Alvaro Bautista replies to Scott Redding: ‘He will always find a reason, but it

About a month ago, Scott Redding reignited the debate about the existence of a minimum weight between bike and rider. At the time, the british, who left Ducati at the end of 2021 to race for BMW this year, argued that Alvaro Bautista’s 53kg weight was an unfair advantage that the spaniard had over other opponents. Bautista ended up responding at the time, making clear his position of being against a possible definition of a minimum weight.

In a recent interview that the world champion gave to motociclismo.es, the current Ducati rider was asked how he experienced all this controversy with Redding. In response, Bautista was again very critical of his opponent’s position and statements.

‘Let’s not take away Scott’s moment of glory this year! From my point of view, I see him looking for external excuses as a weakness. First because this year he has been struggling with the BMW, and second because he probably didn’t feel very good with the bike he was riding last year and that I came in and won. So he can’t say anything about the bike [the Ducati] because otherwise they would say to him: «Why didn’t you win last year?»’, he replied.

The #19 continued and argued that Redding will always look for excuses:

– Yeah, I gain because of the weight because I’m lighter. Well, whatever you want… He will always find a reason, but it will never be because I’m better than him. He will never say that. I’m not saying I’m better than him, but don’t look for those excuses. Look for others.