Álvaro Bautista disappointed and struggling for grip at Assen

Rider Álvaro Bautista had a difficult day at the Assen Circuit, as did the rest of the MotoGP World Championship riders, as the weather conditions were changeable at the Cathedral of Motorcycle Racing.

Bautista did not achieve his goal of gaining more grip on his bike, especially in the fast left-hand corners at the end of the track. He and the team have worked hard, but they have not been able to fix it and get the bike ready for qualifying and the race.

Although he has seen a great improvement compared to the morning lap times, specifically he cut his lap times by two seconds, but he is still disappointed with his final 14th place on the grid.

Below you can see the statements from Álvaro Bautista:

Not happy at all with today. I have a rear grip problem in the left-hand corners, although I could say it’s across the whole track.

We have worked hard to solve it and we haven’t been able to, and that has affected my confidence going into the corners. Going in, I was losing a lot of speed and that gave me problems coming out.

I don’t feel comfortable, and tomorrow in the warm-up we’ll try something to improve my feeling. It has been a difficult weekend, and losing the second session yesterday didn’t help us, because with more time we would have had more options to solve our problems.

We have to try something tomorrow and keep an eye on the weather because it could rain. We need to find grip, because I think we can keep moving forward from where we left off at Silverstone; I want to do well here.

Source | Rizla Suzuki Racing