If you think Yamaha officials left Mugello with doubts about the reliability of their engine, you can be convinced that Scott Redding left Italy convinced of a curse. In Tuscany, he suffered his third technical knockout in six races which, added to his lack of sensations in Jerez with the rear tire, makes him the driver with promises still to be kept.
Because during this time, the teammate Petrucci back from injury has scored points on every occasion since he took over. That is only twice but here he is ahead of him in the provisional general classification of the championship by one unit. 17 instead of 16 for sixteenth position.
Enough to ask questions, especially after a promising offseason. The velocity is there though. Redding showed good performances at Mugello during practice and qualifying. The race gave him the opportunity for a seventh place, synonymous with best satellite driver. And then the Ducati acted up on the ninth of twenty-three laps: “ we encountered an engine cooling problem, with water more precisely ". A pitfall previously encountered by official drivers. “ The emergency light came on and it distracted me. I then slowed down to see how things would progress, but the alert did not go off. So I preferred to return to the pits rather than break a fresh engine ».
Mugello will therefore have been unforgiving for the mechanics. And now what will we do? Redding ? Getting angry with Ducati? “ I think he owes me a factory bike for the next race as an apology » declares the Englishman with humor. “ More seriously, mechanical problems can occur. It's just that as far as we're concerned, we're unlucky enough to have a lot of them in a short time. ". Next stop Barcelona in less than two weeks.
