Rizla Suzuki’s Álvaro Bautista recorded the 11th fastest time at Motegi in Japan today, but knows there is more potential to come from rider and machine. Bautista completed 38 laps of the 4,801m Japanese circuit, recording his quickest time of [...]
September 30, 2011
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Álvaro improved his final position in the practice session by one spot compared to FP1 this morning, taking about eight tenths out of his best laptime, but overall looked a little less competitive as all other riders were also improving, [...]
September 30, 2011
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The MotoGP riders started an emotional Japanese Grand Prix in glorious sunshine this morning with Casey Stoner unsurprisingly being the fastest rider in the first free practice. Álvaro finished the session in 12th position, one and a half seconds slower [...]
September 30, 2011
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Rizla Suzuki heads into a run of three Pacific Rim races over four weekends – with Suzuki’s home race at Motegi the first venue on the trip. Buoyed from his performance in his home country last time out, Suzuki’s Spanish [...]
September 24, 2011
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I liked racing at home again, with the amazing fans at MotorLand. After a nice fight with Barbera and Hayden I finished sixth: It’s not bad, but I am ambitious and I want more. Stoner has the MotoGP title in [...]
September 21, 2011
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Rizla Suzuki’s Álvaro Bautista produced a thrilling performance in front of his home fans at Aragon in Spain today to equal his best dry result of the season so far. Starting from 11th on the grid, Bautista got boxed in [...]
September 18, 2011
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Álvaro again rose to the occasion on race day at Motorland Aragon, showing that his lowly 11th place on the grid by no means reflected his true pace and he quickly moved up the order, making up several places in [...]
September 18, 2011
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Rizla Suzuki’s Spanish racer Álvaro Bautista has a lot of work to do at the start of tomorrow’s Aragon Grand Prix in Spain after qualifying 11th this afternoon. Bautista (1’49.883, 26 laps) will start from the middle of the fourth [...]
September 17, 2011
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