Aron Canet is a character apart in the Grand Prix paddock, not only because of the way he talks about himself and his misadventures, but also because of his general appearance. Tattooed from head to toe, he ensures that not everyone in the paddock has it in their skin because of this treatment of his epidermis. And we are talking here about stigmatization which harms one’s career…
Incidentally, Aron canet is also a fast rider, winner of Grands Prix in the intermediate categories at MotoGP, and tough as can rarely be found in the industry. Besides, you have to be quite naturally to have tattooed yourself like this all over your body. But what is a personal choice can also have an unfavorable echo among one's contemporaries. A situation which apparently spilled over into the management of his professional and sporting career.
A feeling of stigma felt by Aron Canet who reacted by showing up with a wooden bow tie, as if to show that deep down he was a nice guy despite his appearance... That being said, it's an interpretation, because Aron canet precise on Moto.it : " I will tell you the direction of the knot when I win ". We therefore hope for this moment by the end of the season. For now, we will have to be content to watch him, thus decked out, on the other two steps of the podium. He has climbed them seven times this season. He has 177 points in the championship, ahead Drive and hunting Ogura et Fernandez for the title.
Aron Canet: “ some teams rejected me because I had tattoos »
More Aron canet has already given this indication to Japan : " the bow tie is a message to some people inside and outside the paddock that talks about me without knowing me for having tattoos, that is, in a discriminatory manner. You're not a better or worse person if you have tattoos ", underlined the pilot.
Canet told how the story of the bow tie was born: “ I put it on the podium after Mugello 2021. At that time we were in talks with several teams from different categories: some rejected me because I had tattoos ". Not only that: “ outside the paddock, people accused me of things without knowing me, because of my image. I think I have shown in these world championship years that I can get on the podium with and without a bow tie. We can give the same gas with tattoos or without ". CQFD.
