P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Alvaro Bautista has won his second consecutive WorldSBK championship after peerless champion’s victory in Race 1 of the season-finale at Jerez.
With a 60-point lead over Toprak Razgatlioglu and only 62 points left to earn this weekend, Bautista only needed two points to secure the championship title. This season has been even more dominant for Bautista compared to his first, winning 24 races before the Spanish round. This win in Jerez marks his victory at every round of the 2023 World Superbike Championship. Bautista’s back-to-back world titles on a Ducati haven’t been achieved since Carl Fogarty in 1999. With a total of 591 points, Bautista holds a 65 point advantage over Razgatlioglu, who currently has 526 points.
Source: Crash
