Carlos Dad He ran the European Moto2 championship and during the season 2023 fell on July 2 at the Portimao circuit – under the JuniorGP umbrella – leaving him with a serious spinal injury. Since then, Dad has not stopped his recovery, first going to the National Hospital for Paraplegics in Toledo, where he was admitted until December, and then going to a specialized rehabilitation center in Valencia to continue his recovery.
Carlos is now in a situation where he recognizes that “My life turned 180º, I was completely in a different direction.”” and, despite the fact that his main support to continue his fight is found in his “parents, partner, friends and family”, as Dad himself explained in an interview for Pont Grup, his new sponsor .
In the words of Ivan Dominguez, commercial director of Pont Grup, “for us it is a pride to support and accompany a pilot like Carlos in his recovery. We support motorcycle professionals not only in the successes, but also in the not so good times. Because that’s our reason for being an insurance brokerage.”
Dad recounted how he felt when he received the call from Pont Grup: “it was amazing when the opportunity came to me, I was in a moment where it was very difficult to find sponsors.” And although in a first meeting he confirmed that. “I know I will continue in motor sport, I like it there” without knowing which discipline, Carlos has already found the path that will lead him to continue feeding his passion: “My idea is to compete this summer in Baja Aragón. This is my great motivation and the project I am working on now”. The training before the great goal set by Alacuás is to ride with a kart, also adapted, “I will start training with the kart at the end of February or the beginning of March to get the ball rolling because this is where the most skills and technique are acquired , Furthermore, the sensations are almost identical.”
Carlos Tatay, who returned to Valencia to stay – although not in his old home due to lack of adaptation – is certain that “we must accept that a new life is coming and I will try to live it with the same passion. as before”. With the same passion he had from the beginning of his career and getting a good portion of the little things. “I’m living the life I’ve dreamed of, I’ve lived what I want, I’m going up to the Moto2 World Championship in three years… And now it’s hard to be like this. But you have to rebuild yourself and take the positive from every situation, there is no choice but to do it this way or live life to the fullest. It’s hard to always get positive things, but there are,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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