A tyre gamble paved the way for a strong fightback by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista during Saturday's opening 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:WorldSBK race at Donington Park.

The reigning double 🐈world champion was left 11th on the grid after losing his best qualifying lap - good enough for a place on the second row - due to track limits.

But despite not doing more than ten laps 🌺on the soft rear tyre, Bautista and Ducati decided to 𒐪roll the dice in the hottest temperatures of the weekend so far.

It paid off and the Spanish star carved through t🌼o third place, behind BMW's Toprak Razgatlioglu and Kawasaki's Alex Lowes.

"It was not easy," said Bautista. "Starting from the back is always difficult, especially at this track where🌳 there are not many places to overtake.

"I did a gamble and used the soft tyre on the rear becaꦕuse the track temperature was higher than all the weekend, so I just ꦗtried. 

"During the practice, I did only 10 laps [on it] so I didn't know whꦅat would happen after that. But yeah, I take it and I'm happy because it was the maximum we can do for sure🅠."

But Bautista emphas🌟ised that he is still far from comfortable.

"For sure, the feeling with the bike is not the best right now and we need to improve because I cannot ride as I want," he said. "I🔯 cannot push 100%. But in any case, today was the maximum we could achieve and I'm really happy

"Congrats to to my team because we did a really good choice for the tyres and it helped me to be more consistent. We will try t💎o make it🍬 a bit better tomorrow."

Bautista ꧃is now tied with rookie team-mate Nicolo Bulega, whom he overtook for third place late in the race, for second in the world championship, 33 points behind man-of-the-moment Razgatlioglu.