Bautista has made mistakes in three of the last four Worl♐dSBK rounds, two of which were from the lead of the race.

Prior to his mistake at Imola, Bautista had won all but two races in 2023 which included a run of 11 consecutive wins from Mandalik𒁃a to Donington Paꦓrk. 

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But while Bautista has still managed to recover from his mistakes by winning races in each of the last four r🍒ounds, Toprak Razgatlioglu had halved his cℱhampionship lead.

Rea, who won all six of WorldSBK titles in back-to-back fashion, knows the pressure that can be put on a rid🅰er when momentum begins to shift.

Talking about the championship fight, of which he’s not part of heading into the final two rounds, Rea said: "When I was in ꦉAlvaro’s position, you start to think about the gap coming down and how many races a💎re left. 

"With every race that goes by, the gap can be less and less but you see how quick an advantage can swing with a good weekendไ or bad one.&🎐nbsp;

"It seems the momentum was all with Alvaro at the🍸 beginning of the season, now in the last races, they’ve faced difficulties. It seems to be going against him right now with uncharacteristic mistakesဣ and Toprak’s riding in a good way but you have to win races. 

"The points gap between winning and finishing second means a lot at this stage; it’s all for him to lose💃.&n𓆉bsp;

"We have to look at our competition to understand our strengths and weaknesses and exploit them at different circu💧its. 

"This is one that might not penalise our weaknesses as much; we come on in fourth gear, carrying moment💖um and hopefully around the rest of t꧟he track, we can make a difference."