In great form and about to secure his second title in the Superbike World Championship, Álvaro Bautista is standing out as the strongest rider of the so-called ‘Titanic Trio’, but during his life in motorcycle competition he also had other fierce rivalries with well-known names in the sport.
After the great battle with Toprak Razgatlioglu in Portimão during the last WSBK weekend, the current world champion was asked about the Turkish rider’s position in terms of the rivals he has faced in his career. In his response, the Ducati rider said: ‘I’ve had many, many riders. Marco Simoncelli, Valentino Rossi… maybe not all of them were direct rivals for the title, but also with Dani Pedrosa and Marc Márquez’.
Mit dem Geist, der über seine Zeit in der MotoGP spricht, betonte er mehr denn je, dass die Situation anders ist… genauso wie die Motorräder: ‘Diese Motorräder sind anders als die in der MotoGP. Es ist nicht einfach, gegen ihn zu kämpfen, weil er sehr aggressiv ist und das Motorrad leicht bewegen und sehr knappe Manöver machen kann, dabei viel Kontrolle hat. Toprak ist einer der härtesten Rivalen, gegen die ich je gekämpft habe’.
