The controversy closed the days of private training in the circuit of Sherry in which were pilots superbikes and also from other categories. alvaro bautista he fell to the ground after meeting Ana Carrasco on the track and this led to a crossover of statements between them.
It is not usual for drivers from different categories to share the track at the same time, but it happened at the Andalusian circuit. Bautista was on his Superbike Panigale V4, while Carrasco was on a ‘Supersport’ since he cannot train with the bike he will use in Moto3.
The speed of both mounts is abysmalso when they crossed paths, the drop from the talaverano.
“I had Ana about half a straight in front of me, but in the braking zone I got close to her too fast. I had to straighten the bike out, I got to the dirt part and the front wheel slipped. Nothing happened. Ana should run with the amateurs, she’s too slow right now to compete with Superbike and Supersport riders. It’s not very safe,” he told ‘Speedweek’.
Upon learning of the comments, Carrasco responded to the Ducati rider on Twitter: “Are you saying amateur because I’m a woman? World champion, I saw your board and I knew you were coming. Between T1 and T2 I got inside, I turned to see when you were passing and I saw you falling… so don’t tell me milongas”.
When looking at the times, the current world champion rolled in 1:38, while the Murcian made it 10 seconds slower on her fastest lap, a very wide difference to share the track.
Although when compared to other riders in Carrasco’s category, she wasn’t going particularly slow. David Muñoz was nine seconds slower than Bautista and Yuta Okaya, eight.
