Bautista exploded: “A pilot is not defined by kilograms, but by his intelligence on the track”

In recent weeks, Ducati decided to do without álvaro Bautista in the Superbike World Cup. The Minimum management After the complaints of some pilots have caused a revolution that ended in the Italian group, choosing the non -renewal of the Spanish pilot contract, which ends at the end of the year.

Bautista did not speak about this decision. However, he did this A statement on Tuesday night on your social networks. He showed his anger after decisions marking the rhythm in the last weeks.

“I show myself as someone who felt in my own flesh what it would be judged and, in a certain way, punished… not because of its performance, or for its delivery, but for your body. Because of its weight, “Baptist explained.

The Toledo pilot is angry with the fact that the physicist is an aspect to decide who can compete. “When your physical size has become a lack of structure “I don’t reflect your ability as a pilot,” Who ceased to be a technical issue and becomes a form of discrimination“He criticized.

Because he showed many skills to be in the championship. “A pilot is not only defined by kilograms that marks balance. It is defined by its intelligence on the track, its instinct, its bravery, and its motorcycle connection”Bautista reflects. The Spanish pilot demands changes against discrimination that he understands to suffer.

Álvaro Bautista’s statement

Now I want to write to you something that is not easy for me, but I think it’s really necessary

Now I’m not just speaking as a pilot, but as a person. As a person who focused on his life in this sport, who trained the day -to -day promise, discipline and motorcycle love. But also as a person who felt in his own flesh what to judge and, in a certain way, punished … not for his performance, or for his delivery, but for his body. For its weight.

For a long time I was quiet. I tried to adapt, didn’t interrupt, to convince myself that it was part of the game. But the fact is that when your physical size becomes a lack of structure – something that does not reflect your capacity as a pilot – that has stopped becoming a technical theme and becomes a form of discrimination.

I felt how it was being talked about to me, how it was necessary to justify my place. Not because I can’t go first or perform fully, but because my body does not adapt to a physical standard that, even if it is not written, we all know.

I understand that weight is a technical factor in the performance of a motorcycle. I accept it. But when the system does not meditate -meditate the natural differences between the bodies, it stops being fair and starts to exclude.

That’s why I’m talking now. Not to get me a victim. Not to generate division. I speak because I don’t like other pilots – present or future – that has to go through like me. They feel that your body is a more difficult barrier than any curve.

My desire for this message is to open a necessary conversation. Ask us to re -imagine technical standards, regulations, and above all, the cycling culture. A pilot is not defined only by kilograms that marks the balance. It is defined by its intelligence on the track, its instinct, its bravery, and its motorcycle connection.

Thanks for listening to me. I’m not looking for applause. Just aware. And hopefully, a change that makes it more sport for everyone.