It is not this second day in WSBK in England that will reconcile Alvaro Bautista with the Donington track. The Ducati official, however, gave the impression during this Saturday's race to a Jonathan Rea of the great days in a hand-to-hand duel that he has the reputation of avoiding because he does not excel at it. It unfortunately ended badly for the Spaniard who crashed and lost valuable points in a title race where Rea but also Razgatlioglu got back on the right path. However, Trafalgar's blow would come from the paddock with his predecessor at Ducati, Scott Redding, who spoke out on the issue of weight and measurements...
Scott Redding found the top of the basket at Donington, as if the air of the country was beneficial to him. But this improvement also comes from the new Kalex swingarm adopted by its BMW. That being said, finding the summits in this way has unleashed him even more, and particularly on a Alvaro Bautista to whom he deals this blow when his day ended with a fall in the race synonymous with a blank result...
The Englishman expresses himself thus on his lands about the Spaniard: “ If I weighed 20 kilos less, I would have been world champion two or three times throughout my career » he proclaims. “ Bautista is the favorite, but what is happening is not fair in my opinion, I even think it's a little annoying. Álvaro has a clear advantage over the other drivers, he has an impressive lead on the straight, and that's not fair ».
Scott Redding: “ I'm not here to point fingers at Álvaro, I'm just saying what I think«
Et Redding attack on GP One where it hurts: Toprak has more talent. But he loses a lot in the straight line, and it is unacceptable that he be penalized in this way, just like Redding ". It will be recalled that the latter measures 1m85 and weighs 70 kilos compared to 1m69 and 58 kilos of its successor on the Panigale V4R.
Redding finished : " At the time, Moto2 helped the heavier riders, and there was better balance. I'm not here to point fingers at Álvaro, I'm just saying what I think. Someone should step up, like I said, there's no bias ". Between this fall, the pressure that returns to the championship and this questioning of his talent by mentioning that his results are favored by the regulations, the opponents play with the nerves of a Alvaro Bautista who had lost track because of that in 2019, a year when the title seemed already acquired…
