“She should ride with the amateurs,” de Talaverano released after a crash in Jerez, sparking a pilot controversy that lasts for several days
Controversy continues around Álvaro Bautista’s statements, in which he disrespected the ceheginera Ana Carrasco. The Superbike world champion took part in some tests at the Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto last Thursday. There the man from Talavera coincided with that of Cehegín, who is preparing for the upcoming Moto3 season together with his teammate David Muñoz.
During the day, Álvaro Bautista crashed and blamed Ana Carrasco for what happened. “Ana should be riding with the amateurs,” said Bautista. The pilot did not remain silent and responded with a tweet to the Ducati man. “Do you mean amateur because I’m a woman? World Champion, I saw your board at the finish line and I knew you were coming. Between T1 and T2 I came in, I turned to see when you passed, and I saw you fall… so don’t count milongas».
“I had Ana Carrasco in front in the middle of the straight and on braking I was approaching her too fast. I had to straighten the bike, I entered the dirty part of the corner and lost the front wheel. Fortunately nothing happened, but Ana would have to shoot with the amateurs. It’s too slow to do it with Superbike and Supersport riders. It’s not very safe,” Bautista said after going to the ground.
And since Thursday there are many pilots who have repeated these statements and positioned themselves next to Bautista or Carrasco. The last to do this was Scott Redding. The Briton has never been very diplomatic, and he showed it once again by defending Ana Carrasco through some ‘stories’ on his Instagram account.
“Oh Alvaro. For others it was no problem. You are world champion and you must be able to ride a bike with others. You have been ruthless with one of the few women in this sport,” Redding made Bautista ugly.
This publication in turn sparked a new debate between Scott Redding and Tom Sykes, a British rider who won the 2013 Superbike World Championship and came out in defense of Bautista. “What’s the point of Ana and Scott? Show me where Álvaro used the gender map. Because it looks like you manipulate this map and use it when it suits you,” Sykes replied.
“Ana Carrasco is a world champion and a woman. So let’s stop this nonsense. Ana knows I respect her. In any case, you are the one trying to use your powerful image and gender to prove something,” Sykes added.
Source: La Verdad
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