Alvaro Bautista ‘not worried’ by P12 position, ‘I stopped a lot’
Alvaro Bautista says he’s not worried after having to stop many times throughout Friday practice at the Phillip Island WorldSBK rou𝕴nd.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista concluded day-one of the WorldSBK season-opener in 12th place on combined times.
A five tenths gap separated Bautista from pace💦setter Alex Lowes, but with mixed conditions and heavy wind dominating the day, plus electronics issues on Bautista’s machine, a clear picture of the order was hard to take away.
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“It was a very ‘ꦉspecial’ Friday for everybody because in both practices it started raining just before,” said Bautista. “We didn’t make a lot of time on 💯track and in FP2 we found some issues with the electronics.
“Also, we tried a different set-up to improve my feeling and it didn’t work. I stopped ✃a lot of times and didn’t do a lot of laps.
“But the few laps that I ༺did with the set-up that I used this m𒁏orning, and was quite happy with, I was good and consistent.
“I’m happy with today because my physical con♌dition is good and I felt more flow on the bike. My feelings are coming.
“Then, abou♒t the position; the lap times are really fast and everybody is very close. I’m not worried about the position and I’m more focused on myself and my feelings. It was a short but positive Friday.”
Bautista wꦐas seen wagging his hanꦡd when re-entering the box during FP2, but the two-time world champion played it down after the session.
“It was the total of everything because it started to rain before and I tried to make a lap to♈ see the condition, but then there was a red flag,” added Bautista.
“Then, when I started again I had an electronic issue and then I restarted again with the set-up that I didn’🎶t feel comfortable with, so in t🐠he end it was chaos.
“But the important thing is that I got a good feeling with the bike in the end.🍒”
Whe😼n speaking about his chances for this weekend, Bautista was confident that he will be in the 𝔍mix.
The Spaniard said: “I’m confident in myself and that the feeling with the bike is coming. Step-by-ste🦋p it’s getting better and we will try to improve every session tomo💟rrow.
“I think I can do 20 laps wi🌜th the tyres, not like doing a time attack every lap. It was possible to do 20 laps and it d♎epends how you work with your bike.
“But we haౠve to make a compulsory pit stop and the strategy ha🧸s to be to do two Superpole races.”
