The Spanish rider set the pace on both days of running at the Italian track on Wednesday and Thursday, which was attended by 12 riders representing Ducati, Yamaha, BMW and Kawasaki.
Bautista was the only rider to dip beneath the 1m34s bracket on Wednesday, recording a 1m33.983s to beat nearest rival, GRT Yamaha man Garrett Gerloff, by four tenths of a second.
On Friday, Bautista improved to a best time of 1m33.574s, less than two tenths away from Jonathan Rea’s Misano pole time last year. Gerloff was again the Ducati rider’s nearest rival on a 1m33.686s.
“For sure I’m happy because the laptime is fast,” Bautista told the official WSBK website. “The best lap here [last year] was a 1m33.4[16]s with a qualifying tyre. Today I did [my best time] with the SCX, the tyre you can use for the race. Last year everybody used this tyre for a race.
“[On Wednesday] when I saw the laptimes, I thought if I can make some laps in the 1m33s, it’s a good result. I did one lap under 1m34s, and…
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