Reactions continue to pour in from the paddock about this Dominique Aegerter affair, named after a reigning World Supersport Champion who faked an injury to stop a race that he could then have restarted. But the deception did not work and it is nothing to say that the consequences for the Swiss will last beyond the disqualification pronounced by the FIM due to this unsporting behavior. Indeed, when the start of the school year takes place in September at Magny-Cours, the Ten Kate pilot will have to face the gaze of his peers whose strong opinions currently expressed leave little doubt about a certain hostility...
We don't know what exactly went through his mind. Dominique Aegerter, but all the work he accomplished during a season and a half to build an image as a leading driver in the Supersport category collapsed in one fall at the start of Race 1 in Most. An accident which put several drivers in the gravel trap, where the Swiss decided to remain lying down to cause a red flag. Who never came. But the END discovered the pot aux roses and blacklisted the pilot who faked an injury.
Scott Redding: “ we don't need that in sport«
A list which is also kept by the pilots. Lorenzo Baldassarri et Nicolo Bulega who play the championship with agitated reacted to this unfortunate episode. But in WSBK we also have an opinion on this event with for example a Scott Redding that the Swiss would be wise to avoid for a while… The official BMW said so on speedweek : " what the hell was that shit? » asks the Englishman. “ Finally he is on the ground, other pilots approach, and there are marshals who risk their lives... It's not just about him. He also risks the lives of others ».
He adds : " yes, he is world champion and leads the championship, but that doesn't give him any particular priority. He is not God. The same rules apply to him as much as to everyone else. It's good that they disqualified him. Otherwise, others would do the same thing every time they fell ". And he ends: “ we don't need that in sport. It was wrong what he did. Mainly because he was fine. Next time he may be really injured and the stewards will think he is faking it. You just don't do that ».
