WSBK Jerez J1 Rinaldi crash: Scott Redding is angry with the GoEleven Ducati team

It's an FP1 incident whose echo continues to be heard in the WSBK paddock which landed at the Jerez site this weekend. It is that of the GoEleven team's Ducati having pushed its driver Rinaldi to eject from his Panigale at the end of the straight before entering turn 6. And for good reason: the unfortunate pilot suddenly found without brakes. Rinaldi then superbly saved appearances during FP2 by taking the best time. But still, the emotion was strong, and well beyond the team in question.

The team runs a Ducati and he is precisely the official driver of the brand in the category Scott Redding who sounds the charge: “ It's the same team with the same problem. The situation is absolutely identical. The same mechanics work in the box. This should never happen, let alone two or three times “, thundered the Englishman, emphasizing: “ in my team we don't have this problem ».

A dangerous precedent

By this mean that the reliability of the Ducati is not in question. But what precedent are we talking about? Redding. This is Thailand in 2019, with Eugene Laverty, who also found himself without brakes... On his morning misadventure before the performance, courageous given the circumstances of the afternoon with the best time, Rinaldi commented :

« It was human error. I lost brake pressure. At the beginning of the braking point, the brake worked, then the pressure released »Reports Rinaldi, who acted correctly in the exceptional situation: “ I couldn't brake and decided to jump off the bike ". At GoEleven, we will have to debrief…