Alvaro Bautista was able to take third place in the World Superbike Championship with a trio of podiums at Estoril.

The Estoril World Superbike Round saw Alvaro Bautista feature on all three podiums for the second time in the 2025 season, the previous time being at Cremona in May.

Bautista found himself defending his podium place in the early laps in all three races, but was able to increase his pace as the races went on, and still found himself under pressure for the entirety of the races.

"I’m satisfied because, at the end, it’s been a really good weekend," Alvaro Bautista told WorldSBK.com after Race Two.

"We did third in all the important [sessions]: Superpole, Race One, Superpole Race, and Race Two. Not easy because, especially today, I had to defend a lot the position. I didn’t fight a lot, but I just had the pressure all the laps, and I cannot relax.

"I have to be very concentrated, very focused, and, at the end, it was the maximum we can achieve because Toprak [Razgatlioglu] and Nicolo [Bulega] were like three steps forward than the rest.

"We were like fighting for the victory of the rest of the riders. I’m happy for that also."

Due to Danilo Petrucci being sidelined from an injury he sustained ahead of the Estoril World Superbike Round, Bautista was able to take third place in the World Superbike Championship.

"We got important points for the championship, now we are in third place in the classification," he explained.

"It’s good because in the past, many times that we were too close to the third position, then something happened and I lost more points.

"This time we were really concentrated, we didn’t make any mistakes. I’m happy for that."