Scott Redding is not having a good time at the moment in his WSBK adventure. The year started badly with the failure of his crusade for new regulations on minimum weight taking into account that of the driver. Then the BMW proved far from the mark which ended up overwhelming the Englishman who has seen his ex-Ducati triumph with the slender Bautista since last year already. And then he learned that the Munich firm was offering a big check to attract the services of Toprak Razgatlioglu even though it was he who was supposed to write the history of the M1000RR in gold at the start...
So many disappointments which annoy, and in an interview with motosprint, Scott Redding went there with good heart, regretting above all the current situation on the WSBK starting grid... Which risks continuing sinceAlvaro Bautista renewed his one-year contract with Ducati ... " If the regulations remain the same, we will also see another year dominated by a driver in 2024, which is not good for the championship… » he said, adding: “ It was good to see Bautista win last year, but this year, races aren't even fun : we know he will win. Last year, Razgatlioglu and Rea managed to fight, but now they almost have to work together to have a chance ».
After this analysis, he makes this terse observation: “ people watch racing for entertainment, but now it's crap to watch ". However, he does not want to get angry with anyone, despite this legal charge. He therefore specifies: “ Alvaro Bautista is a great driver and I will always say that. Rinaldi is therefore not at Bautista's level, he does not have the same mental approach, given that when things start to go wrong, they only get worse ».
Scott Redding: “ motorcycling needs characters who fight and hate each other, not plaster riders and friends who train and eat together »
After settling the score for WSBK under domination Baptist, he takes care of a MotoGP left in the hands of a generation of riders who are certainly gifted but sanitized. Be the exact opposite of what it is, in the city as in the countryside… “ MotoGP doesn't want guys like me. I was too naive to change, and I kept going. In MotoGP they want guys in suits, but motorcycling needs something else, characters who fight and hate each other ».
He specifies : " people don't want to see plaster pilots and friends training and eating together. I remained myself ". Taking a step back, he comes to this conclusion: “ the worst decision of my career was to move to MotoGP, because I ended up riding a crappy motorcycle, and complicated situations ensued from there. In Moto2, however, I was limited by my size, and I was tired, so I took the plunge, but never found the right situation at the right time ».
