Alvar🦩o Bautista had a complex Friday at the Aragon WorldSBK, with new tyres and a new track surface to consider, complicated by a crash ဣin FP2, but he nonetheless ended the day with a good feeling and competitive pace.

Bautista explained that weather con💛ditions haꦯd made riding complicated on Friday morning.

“It has been a very difficult Friday because [it was very] windy a🃏nd it was😼 very difficult to ride the bike,” he said.

Despite the conditions, Bautista was able to evaluate both Aragon’s new surface and the tyre options brought by Pirelli, which includes a neꦚw development rear tyre.

“This morning was quite good because it was the first time we tried the new asphalt and I have to say that I’m quite happy because, apart from a couple of places that the asphalt mayb𝔍e is a bit damaged, especially in turn nine, the rest is good,” Bautista said.

“The grip is quite high so it’s nice.

“Then, in the afternoon, I tried the front SC1 and I like i༺t more, and also the rear, [we compared] the standard SC0 and the 💃new [development] one — I found a bit better the new one, I’m really happy with Pirelli’s work.”

Bautista’s work evaluating the tyres had led him to a firm conc♛lusion about what he wiജll use in the races.

“In the morning I was happy with the feeling I ha🐷d with the development tyre,” he said.

“Then, in the afternoon, when I did the comparison with the standard one, definitely I was more than happy because it 🧜felt [like an improvement] from the standard one.

“I think for me and for basically all the riders, it will be the race option, because, at the end, I didn’t✤ find any negative points.”

There wa﷽s a crash for Bautista on Friday afternoon, which he put down to track conditions.

“I had a small crash in turn nine — it’s what I say, seems like on the inside of the track is a bit damaged. In the morning I felt already some loose in the front, I was using the [development] tyre on the front, so I sꦏaid okay maybe🔥 is the tyre.

“But in the afternoon, with the SC1, I tried to trust more in the track and I just l𝔍ose the𒉰 front.

“It’s a crash without consequence but it was nice to understand﷽ in that corner I have to be veꩲry careful. It’s better to discover [this] on Friday than on Saturday or Sunday.”

Bautista also said his physical co𝓀ndition is improved compared to ✅last weekend’s race at Cremona.

“Sincerely, [today] I had a really good feeling, and also I feel a bit better than in Cremona with my physical condit꧋ion,” he said.

“I don’t feel I’m 100 per cent, like before the injury, but I feel much b🐷etter; also for riding it’s more comfortable — I remember in Cremona on Friday I had some problems riding the b💙ike, but then Saturday and Sunday it was improving.

“Here I start in a better condition 💜and I hope Saturday and Sunday to be even better.

“I have to see [about race pace] because🐟 I’m not with my confidence with my body, on my strength, 100 per cent, especially on the hard braking and to go in, to force the bike for a couple of laps.

“So, let’s see [on Satur꧂day]. I will try to do the best I can, because in so many races [this year] if we start more in the front we can fight for better places.

“Our target w♊ill be to make a good Superpole to have a good position on the ꦓgrid, and then try to do our best.”