautista struggles at Jerez: ‘I felt a lot of pain in my neck and back’

The two-time WorldSBK champion admitted day one of the Jerez test did not go to plan after suffering with pain ꦕin his neck and back.

Alvaro Bautista, Jerez WorldSBK test, 24 January
Alvaro Bautista, Jerez WorldSBK test, 24 January

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista was not his usual self on day one of the Jerez WorldSBK test, as pain in his neck and back red♌uced him to only a P10 finish.

The factory Ducati star has recently recovered from an injury at the tail end of last season, whi🦂ch impacted his MotoGP wildcard at Sepang.

And although he’s over the worst ♛of his injury, it caused the Spaniard a bit of discomfort as he atte💃mpted to iron out ballast concerns at Jerez.

Speaking to WorldSBK.com, Bautista said: “It’s not been the best day for me. I struggled a lot d🎃uring this winter. I had a lot of pain in my injury after the Sepang race. I was really bad.

“I cannot have good training and I was working hard with my p💮🅠hysiotherapist to recover. It wasn’t easy because November and December, I was almost with pain all day. I didn’t feet improvement.

“I started to feel better in the last two weeks, and I started to work more on myself. Riding the bike in the morning, the strength in my arm was really good, but 🌌the problem was in my neck and back.

“I felt a lot of pain. I was really worried but, fortunately, lap after lap, it felt better so I got more relaxed, and I could do a lot of laps but not with my best performance. I wasཧ thinking more about the pain than riding the bike.”

Bautista has already admitted that work to iron out how much weight will be needed to reach the new rider-bike weig🎃ht limit has begun.

Bautista is one of the lightest riders on the grid and Ducati Corse general manager G▨igi Dall’Igna hinted at six kilos needing to be added t♏o the weight of his bike.

“We did the jo🌃b because, after the test last year, we decided to have two different bikes regarding the weight distribution,” added Bautista. 

“I could compare both bikes and it was very clear which directi♚on we’ll take for the future. I’m happy about that and I’m happy for the feeling I have with the bike.

“I don’t know how much weight I’ve added. The engineers know how much and know where to add it. I don’t have these kinds of details. I just tell them if it’s better or worse. I don’t know! You’ll have to ask Giulio Nava 🔜or Marco Zambenedetti.

“It’s much worse to rid🌊e because, with more weight, you have more inertia, so it’s more difficult to turn in the corners and stop the bike. It’s more physical and all the areas are worse.”

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