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2023 Author: Nicholas Abramson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 14:58
Macho, unfortunate, inopportune … Josh brookes, the Australian rider of the World Endurance Championship and the British Superbike Championship yesterday had a very unintelligent performance through social networks. It is nothing new that riders have been complaining about the Red Bull Ring's grip in the wet, as after FP1 in Moto2 and the water crash debacle the MotoGP riders raised their concerns with the Safety Commission.
There was talk of a riot by some MotoGP riders, deciding not to run on Sunday if it started to rain, something uncertain, but the risk is there, and Aleix Espargaró assured that if it were up to him he would not run in the rain. Many entered the debate through social networks and Brookes pulled emoji to send her a woman's dress to the eldest of the Espargaró in a reply to an English journalist.
Comparisons are hateful, and even more so when it comes to security
Aleix declared yesterday after Q2 that "we saw on Friday in Moto2 that it is very dangerous to run here in the rain. In MotoGP we reach more than 300 km / h at braking, if the front wheel is blocked at that speed the motorcycle goes directly against the barriers. And I'm not worried about the motorcycle, I'm worried that we also get to the protections. reminds us of what happened to Luis Salom".
These words in the head of the Australian also participant in the Tourist Trophy they sounded cowardly, a misunderstood cowardice, confused with the supposed inferiority of the feminine gender. As a result of this unintelligent statement, both pilots got into an unproductive discussion that began with Espargaró's surprise.
Brookes was quick to reply stating that if the Granollers rider does not want to race then he should step aside and let those who would be willing to risk everything to be there run. Given his addiction to social media, instead of letting it go, Aleix replied with a blunt "I'm faster in the wet than you are in the dry, so shut up. It's fucking easy to talk from the couch. MotoGP is dangerous, although you'll never try one."
About that answer from the Spanish, Brookes pulled irony and rescuing the theme of Aleix's cowardice by stating "correct, I will never be lucky enough to be a Grand Prix driver, so why not give thanks for every race".
Unable to regain sanity through Twitter, Espargaró reminded the Yamaha that "it seems funny, but a good friend of mine died last year at the Barcelona Grand Prix because the protections are too close, so for me this It's not a fucking joke!"
After all this crossing of statements, there were many fans, journalists and pilots who joined the dialectical battle, but among all of them the timely tweet of Ernest riveras (Movistar TV), with which he reminded Brookes that in addition to being a very unfortunate gift, associating the absence of courage with women is wrong, and for example María Herrera, Moto3 World Championship rider.