CZE ROUND | SATURDAY

It was a tough Saturday for the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team at the Autodrom Most (Czech Republic).

At the end of a Superpole session that once again was affected by many yellow flags, Alvaro Bautista found himself in seventh position on the grid. 

The starting positions, however, were changed within minutes after leaving the pits, forcing Alvaro to drop back to fourteenth place.

The light rain that fell earlier in the day further complicated the situation.
Alvaro started on wet tyres and then returned to the pit garages to mount the slicks after a few laps. The accumulated gap, however, was too big for him to make up positions. 

Alvaro Bautista finished in 12th position under the chequered flag. 

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Alvaro Bautista #1 
SUPERPOLE P 14
RACE 1 P 12

“It was a tough Saturday. Once again, the yellow flags affected Superpole, although I honestly don’t understand why the lap was cancelled. We also had a small mishap during the tyre change that made me lose a few seconds, but the chance to stay within the leading group was compromised anyway. The positive side? I did a lot of laps on dry tyres to improve the feeling, and for that, I am satisfied.“