Bautista moved to WSBK in 2019 with Ducati after dropping his experience in MotoGP, beforehand serving 9 years within the class using Suzuki, Honda, Aprilia and Ducati equipment.
The double WSBK champion will make his first MotoGP look because the 2018 Valencia GP this weekend in Malaysia as a wildcard with Ducati.
Bautista hasn’t ridden the GP23 since his final take a look at on it in August at Misano and joked KTM take a look at rider Pedrosa’s spectacular wildcard showings at Jerez and Misano have put “extra strain” on his personal outing.
“That particularly [makes] everyone put extra strain [on me] as a result of they are saying ‘Dani can do it’,” Bautista stated on Thursday at Sepang when requested if he might count on to duplicate Pedrosa’s kind.
“No, however Dani is in a really completely different scenario as a result of Dani has plenty of kilometres on the KTM and he was actually quick in Misano.
“For certain, he missed some racing tempo and for certain he may even do higher as a result of lacking racing is at all times harder when it’s a must to race with different riders.
“In my case, it’s the alternative, I’ve race tempo however I miss some expertise with the bike.
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Alvaro Bautista, Ducati, Misano testing
“For that, it’s essential to get the sensation with the bike as quickly as attainable.
“However for certain, it’s good to see Dani preventing for these positions. However on this case, it’s not too good as a result of perhaps it’s ‘Dani can do it, so perhaps you’ll be able to too’. However we’re in a special scenario.”
Pedrosa completed sixth within the Jerez dash and seventh within the Spanish GP, whereas he scored a brace of fourths on the San Marino GP weekend.
Bautista’s final style of manufacturing unit Ducati equipment got here on the 2018 Australian GP, through which he changed the injured Jorge Lorenzo and went on to complete fourth.
His ultimate MotoGP results of seventh at that 12 months’s Malaysian GP got here on a two-year-old Aspar-run Ducati.
As such, his expectations when it comes to outcomes are non-existent.
“Nicely, the expectation, nothing about outcomes,” he added.
“Simply I attempt to have some enjoyable, attempt to have a great feeling with the bike as a result of it’s not the identical to do a take a look at, the place you’ll be able to try to get the tempo step-by-step.
“Here’s a actually tough monitor, I prefer it lots, however an important factor is to get the sensation as quickly as attainable, to get good tempo and attempt to have enjoyable.
“About outcomes, I don’t have expectations. Simply to get one of the best feeling with the bike and attempt to do my greatest, and for certain to have enjoyable. That’s the goal.”