Superbike: The Effenbert Liberty Racing Team "furious" about the events in Monza
Monza makes the Effenbert team reflect on their racing future
The Effenbert Liberty Racing Team commented with a very heavy statement on what happened today in Monza, defining today as one of the darkest ones for Superbike. Race 1 was in fact canceled due to rain and Race 2 was interrupted for the same reason with the red flag. Below is their Press Release.
“The clear feeling is that the SBK category has today experienced one of its darkest days, little respect for the public, little respect for those like the Effenbert team who invest on their own, little respect in general for the word sport, in the sense narrower than the deadline. It is unacceptable that the fundamental decisions of the day were taken with a superficiality not even worthy of a single-brand scooter championship, a stage of the SBK world championship ultimately in the hands of a very small number of teams and riders who refused, we don't know well with what criteria, to boycott the heats. Other categories, equally titled, would never have incurred such a farce (this is demonstrated by the fact that the races of the other classes were held without major accidents and without tantrums of any kind). This bitter thought will make the leaders of the Effenbert team reflect on their racing future.”
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I'm sorry for all the viewers, for everyone
the teams who work hard, for all the drivers, but I believe that LIFE was RESPECTED in Monza!
A big greeting and good work to everyone.
Respected for life??? yes, it's a shame that the other superstook and minor side races were held regularly ""
what does it mean that the life of those who race superbikes is worth more than those 4 stupid people who race in the lower classes???
but for pleasure they either canceled everything and reimbursed people for the tickets
or they ran the races as they were supposed to be run
they were ridiculous
Mirko, you're absolutely right... SBK has become gentrified and now there are some jocks racing there who are taking it to the ridiculous levels of MotoGP and F1.
To the one who assigned -1 to my comment:
At least have the courage to justify this judgment.
I'm really curious to hear your motivations!!!
...the second "-1" has arrived... the same thing I said about the first one applies to you too!
…come on, show some balls!!!
The funny guys who keep giving -1s must be fans of Carmelo Ezpeleta and Bernie Ecclestone...or maybe you are their minions???
I'm sorry to have to get to this point... but I can't help but send the idiot who keeps giving -1 to hell.
Once the omelette was made, there was still a possibility to get out of it in an "honorable" way, the organizers could have returned, if not all, at least half of the cost of the ticket and left a 50% discount option on the Grand Prix for next year . It is true that to do something like this, someone would have to think about it first and it is true that when it comes to returning money, being "honourable" and being gentlemen, not everyone comes easy. Effenbert Liberty Ducati Team, considers leaving the World SBK.
Following the events that took place during the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Team Effenbert no longer provided statements to the press after the last press release on Monday
As far as we are concerned, Team Effenbert has every reason to complain and to consider whether to think about doing something else. It is true that decisions taken on the wave of emotions may sometimes not pay off, but it is true that the race management has proven to be a group of amateurs at risk, incapable of taking into account the paying public, the sponsors, the entertainment and the sportsmanship.
The drivers who during the second heat, after Race 1 had been canceled due to rain, raised their hands in a sign of surrender for fear of slipping, certainly did no honor to the Championship or to themselves, nor therefore to their careers. , without any distinction, will certainly not go down in history for having shone in courage.
Intellectual honesty and truth must always prevail over everything regardless of the figures on the field. A round of applause to the English and to those younger drivers, who wanted to race instead, for everyone else: -meditation-.
I fully support you. You are 100% right.
I saw some unclear things yesterday. After the stop in race 1 Biaggi (whose Aprilia had a broken engine and was therefore unable to restart) was asked together with four other colleagues about the possibility of restarting. Obviously he was for no. In my opinion the matter is simple: if the race direction decides that we start, a driver can also say that he doesn't feel like racing. I know that there are contracts signed etc.. but in 1976 for example Niki Lauda retired. from the Japanese F1 GP and lost the world championship because in his opinion there were no conditions to race. You have to have the balls to do it...