World Superbike paddock or anything like that so I think championships like this and what Yamaha are doing with its BluCru initiative is so powerful, allowing us to be able to turn up, jump on a bike, go race and be competitive. Yeah, I think this is the way forward for our junior riders. Back in my day, if you didn’ t get into Red Bull Rookies there was nothing!”
IN IT TO WIN IT“ I’ m here to fight for the opportunity to be world
champion, a chance I’ ve never had before. That’ s my driving force. A couple of people asked me what I’ d do if I won the championship. Because it’ s not like we’ re here making money out of it, in fact it’ s costing my family money. But you wouldn’ t ask Alvaro Bautista,‘ so you’ ve won WorldSBK, what are you going to do now?’ You go for another world title, don’ t you? That’ s sport, that’ s what you do. So, I think having this opportunity now is so important for women
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