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 ...  

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.  

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 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 ...  

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 ...  

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.  

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 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 ...  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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.