Álvaro Bautista is back in his homeland of Spain for the next round of the 2011 MotoGP Championship, this time at the Aragon circuit in the north-eastern part of the country.

The Rizla Suzuki squad are in a confident mood following very promising results in both practice sessions and races at recent events.

Bautista is also looking forward to competing in-front of a home crowd again and is sure the added incentive of that will help to spur him on.

“This was a really good event last year and I am looking forward to going back,” Bautista said. “It’s a fun track, a fantastic facility and a circuit that I think we can go really well at.

“I am feeling very confident that we can run well right from the start and get a good qualifying position. It’s great to race at home again, I do it four times a year, but each one seems special to me.

“I want to put on a good show for all the Spanish fans and think that we have the package and data to be able to do that.”

Bautista had a tough battle at Aragon last year before finally securing an eighth place finish in the circuit’s inaugural Grand Prix.

He is determined to improve on that and believes that the strong performances and the information from last season will enable him to push for a high placed finish at the Spanish circuit.