Alvaro Bautista has once more addressed Andrea Iannone’s declare to be “quicker” in his MotoGP wildcard.
Iannone adopted in Bautista’s footsteps by that includes within the Malaysian MotoGP as a one-off, a yr after his rival.
Iannone, who rode a GP23 for the VR46 Ducati crew, claimed afterwards that he had gone quicker than Bautista managed a yr earlier.
“Comparisons are by no means good, and I am sorry that Andrea wished to check himself to me since they had been two very totally different conditions,” Bautista advised Motosprint.
“I do not know the place he noticed that he was quicker than me, since he did one lap much less within the race.
“I simply wish to defend myself as a result of it isn’t a great scenario, and as I mentioned we’re speaking about two totally different conditions, additionally as a result of I arrived in Sepang with a significant shoulder damage.
“If he had completed the assessments he would have been quicker, like me with out damage, however with ifs and buts you do not do a lot.
“If I had been born in Hollywood possibly now I’m a well-known actor, however I used to be born in Talavera and I’m a rider!
“The numbers inform the reality, and I am sorry for this comparability.
“I do not need controversy however solely to defend myself: it is bullshit, however I did not need it to finish in a sure method.”
Bautista, in 2023, was nonetheless feeling the results of a shoulder damage when he rode for Ducati in Sepang.
Each Bautista in 2023 and Iannone this yr completed the grand prix in seventeenth.
They locked horns within the World Superbike Championship this yr, the place Iannone returned to after a four-year ban elapsed.
Bautista completed third in his title defence, Iannone was seventh.
They’ll each return in 2025 driving Ducatis.
