Bautista MotoGP Wildcard

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Re: Bautista MotoGP Wildcard

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1.9s back which doesn’t sound like much but in racing that’s a whore of a distance back which is clearly evident with being second from last.

I have no doubt with more time on the bike the gap would reduce but like Westers says the difference now between a WSBK bike and a GP bike it’s not so easy to jump from one to another, in fact earlier in the season when the riders had been on the GP bike they had a short struggle getting back up to speed on their Superbike.
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Another thing to factor in is - when was he last there? Has it been 4 years or something like that?

I wonder if he’d have been closer to the rest if it were on a circuit that he’d been on this season.
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Apparently MLSP has been mentoring him, ave em on the brakes
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Re: Bautista MotoGP Wildcard

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He was apparently riding injured, which I guess would explain his very much less than stunning results...

https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/ ... /10546375/