“Maybe too many laps” for injured Alvaro Bautista at Aragon WorldSBK

32 laps of MotorLand Aragon may have been too many for Alvaro Bautista during practice for this weekend’s WorldSBK round there. The Spaniard enters Aragon this weekend having not raced in Most two weeks ago following a crash in FP3 that left him with ankle fractures. Bautista underwent surgery at the beginning of last week and passed medical checks on both Thursday and after FP1 on Friday morning to confirm his participation this weekend.

“Maybe too many laps” for injured Alvaro Bautista at Aragon WorldSBK. 32 laps of MotorLand Aragon may have been too many for Alvaro Bautista during practice for this weekend’s WorldSBK round there. The Spaniard enters Aragon this weekend having not raced in Most two weeks ago following a crash in FP3 that left him with ankle fractures. Bautista underwent surgery at the beginning of last week and passed medical checks on both Thursday and after FP1 on Friday morning to confirm his participation this weekend. But in practice the two-time WorldSBK champion perhaps over-exerted himself, he feels. “Maybe too many laps,” Alvaro Bautista told WorldSBK.com after FP2 in Aragon. “I think I have to do less because especially in FP2 I started to feel a bit tired the foot.” Bautista, nonetheless, was pleased to be able to ride in Aragon having not had...