At Aragon, Alvaro Bautista took a step closer to wrapping up the 2023 WorldSBK title, despite a crash in Race 1. After the weekend, Steve English and Gordon Ritchie got together to chew over what happened, and take a deep dive into the Jonathan Rea to Yamaha news. Steve Interviews Pata Yamaha team boss Paul Denning, and then speaks to Rea's crew chief at Kawasaki, Pere Riba, who will be staying at Kawasaki.

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