Bautista: “If I try and like it, I’ll stay. If not, I’ll leave it to others”

Alvaro Bautista He is clear, he will not mortgage his future if he is not convinced by the updates of Ducati team. ‘Right now, I don’t know when I’ll try it. If I try and like it, I’ll stay. If not, I’ll leave it to others. Let’s see.’ The pilot is sincere if he doesn’t like what Ducati is ready for a new one Panigale V4 for next year World Superbike.

Bautista did not have his easiest stage this 2024 season as the Spanish driver started as favorite to retain his title of Superbike World Cupbut this year things started to go wrong due to the controversy over the minimum weight, a rule of which he was the main victim and forced him to introduce more load than the other drivers on the grid. ‘This is a false rule. In my opinion, until one year, the championship was balanced, unfortunately, now it is not balanced and I think it is unfair to increase the disadvantages by taking talent from the drivers,’ he commented for GPOne.

Despite achieving four victories, he remained 170 points behind the champion Toprak Razgatlioglu. ‘Unfortunately, It was a difficult time. In life there are good and bad moments. I’m not in a good mood, and the regulations also put us to the test, forcing me to work harder.’

Finally, Baptist discussing the controversy over Andrea Iannonewho said he was faster than Bautista at Malaysian Grand Prix. ‘Maybe he didn’t know what to say, but what he said was not true. Andrea said he was faster than me, but in 2024 he did one lap less than me. If I had lapped off, I would have finished the race three seconds faster. If I were you, I wouldn’t make that comparison. Andrea, like many others, said that she ran without a test: this is true, as in the case that I had a serious injury. The problem is that with ‘what ifs’ and ‘maybes’ you get nowhere, because only what’s on paper matters. Because if not, at this point, I can tell If I was born in Hollywood, I would be a star today.he finished.