Two years have passed since the start of the pandemic where, probably for the first and only time in history, only Moto2 and Moto3 raced. We saw the regions change color, we believed in “stay indoors now to come out at Christmas”. We were vaccinated twice, some also three times. We accepted the Green Pass because the word “Green” gave us hope, but in the end they made it “super” and green alone no longer mattered. Now, we no longer talk about Covid, because, at the gates of Europe, the war has become the main subject.
But in today's absurdity, from which we can deduce that men are not capable of learning from history and in which everything seems ordinary, start again with the world championship the taste of freedom, this freedom that for so long, too long, we no longer taste.
Fausto's team won in MotoGP debut. They won their first MotoGP race without him. This is the news that deserves to introduce this press release. We miss Fausto, with his way of laughing and joking. I am very happy that Bastianini, a driver who speaks little but is aggressive when necessary, was able to triumph by dedicating the victory to him. On the podium in three categories, Mameli's anthem resonated three times in the skies of Qatar, whatever has been said in recent months about the end of Italian motorcycling.
As far as we are concerned, the results of this weekend are not entirely negative. It has been difficult and demanding, but also satisfying in some ways, we have also done some things well. Friday we were still on top, but when it was time to show our teeth, a mixture of loss of lucidity and bad luck brought us to the back of the grid, in positions which were not fair for us, which I do not feel were ours.
Sunday…After some reflection, I came to the conclusion that neither Lorenzo nor Riccardo clearly have the concept of Warm up in mind. Try to imagine my face when they both fell, an hour before the race. At the end, with Rossi we brought back 12th position while with Fellon 0 points, because he was crushed by our friend Tatsuki, who made a mistake during the third round. Last year I wrote: “ We were very lucky not to be involved in other people's accidents, there were a lot of them because during the first GPs, the beginners want to demonstrate... » In making a mistake, I blamed only the new recruits.
Without a doubt, there is a lot of work to be done, but
I saw something positive. Rossi was a nice surprise, he takes everything with irony and I am sure that he will give us a lot of satisfaction. He only needs to understand thatThere is a clear distinction between “racing for fun” and “racing for playing.”
Fellon knows how to ride a motorcycle, he's a sweet and stubborn boy who is going through a difficult time, he has the right skills but he must know how to wait. I can understand parents' concerns, but you have to know how to take too much. Excess is never good, even in good faith. I was also the father of a pilot and I know the difficulties, and certainly at times I was cumbersome too. It is important to be present for a son but we must pay attention to the slight difference between supporting and oppressing.
Parents can be the ones who hold their son's hands and accompany them to victory or the ones who make them explode... like the fireworks in Qatar, astonishing yes, but with the risk that they go out, a meter later metre.
-PaoloSic58-
