Bautista continues excellent performance with strong podium challenge until final laps

Team San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Alvaro Bautista followed up his pole position from yesterday with an excellent fourth place finish in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone today.

After a positive race and test in Barcelona two weeks ago Alvaro’s confidence with the RC213V has continued to grow here in England and for the first time he was able to battle throughout a MotoGP race at the very front of the pack. It is a result that provides the team with a reward for all their hard work and the promise of even better results to come.

Alvaro Bautista (4th) “It has been a great weekend and it confirmed the progress we made since Catalunya. I am so happy to finish so close to the podium. Maybe I could have attacked for third at the end, but it would have been too risky. I just wanted to run with them to the end and not make mistakes and eventually it was better that way. I didn’t throw away the race and brought back a result that was important for me and the team. Yesterday on pole and today just five seconds off the win – that is a very positive weekend and I hope we can continue from here. I’m pleased with the progress we have made, which is credit to the team engineers and to Showa. Our objective now is to take another step forward and run with the front guys on a more consistent basis.”

Fausto Gresini “It has been a great day and it was wonderful to see Alvaro fighting at the front throughout the race. It was the first time he has battled with these guys, he was careful not to make mistakes and he did a great job. I am really happy, because we have confirmed the progress we made at Barcelona and Aragon in the tests and that is important. Running at the front of this pack will also give us great data.”

Source: Gresini Racing Press Release