Alvaro Bautista

Alvaro Bautista, however, is trying to un-restore it and was sitting pretty in third until Lorenzo's lap shuffled him down to fourth place ahead of Ben Spies, on the second works YZR-M1, who has found some pace to end the session in fifth and only seven ...  

If the opening day of practice was anything to go by the French Grand Prix could be one to remember for all the right reasons for Team San Carlo Honda Gresini, with Alvaro Bautista finding crucial confidence on board the Honda RC213V and lapping fourth ...  

“On the very last lap I came up behind Spies in the first turn” – Alvaro Bautista. Yamaha's Ben Spies may have lost three flying laps due to slower riders during qualifying at Estoril on Saturday, but San Carlo Honda Gresini's Alvaro Bautista claimed ...  

The second row comprises Factory Yamaha riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben spies with Alvaro Bautista sixth. Valentino Rossi qualified ninth ahead of factory Ducati team-mate Nicky Hayden in 10th. Aleix Espargaro is the top placed CRT rider in 12th.  

Fourth and fifth went to the Tech 3 Yamaha team, with Andrea Dovizioso finishing ahead of Britain's Cal Crutchlow. Alvaro Bautista (Gresini Honda) and Valentino Rossi (Ducati) took sixth and seventh, with Lorenzo's team-mate Ben Spies a disappointing eighth.  

Gresini-Pilot Alvaro Bautista beendete den ersten Tag in Estoril als Sechster und war froh, nach dem nassen Vormittag am Nachmittag doch noch auf ... weiterlesenMehr zum ThemaSpies hat wieder ein Gefühl für die YamahaPedrosa: "Es war sehr rutschig"Stoner: Mit Erkältung zur BestzeitBradl erlebte den schwierigsten MotoGP-Tag bisherCrutchlow wieder an der Spitze  

Crutchlow's team mate Dovizioso couldn't stayb with the leaders, however, having opted for a soft front tyre compared to Crutchlow´s hard choice, and finished fifth in front of Honda privateers Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl. Hayden, who had started ...  

The Italian won that battle, while Spaniard Alvaro Bautista took sixth ahead of Valentino Rossi who recorded his best finish of the season on his Ducati. At the head of affairs Pedrosa dropped off with 10 laps to go, leaving Stoner and Lorenzo ...  

Alvaro Bautista (San Carlo Honda Gresini RC213V) will start the race from the second row of the grid after recording the sixth fastest time in the hour-long session. Conditions here have been typically changeable with strong winds gusting off the Atlantic ...  

Alvaro Bautista today made a positive start to the Grand Prix of Portugal, an event he considers his fifth 'home' race with the Estoril circuit located just 500 kilometres from his home town of Talavera de la Reina. The Spaniard made the most of limited ...  

Sixth in points is San Carlo Honda Gresini's Alvaro Bautista, followed by the highest-placed Ducati - the GP12 piloted by Nicky Hayden. The American qualified third for the Jerez race, but lost grip as the race progressed. The 2006 MotoGP Champion finished ...  

The pair were separated by Tech 3 Yamaha's Cal Crutchlow and the second works Honda of Dani Pedrosa. Alvaro Bautista put his satellite Gresini Honda sixth, ahead of the two works Ducatis and Hector Barbera's satellite Pramac entry. Of the trio it was ...  

The 2011 Moto2 Champion ran strong in the opening laps behind the Tech 3 Yamahas, the German rider eventually yielding position to Hayden and fellow Honda man Alvaro Bautista to finish eighth. As for Bautista, the Gresini Honda rider had a good battle with ...  

Alvaro Bautista struggled for front feel on the RC213V tonight and has work to do ahead of tomorrow night's qualifying session. Alvaro Bautista (10th 1’ 56" 771) "Today wasn't a good day for us - we tried to improve the feeling with the bike from ...  

MotoGP Alvaro Bautista and San Carlo Honda Gresini conclude winter testing MotoGP San Carlo Homda Gresini - The final day of preseason at Jerez could have gone better for Alvaro Bautista, with two crashes denying him the opportunity to complete his testing ...  

150 - Alvaro Bautista will be making his 150th Grand Prix start at Jerez. Following the opening race of the year in Qatar, Bautista has made 33 starts in MotoGP, 49 in the 250cc class and 67 in the 125cc class. 150 – At the Spanish GP, Thomas Luthi is ...  

Mixed weather on the opening day of the Spanish Grand Prix made for difficult conditions at Jerez. Alvaro Bautista completed only a handful of laps in the damp this morning but spent most of the afternoon session lapping on the fully wet track. The ...  

Alvaro Bautista struggled for front feel on the RC213V tonight and has work to do ahead of tomorrow night's qualifying session. Alvaro Bautista (10th 1’ 56” 771) “Today wasn't a good day for us – we tried to improve the feeling with the bike from ...  

Alvaro Bautista shook off the cobwebs of winter on the first day of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship under the floodlights at Losail Circuit Qatar. Alvaro Bautista spent the opening free practice session on the same tyre throughout and although he has ...  

Alvaro Bautista, seventh on his San Carlo Honda Gresini debut at Qatar, has his sights set much higher for this weekend's home Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.  

He ended up 14th in points, just three behind Suzuki factory rider Alvaro Bautista. By nearly all accounts, it was a stronger rookie season than most expected. Then again, Abraham was a race winner in Moto2. There will be two yardsticks in 2012 for Abraham ...  

The Hondas of Dani Pedrosa and rookie Stefan Bradl sandwich Pramac Racing's Hector Barbera on the third row, while Ducati's Valentino Rossi could only manage 12th place behind Karel Abraham and Alvaro Bautista. Colin Edwards, Randy de Puniet, who crashed ...  

MotoGP Bautista races hard to take sixth, electronic problem for Pirro Alvaro Bautista improved on his result from Qatar by one place today as he took sixth place in his home Grand Prix at Jerez at the end of a difficult weekend. Bizzarre weather has ...  

He might take a few races to acclimatise but will score some points. Alvaro Bautista has had a forced move from Suzuki, which has abandoned the MotoGP series, for a works-supported Gresini Honda, and could land a podium or two this season. Beattie suggests ...  

The final day of preseason at Jerez could have gone better for Alvaro Bautista, with two crashes denying him the opportunity to complete his testing programme. His race pace his good but the Spaniard perhaps struggled a little for the confidence to push ...  

Alvaro Bautista bounced back from a crash in warm-up to finish seventh on his debut for San Carlo Honda Gresini in Qatar. The Spaniard still feels he has work to do before he is totally comfortable with the RC213V but is satisfied with the points gained.  

New Season Starts Under Desert Lights Alvaro Bautista, Honda GresiniPhoto by: Team Gresini The lights go up on the 2012 MotoGP World Championship this weekend as the Qatari capital city of Doha and the circuit of Losail play host to the 64rd edition of the world's oldest motorsport. There is extra excitement this year, with the novelty of night racing added to by the dawn of the CRT MotoGP era and Moto3. Claiming Rule Teams represent the...  

Although the team's new rider Alvaro Bautista sits sixth in the MotoGP standings and took top-six finishes in Spain and Portugal, he has yet to emulate the frontrunning form of his predecessor on the factory-spec Gresini Honda, the late Marco Simoncelli.  

However, Alvaro Bautista at least had the chance to complete his first laps on the Honda RC213V in the wet, establishing a good feeling. It was a less positive day for Michele Pirro, who needs dry time and could only make use of the final thirty minutes of ...  

Positive first day at Estoril for Álvaro Bautista Alvaro Bautista, Honda GresiniPhoto by: Hazrin Yeob Men Shah Álvaro Bautista today made a positive start to the Grand Prix of Portugal, an event he considers his fifth 'home' race with the Estoril circuit located just 500 kilometres from his hometown of Talavera de la Reina. The Spaniard made the most of limited lap time on a damp track this morning to get comfortable with his machine before...  

Nicky Hayden (Ducati Racing Team) and Alvaro Bautista (San Carlo Honda Gresini) were holding station in the top ten as was Hector Barbera on the Pramac Racing machine with the CRT machines being led by Danilo Petrucci on the Came IodaRacing bike.  

Alvaro Bautista, Andrea Dovizioso, Hector Barbera, Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden completed the top 10. Moto GP Qualifying 1. Casey Stoner - (AUS) - Honda - 1 minute, 37.188 seconds. 2. Dani Pedrosa (ESP) - Honda - 1:37.201. 3. Cal Crutchlow ...  

Alvaro Bautista picked up another positive result whilst Michele Pirro achieved his objective of bringing the CRT home on a positive day for Team San Carlo Honda Gresini at Estoril. A top six finish for the Spaniard and the Italian's first points of his ...  

After qualifying on the fourth row in Qatar and the third row in Spain last weekend, Team San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Alvaro Bautista took another step forward to place himself on the second row for tomorrow's Grand Prix of Portugal at Estoril.  

All riders except Michele Pirro selected the extra-hard front tyre for the Qatar race, while with the exception of Alvaro Bautista, Mattia Pasini, James Ellison and Danilo Petrucci, all riders went with the harder rear option for the race. Hiroshi Yamada ...  

For Team San Carlo Honda Gresini riders Alvaro Bautista and Michele Pirro the second round of the season presents an opportunity to build on the progress made in Qatar and show their true potential at a circuit more suited to them. Bautista is determined ...  

Team San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Alvaro Bautista produced a result that was above expectations in tonight's Grand Prix of Qatar after a difficult weekend, which had got worse in warm-up with another crash. However, the plucky Spaniard battled hard to ...  

Qualifying turned into disappointment for the two Team San Carlo Honda Gresini riders tonight as Alvaro Bautista and Michele Pirro struggled to improve their pace in qualifying practice for the Grand Prix of Qatar. Bautista continued to have problems with ...  

The American didn’t get a great start, but his performance improved steadily as the laps ticked down, and he came out on top of a hard-fought battle with Alvaro Bautista, Stefan Bradl and Hector Barbera to finish in sixth place. Having started from the ...  

It was a positive first day of testing all round for Team San Carlo Honda Gresini at Jerez today. Alvaro Bautista escaped unhurt from an early crash to put together 56 laps over the course of the day, clocking a best time of 1’40.545 but working above ...  

Alvaro Bautista (San Carlo Honda Gresini RC213V) is all set to race a Honda MotoGP bike for the first time after setting the ninth fastest time at Jerez, one place ahead of MotoGP rookie and reigning Moto2 World Champion Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda RC213V).  

Now it’s time to see what we’ve got when we put the cards on the table.” San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Alvaro Bautista, had to contend with two crashes denying him the opportunity to complete his testing programme. With good race pace the Spaniard ...  

Alvaro Bautista's day didn't start out in the best possible fashion with a crash in the wet final free practice this morning but the Spaniard recovered his confidence to qualify eighth fastest in the afternoon. Michele Pirro, meanwhile, had a crash in the ...  

San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Alvaro Bautista carded a pretty respectable 6th-place finish, while... ...Ducati's Valentino Rossi turned that 6 upside down and finished 9th. Ironically, Rossi's smile was also turned upside down. Lorenzo started at the pole ...  

Andrea Dovizioso (Tech 3 Yamaha), Alvaro Bautista (Gresini Honda), Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda) and Randy de Puniet (Aspar Aprilia) rounded out the top 10, while seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi's struggles on his Ducati continued as he finished 13th ...  

Alvaro Bautista made it three Hondas in the top four with a strong start to the weekend on the Gresini team's machine, edging out the second factory Yamaha of Ben Spies. The Tech 3 Yamaha team were not quite able to match their impressive pace of the ...  

All riders except Michele Pirro selected the extra-hard front tyre for the Qatar race, while with the exception of Alvaro Bautista, Mattia Pasini, James Ellison and Danilo Petrucci, all riders went with the harder rear option for the race.  

Casey Stoner was fourth on the fastest Honda, followed by Gresini's Alvaro Bautista and the Tech 3 Yamahas. Spies' championship leading team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was among those who chose to stay in the pits.