During the last performance of the WSBK category this season in Catalonia, it was on the side of Gerloff, Loris Baz's teammate, that BMW had the greatest satisfaction. So what about the American, but what about the French? He is coming back from injury and had not done the tests on this track, which were very useful for his opponents. Hence modest results with which he is not satisfied by not looking for excuses, which he could nevertheless legitimately put forward.
But the 30-year-old pilot is not from that wood. From his escapade in Catalonia, he only brought back the points for thirteenth place in Race 1. For the Superpole and Race 2, he had to be content with an 18th and a 16th place, which, obviously, was not the height of no joy: “ it's hard to be happy about that, although I'm happy to have finished the race and finally scored points » we read the tricolor on speedweek. " I had no feeling with the front wheel and after the red flag we decided to change the front tire » he said about his Saturday ordeal. “ I just rode and tried to get to the end without making any big mistakes. I just didn't have any more speed and no grip on the rear tire ».
Difficult conditions therefore, which lead to making mistakes… “ I made a mistake at turn five on the first lap of the Superpole race, the rear wheel slipped and I let off the brake, only to slide on the front in the gravel. It wasn't a fall, I just rolled straight », explained the pilot BMW. " As I had had massive rear tire degradation on Saturday, changed that for the second race. But the outcome was the same. At first I had a pace that I could at least keep up with, but later I completely destroyed my rear tire and my grip. We chased after it all weekend ».
Loris Baz: “ It wasn't the leg that slowed me down »
Pilot Bonovo mentions: “ it was hard to miss the test here and also the majority of FP2. But that's no excuse, because we're here to do our best. But it wasn't good enough ". A requirement that he also applies to himself, not hiding behind his seriously injured leg after having suffered the percussion ofalex lowes during the Superpole race in Indonesia in early March. He then broke his right fibula, suffered fractures to his right ankle and a complex ligament injury.
« Even though I don't feel it, I think I'm still losing time with my leg in the right turns. I don't feel any pain on the bike, but after the race, yes. Even if I don't feel it, I'm sure it's still a bit annoying “, declared the Frenchman. “ My leg is not ideal, I can't move properly on the bike and it's difficult to change direction ». Then he finishes: “ but it wasn't the leg that slowed me down ». Loris Baz is a tough guy...
