WSBK: Alvaro Bautista defends himself on his height and weight but is wrong about Dani Pedrosa

Whether with Pecco Bagnaia in MotoGP or with Alvaro Bautista in WSBK, it seems that you always have something to be ashamed of when you win while riding a Ducati. The Italian, if he is crowned, will always have this little music in his ear of team instructions, even if the tune sounds out of tune. The Spaniard, for his part, will rather be blacklisted for his jockey morphology. The former Grand Prix player never stops responding, but this time, he did it a little clumsily and the web did not fail to remind him…

Alvaro Bautista is the second official driver Ducati likely to bring his employer a world title in the coming days. If the Borgo Panigale brand has despaired of a MotoGP crown since Casey Stoner in 2007, she has been waiting just as much for a new coronation in WSBK since Carlos Checa in 2011. And the driver of the Panigale V4R is in a good position to succeed.

However, he will not be applauded by everyone. Because of his success, he is used as an irrefutable argument by the biggest and heaviest, starting with the one he succeeded, namely Scott Redding, that it becomes imperative to review the minimum weight rule. By this, mean that the latter should be calculated by taking into account not only that of the motorcycle, but also that of the rider.

An approach that is flourishing and which is logically starting to exceed the target Baptist. His final response was: “ I don't care what people say. Those who really follow the races know very well what my strengths and also my weaknesses are. ". Then he launches into this risky comparison… “ Now I ask a question, if I win because of the engine, why hasn't Pedrosa won many races in MotoGP?  As I said before, people can think whatever they want. I only think about giving the best of myself on the track and taking advantage of all my potential ».

Alvaro Bautista: “ there is no minimum weight with the driver for 2023, so I'm happy« 

The barely posted argument caused a reaction, particularly because Dani Pedrosa won more than 30 races in MotoGP. So the argument that he didn't win is not valid, but that's not what Bautista meant as he later clarified on his social media...

Furthermore, on his current successes, he also commented: “ More important than top speed is acceleration. I'm light, which gives me an advantage on the straights. At the same time, My weight has downsides, but these are harder to see. On the straight, an advantage is easy to see because everyone is going straight ».

He specifies : " I can only repeat myself: if my competitors want more acceleration, then they need to talk to their builders so they can help them ». Then, on the debate on the minimum weight he concludes with what looks very much like bravado: “ there is no minimum weight with the driver for 2023, so I'm happy ».