Alvaro Bautista confident good results possible at Assen

This weekend the MotoGP World Championship arrives in Assen for the traditional event on the last Saturday of June, the fascinating Dutch TT at the only venue that has hosted a Grand Prix event every year since the motorcycle World Championship Grand Prix series started back in 1949.

After the ill-fated Grand Prix of Catalunya, which saw him involved in a violent high side during qualifying, and a withdrawal due to technical issues during the early stages of the race, Alvaro Bautista is determined to get back in the fight for the top positions.

During the Barcelona post-race test in fact, the Spaniard, although still sore, has been able to try new parts, especially for the braking system, finding some good improvements.

ALVARO BAUTISTA
“During Barcelona Qualifying I had a big crash, but fortunately nothing is broken, so I will be fully fit for Assen race weekend. Also at this Grand Prix we will find several fast corners, like at Mugello and Catalunya: at the moment we are struggling with this kind of corners, so we need to improve on this area. Anyway, during the post-race test in Spain we found some improvements with regard to the brakes and hopefully we will use the new parts already in Assen. Unfortunately I was still sore from the fall, so I couldn’t do a lot of work on the bike set-up, but we remain confident: if we stay focused during the practice, looking for a good compromise for the fast corners, we can achieve a good result”.

Source: Gresini Racing