Ce Valencia Grand Prix was that of farewell for some pilots. Thus, Alvaro Bautista will leave the paddock to start a new life on a Ducati in Superbike. Dani Pedrosa puts on the helmet and leaves the leather for a retreat which will be punctuated by tests with KTM. Finally, Scott Redding will no longer be in the middle and will join his compatriots in the British Superbike championship. But the departure that we will remember will be that of the now ex-official Aprilia. Who did what was necessary to ensure that his departure was remembered...
Scott Redding will have marked the category more with his style than by his exploits on the track. His track record is decent, but nothing more. What's more, his highlight was appearing as the youngest driver to win a Grand Prix. A feature crossed out this Sunday in Valencia by the young Turkish prodigy Oncu. So he has nothing left. You could say he's naked.
Is this why the eccentric subject of his gracious majesty decided to leave the stage by doing a strip tease in front of the more than 97 spectators gathered on the Ricardo Tormo site? We don't know, but he did it. The proof. We will remember that another Englishman had done the same thing in his time. It was then a question of James Toseland in Superbike…
