San Carlo Honda's Alvaro Bautista wants to get through the Estoril MotoGP without any tedious problems such as crashing in order to build his confidence with the RC213V but it may prove difficult at a track he doesn't like.
The Spaniard agrees with a majority of top riders when he says the Portugese circuit's surface suffers from a serious lack of grip which could prove interesting with litre-powered bikes and a new softer-construction front tyre.
“It was a difficult weekend at Jerez because of the weather and my crash in practice, but thankfully we found some confidence for the race and picked up a result that gives us a platform to build on in the next round. We need to build my confidence still further with this bike at a circuit that I don't particularly like even though I have three wins here, one in 125 and two in 250," said Bautista.
"It is a circuit with some hard braking and the grip levels aren't great but I have had luck there in the past so hopefully that will prove to be the case again. It is important for us to get through a whole weekend without problems so that I can build the confidence I need to push the bike as hard as I want to.”
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