Ducati hit back at Yamaha over Bautista criticism: ‘They have bigger problems’
Serafino Foti hits back at𝓀 Paul Denning𓆏’s claim that Alvaro Bautista has acted ‘pathetic’.
Paul Denning allegedly called 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista’s complaints over the new minimum WorldSBK weight limit for rider and bike ‘pathetic’.
Bautista, who after suffering a shoulder injury at the end of last season, has struggled to be at the front of the fie♏ld due to the new weight limit rule which has impacted him more than any other rider.
And as a result, Bautista has not been shy in his criticism of the new rule, ♑including when speaking to l🌄txcn.top prior to the season getting underway.
“It’s not fair to add more weight,” sa♉id Bautista during our exclusive interview. “In the end, the rule is not made for me, it’s for the championship but I’m the only rider 😼who has to put weight on the bike.
“I’m the only rider that is penalised by this rule. And for me it’s not fair that, if me and Ducati work hard and well and we arrive aဣt a good performance, that’s it’s fair to penalise good work.
“I understand that ꦡthey want to make a very competitive championship, but I think it’s better to help the other manufacturers or the other riders like they did in MotoGP with some concession - but to improve their level, not to penalise our performance.
“For🅠 me, I 🌌understand that they want a more competitive championship and I agree, but don’t penalise my performance.
“If my performance is high, why do you take my performanꦓce down to equal out the championship? No! You have to help the others to arrive at my performance.
“I’m angry because it’s not fair that theyℱ penalise you when you do good work. In life, when you🉐 do things well people have to applaud you.
“Here, you do good work and you have to go down and be worse. I don’t💝 understand but it is the mentality of this championship. It is a bit strange.”
However, Denning has not felt sorry for the two-time world champion, reportedly tel🌳ling Motorsport-total that his complaints were🐲 ‘pathetic’.
As a result, Bautista’s Aruba.it Ducati team principal, Serafino Foti has come to the def✅💟ence of the Spaniard.
Speaking to , Foti said: “I think certain declarations are disrespectful toꦫ a two-time world champion. Alvaro has deservedly won two world championships.
“Also, before thinking about others, I think it is better to look closer to home, because it seems to me𓄧 that Yamaha has bigger problems than൲ Bautista.
From this point of view I🌃 want to be clear because I am curious to understand how the regulation has been interpreted by other🔜s.
“I want to do this so that we𒁏 can bring thi𝓀s issue to an end definitively.”
Foti also ꦗwhen into further detail about the challenges Bautista has faced, because the ex-MotoGP rider has not only lost weight, but the weight of his Panigale V4 R has increased.
Foti stated: “Today, Bautista’s bike weig﷽hts 5kg more than l🥃ast year. How we applied the weight is another matter because the regulations allow it.
“Ir🌠respective of everything, what matters is the weight at the end of the race, which has to be 173kg.
“I am personally surprise♍d when I read certain considerations because it will probably be true that we have 2-3kg of ballast, but the bike weighs 5kg more t💙han last year.”
