Bautista moved to WSBK in 2019 with Ducati after shedding his experience in MotoGP, beforehand serving 9 years within the class driving Suzuki, Honda, Aprilia and Ducati equipment.
The double WSBK champion will make his first MotoGP look for the reason that 2018 Valencia GP this weekend in Malaysia as a wildcard with Ducati.
Bautista hasn’t ridden the GP23 since his final take a look at on it in August at Misano and joked KTM take a look at rider Pedrosa’s spectacular wildcard showings at Jerez and Misano have put “extra stress” on his personal outing.
“That particularly [makes] all people put extra stress [on me] as a result of they are saying ‘Dani can do it’,” Bautista mentioned on Thursday at Sepang when requested if he may anticipate to copy Pedrosa’s type.
“No, however Dani is in a really totally different scenario as a result of Dani has numerous kilometres on the KTM and he was actually quick in Misano.
“For certain, he missed some racing tempo and for certain he may even do higher as a result of lacking racing is all the time tougher when you need to race with different riders.
“In my case, it is the other, I’ve race tempo however I miss some expertise with the bike.
Photograph by: Matteo Cavadini
Alvaro Bautista, Ducati, Misano testing
“For that, it is essential to get the sensation with the bike as quickly as potential.
“However for certain, it is good to see Dani preventing for these positions. However on this case, it is not too good as a result of perhaps it is ‘Dani can do it, so perhaps you possibly can too’. However we’re in a distinct scenario.”
Pedrosa completed sixth within the Jerez dash and seventh within the Spanish GP, whereas he scored a brace of fourths on the San Marino GP weekend.
Bautista’s final style of manufacturing unit Ducati equipment got here on the 2018 Australian GP, through which he changed the injured Jorge Lorenzo and went on to complete fourth.
His closing MotoGP results of seventh at that yr’s Malaysian GP got here on a two-year-old Aspar-run Ducati.
As such, his expectations when it comes to outcomes are non-existent.
“Properly, the expectation, nothing about outcomes,” he added. “Simply I attempt to have some enjoyable, attempt to have a superb feeling with the bike as a result of it is not the identical to do a take a look at, the place you possibly can try to get the tempo step-by-step.
“Here’s a actually tough observe, I prefer it lots, however a very powerful factor is to get the sensation as quickly as potential, to get good tempo and attempt to have enjoyable.
“About outcomes, I haven’t got expectations. Simply to get one of the best feeling with the bike and attempt to do my greatest, and for certain to have enjoyable. That is the goal.”
