The Alvaro Bautista 2008 PDF Calendar Download

Another goodie for you... this one, all modesty aside, really is pretty special...
It's our 2008 BatiCal - a superb A4 sized PDF calendar, absolutely stuffed with awesome pictures of Alvaro on and off the bike and also chocca with all the useful MotoGP dates for 2008 too; it's indispensable and it's all you'll need to keep an eye on those crucial dates.
It looks great printed out onto glossy paper and bound as a "real" desktop calendar; alternatively you can just download it to your PC or Mac desktop and keep it there for whenever you need it.
Click here for full info and download...

Enjoy :)

Alvaro Bautista 2007 "Lightbox" Desktop Wallpaper

I've done a desktop wallpaper to try and capture some of the coolest images of Alvaro across the year. It's ended up being a kind of photographer's "lightbox" with film strips containing different pictures...
It's available in two sizes:

1 - standard 1280x1024 - CLICK HERE

2 - widescreen 1280x800 - CLICK HERE

Enjoy :)
And if you want loads more goodies like this then come join us at the BatiFans.com Fan Forum where we have loads more... and bundles of exclusives downloads and goodies for our biggest fans.

Jerez Test - Alvaro 2nd on final day

Okay so this is a day late really... (sorry I was busy)... but here's the timesheets form Wednesday's testing at Jerez.
Birthday Boy came in second, and with an excellent looking time. :)

250cc:
1.-Mika Kallio (KTM) 1.44.213
2.-A. Bautista (Aprilia) 1.44.380
3.-H. Faubel (Aprilia) 1.44.604
4.-M. Pasini (Aprilia) 1.44.791
5..-J. Simón (KTM) 1.44.999
6.-H. Barbera (Aprilia) 1.45.124
7.-H. Aoyama (KTM) 1.45.135
8.-L. Pesek (Aprilia) 1.45.236
9.-T. Luthi (Aprilia) 1.45.270
10.-R. Locatelli (Gilera) 1.45.497
11.-K. Abraham (Aprilia) 1.45.530
12.-I. Toth (Aprilia) 1.46.249
13.-M. Poggiali (Aprilia) 1.46.359
14.-A. Baldolini (Aprilia) 1.46.451
15.-F. Sandi (Aprilia) 1.47.794
16.-R. Cardús (Aprilia) 1.49.119

125cc:
1.-Sergio Gadea (Aprilia) 1.47.782
2.-Sandro Cortese (Aprilia) 1.48.254
3.-B. Smith (Aprilia) 1.48.457
4..-S. Corsi (Aprilia) 1.48.584
5.-G. Talmacsi (Aprilia) 1.48.642
6.-E. Rabat (KTM) 1.49.148
7.-M. Di Meglio (Derbi) 1.49.217
8.-D. Aegerter (Derbi) 1.50.863

Happy Birthday Alvaro!

Er.... that's it really.... Happy Birthday Alvaro ("feliz cumpleanos")

Have a great day, and a great year, and loads more.
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Alvaro 4th on first day of Jerez test

Bati was eventually classed 4th on day one (19_11_07) of the Jerez test, attended by both 250 and 125 teams.
He had an off during the day - apparently some kind of coming together with Julian Simon - but still pulled in very respectable times and position.

Here's the timesheets in full...

250cc:
1.-H. Aoyama (KTM) 1.44.330
2.-M. Kallio (KTM) 1.44.702
3.-H. Barbera (Aprilia) 144.711
4.-A. Bautista (Aprilia) 1.44.796
5.-H. Faubel (Aprilia) 1.45.013
6.-T. Luthi (Aprilia) 1.45.183
7.-K. Abraham (Aprilia) 1.45.313
8.-R. Locatelli (Gilera) 1.45.852
9.-J. Simón (KTM) 1.46.022
10.-L. Pesek (Aprilia) 1.46.352
11.-I. Toth (Aprilia) 1.46.817
12.-F. Sandi (Aprilia) 1.49.088
13.-Ricky Cardús (Aprilia) 1.49.740
14.-A.Baldolini (Aprilia) 1.53.612


125cc:
1.-Gabor Talmacsi (Aprilia) 1.47.907
2.-Sergio Gadea (Aprilia) 1.48.453
3.-Simone Corsi (Aprilia) 1.48.656
4.-M. di Meglio (Derbi)
5.-Esteve Rabat (KTM) 1.49.159
6.-Sandro Cortese (Aprilia) 1.49.633
7.-Pablo Nieto (KTM) 1.50.408
8.-D. Aegerter (Derbi) 1.51.688

Testing continues Tuesday and Wednesday; according to circuit notes Alvaro is present all days...

Join Our Alvaro Bautista Fan Map...

I've set up a Frappr Map - mainly for forum members, but anyone's welcome really...
Just plonk a pin in the map to show where you are and to show just how far and wide Alvaro's fanbase goes...
Frappr's not as good as it used to be; in their "refinements" and "improvements" they've actually made things less intuitive and less smart / flexible - but it's still a good way of mapping a community such as ours :)

The link is www.frappr.com/batifans

And here is a little embedded version anyway...

Come and join us on the map, and join us on the forum :)

Alvaro Book Arrives!

Woohooh!
The book's arrived :)
Couple of weird things - like some 'squashed' proportion pictures, but basically a lovely picture based book, nice glossy stock in a hardback cover; and a dead nice presentation overall with lots of familiar pics and some unseen ones too.
First impressions - very good :)
Many more impressions to come, I'm sure, as I root through it a few more times.

Basically - very happy :)

Congratulations Alvaro; Rookie of the Year

Big congrats to Alvaro on getting the FIM MotoGP Award for ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - 250cc - an excellent end to a less than perfect weekend, but also to a superb season overall.

Great to see it's not just us fans who've noticed :)
Congratulations fella!

A Sense Of Perspective

It would be easy to feel a bit down about today’s race; Bati binning it whilst in a great 2nd position and a fine chance of finishing the season with a 1st.
(So easy in fact, that I’d admit to being a tad down about it myself...)

Nonetheless, whilst it’s easy to dwell on single results - especially at a season end where you’re in danger of remembering little else for the next few weeks - it’s far more healthy, and correct, to take a moment like now to put things in perspective:

Alvaro has performed brilliantly as a 250cc rookie. It’s his maiden season, and he took his first victory at six races in at Mugello. Not only was it a victory but it was a spectacular victory, filled with totally balls-out racing and a nerve-shredding last lap passing Lorenzo (who flung himself into some gravel in disgust) and de Angelis.
And amidst plenty of podiums he took a second victory at Estoril where he made up for a scrappy start by heroically carving through the field and simply heading off into the distance ahead of Lorenzo and Dovizioso.
He’s wound up 4th in the overall championship with a very creditable 181 points, and such a strong first season - and the evidence of our own eyes of how beautifully he rides and how passionately he races - suggests that next season will be even better.

Shit happens sometimes. As it did today. But do what Alvaro does; keep a smile on your face; cos he’s given us a brilliant season’s worth of excitement, and he’ll do it again in 2008.

Have a good rest and a good off-season Bati :)

And all you Bati fans out there - get over to our BatiFans.com Alvaro Bautista Fan Forum where we’ll be all winter till the next season comes. Come and chat with other fans, and join in with our fun and comeptitions; including some with excellent Bati prizes...