I skipped the Mugello press release hoping to share something “boom…wow!” after Assen. Well, the “boom” happened, but it was a disaster. We came back home leaving Lunetta in the hospital, where he underwent surgery during the night between Sunday and Monday.
He was having an outstanding race, with a double comeback, he started 18th, climbed up to 5th …then he got caught in the group again and dropped to 10th. He didn’t give up and tried again to make a comeback…in the 4th place area: the crash.
There is always something going wrong holding us back, we are always one step away from a great story that ends up turning into something else. It is proving to be a journey full of unexpected events and misfortune but with the fortune, if you can call it that, of having only broken a tibia and fibula. Because if every crash is a poker game, crashing with 10 riders behind you is playing with Lady Luck herself.
We are strong in Moto3, we have a rider who can make a difference, always giving his 100% . I hope to have him back by August 15th in Austria. Meanwhile the young Lenoxx Phommara Will replace Luca.
Let’s move on to Nepa. Perhaps I should remind him these are speed races, not Endurance?! He started at the back and he stayed there the entire race, he had an average of zero overtakes in the last two races.
Regarding MotoE…many people think that it is an easy bike to ride, but it’s actually a tough category, where they ride a 250 kg bike. You either love it or hate it. Moreover, it has low media coverage and limited space. These riders have little time on the track, 5or 6 laps per session and 6 in the race, there’s no time to settle in. I would like to clarify that those who finish at the back are definitely not “losers”.
Over the years, great progress has been made in safety, but it’s never enough. Airbags help, but some events simply can’t be predicted. The track does not forgive, sometimes it only gives you a moment to react.
It feels like we are chased by misfortune, but we can’t afford to let it catch us. We, who know too well how it ends when the destiny sounds its “bell signal”. We, who just raise our eyes in the pit box to remind that motorcycling is beautiful, but also cruel and unpredictable. Because motorcycling can’t be explained. It must be loved, suffered, lived. And even when it hurts, we can’t stay away.
–PaoloSic58–