Rizla Suzuki's Alvaro Bautista has set his sights on simply finishing this weekend's Le Mans MotoGP race and using it as a platform on which to build the rest of his season.
The cheeky Spaniard, who returned to action at Estoril only a couple of weeks after breaking his femur at Qatar, says his aim is to show the pack what he can do later on in the year but to concentrate on fitness for now.
"I have been working hard since the Portuguese Grand Prix and test to improve my fitness and get ready for Le Mans and the rest of the season. It was great to be back on the bike at Estoril, but it showed me that I still have some work to do to be up to race fitness," he said.
"I plan to go to Le Mans in a better condition than I went to Estoril and in a much better condition than when I arrived in France last year! My target is to get to the finish line this year – because I didn't manage that in 2010 – and then build on things for the remainder of the season.
"There are still plenty of races left so we have plenty of time to show what we can do. The few laps that I did in the test were good because they showed that the new chassis is an improvement, so we will use that in France and hopefully it will help us to be more competitive."
