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Despite finishing tenth in this year’s WorldSBK championship, we have ranked Alvaro Bautista eighth in the top ten riders of 2021.

Aruba.it Ducati Team Principal, Serafino Foti, is adamant that Alvaro Bautista’s return to Ducati can help them win a first WorldSBK title since 2011.

Alvaro Bautista has already made his return to Ducati after taking part in a two-day test in Jerez following the 2021 WorldSBK season finale. But what can we expect from the Spaniard in his second stint with Ducati?

Ducati Corse Technical Director, Marco Zambenedetti, is ‘happy’ with Alvaro Bautista’s preliminary feedback after making his Ducati WorldSBK return at Jerez.

Alvaro Bautista has called his last two years at Honda ‘harder than expected’, while both WorldSBK seasons felt like ‘starting from zero’.

Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam will take part in their final WorldSBK races with Team HRC at this weekend’s inaugural Mandalika round.

A ‘small step forward’ during Sunday’s San Juan WorldSBK races was not enough for Alvaro Bautista to replicate recent podium finishes; ‘Today we tried to improve our feeling with respect to yesterday because I’ve been struggling all weekend here to be honest’.

After clinching back-to-back World Superbike podiums in Catalunya and Jerez, Alvaro Bautista says a similar result at Portimao ‘would be fantastic’. Leon Haslam hopes to have ‘a good weekend at a circuit I’ve done well in the past’.

Alvaro Bautista takes his second consecutive home World Superbike podium courtesy of a last lap overtake on Andrea Locatelli.

Team HRC enjoy one of their strongest opening days to a WorldSBK round this year as Leon Haslam and Alvaro Bautista finish fourth and sixth overall.

After claiming a first podium of the 2021 WorldSBK season last time in Barcelona, Alvaro Bautista aims to ‘have the same feeling’ at this weekend’s second consecutive home round in Jerez.

The Circuito San Juan Villicum, Argentina, will host WorldSBK action until at least 2023, while this year’s round has officially been given the go-ahead.

Alvaro Bautista will return to Aruba.it Ducati for the 2022 World Superbike campaign after two seasons with Honda.

Alvaro Bautista could be the first domino to fall in the WorldSBK rider market for 2022, as Honda and ‘another team’ who have ‘an offer on the table’ are in contention.

Alvaro Bautista heads to Autodrom Most as the only current WorldSBK rider to have ridden the Czech circuit competitively; ‘I raced at Most many years ago, in the 125cc European Championship (2002), but I don't remember the track layout very well’.

More inconsistencies see Team HRC rider Alvaro Bautista follow up a double DNF with fifth in WorldSBK Assen race two - his best result of the season.

Former Honda WorldSBK rider and now Team Manager, Leon Camier, says ‘we’re finding the direction’, but that time is needed in order to make its current Fireblade a winner.

Honda’s Alvaro Bautista off the pace at WorldSBK Donington after finishing tenth in race two; ‘honestly this isn’t what we are aiming for. We need to improve from here on’.

Alvaro Bautista is keen to ‘take steps forward’ after tough opening three WorldSBK rounds; ‘In testing at Navarra we tried some electronic things that will probably help us in this race.”

Round three of the 2021 WorldSBK championship at Misano was a case of deja vu for Honda as Alvaro Bautista struggled with ‘braking and corner entry’.

Team HRC rider Alvaro Bautista finishes ‘hard-fought’ third WorldSBK race at Estoril seventh in what was a crash heavy weekend.

Disappointing ‘race results’ at the opening WorldSBK weekend in Aragon don't ‘reflect current situation’ at Team HRC, says Alvaro Bautista ahead of round two in Estoril.

Alvaro Bautista and Leon Haslam endure a difficult opening WorldSBK round at MotorLand Aragon; tyre choices, electronic issues for Bautista and power delivery problems for Haslam, results in only 16 points scored between the two from the weekend.

Alvaro Bautista’s charge for a first WorldSBK podium of 2021 was halted with three laps to go of race one, as ‘gearing issues’, resulted in the Spaniard losing the rear at turn two.