A two-day test for WorldSBK in Jerez was shortened to one-an༒d-a-half days for the Aruba.it Racing Ducati team, as Alvaro Bautista looked for new ways forward🌸 with the Panigale V4 R.

Bautista spent most of his one-and-a-ha🅠lf days in Jerez focusing on changing how he rides t♔he Panigale V4 R.

“꧒Today [Wednesday, day two], we decided to do just a half-day, and we continued the work we started yesterday,” Bautista told WorldSBK.com on Wednesd༒ay in Jerez.

“So, for us, the importantꦯ thing is just to reset❀ and create a new base.

“Yesterday, I didn’t wan💦t to touch an🐈ything, just to change my approach to riding the bike. Also, today we didn’t touch anything until just the last run.

“It was good because I was getting more confident, I was chan🃏ging a little bit my riding with the bike and understanding many things.

“Then, with all the data from yesterday and the first part of the morning, we did 📖a change in the setup, just to allow me to ride a bit better.

“I 🥀just did on the final exit but it was really nice. I had a better feeling♓, so I’m happy; it’s been positive.

“Now we have different data from the past, we have now all the winter toᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ analyse everything and 💙try to make a programme for the work in the first tests of next year.”

Bautista explained that his work during the test ha🍸d been with a setup that was💦 not personalised to him, but was a more generic setup that is more similar to what most of the other Ducati riders use.

Then, his c💫hange for the final run was an adjustment made to that setup to suit his own n꧑eeds.

“I asked Ducati﷽ to make a ‘Ducati’ setup,” he said. “So, I just tried to understand how was the ‘Ducati setup’ bike, and then try to understand the positive and the negative points of the bike.

“Then, together, we decided to make a change on tꦗhe setup, and definitely it was a bit better for me: I have the bike more in my hand and I can ride in the same way, but more comfortable.”

Bautista said that the work done in the test allows him to go into the wintꦚer with a clear mind.

“After today, I’m looking forward to s🔜tarting 2025 because I had a different feeling from the past,” he said.

“This is good be🥂cause I go to the winter break with a clear mentality, more open to more setup꧙s and more ideas to improve.”

After a 2024 below his expectations, Bauti🅰sta now wants to use it to rebound💎 in 2025.

“F🗹or sure, it’s not the best season [I’ve had] so far,” he said. “I had two injuries, one at the beginning of the season and then another one at the end; we had some problems with the bike, 𒀰I never really had a good feedback.

“But I think, at the end, this kind of season is one to learn. More than it pushed me down, it gave me motivation, so I will try to be ꦏa better rider.

“I’m happy also that the championship is growing up, like the level, moreℱ riders battling for the goodไ positions — that means that, right now, every single detail will be important.”