After a nine-season stay in the premier class, in which he rode for Suzuki, Honda, Aprilia and Ducati. Before MotoGP, Alvaro Bautista was world champion in the old 125cc class with Aprilia in 2006 and runner-up in the 250cc class. The spaniard is currently the two-time defending champion in the World Superbike Championship.
The experienced athlete made a comparison between the two categories of motorcycling.
‘Before, you had more options for controlling the bike. Now it’s more difficult because of the aerodynamics, it requires changes in riding style. The bikes are more rigid in terms of their movements. If you don’t know how to use aerodynamics, you’re lost. I liked it better when you could control the situation better’ Bautista said in an interview with Motorsport-total.com, quoted by Motosan.
‘In WSBK you can control the bike with the rear, there’s good traction. In MotoGP, when you lose traction with the rear tyre, you can’t recover. MotoGP has more power underneath, but you have to be careful with the throttle. Here, the riders ride at the highest level, there’s no doubt about that. Now the riders are much closer, the bikes are much closer together. There’s a very high level in MotoGP’, he 39 year old concluded.