Thailand MotoGP: Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia react to Aron Canet’s claim that he was rejected due to his tattoos
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia called it “strange” that teams may be biased against someone with lots of tattoos, but 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo admitted he un🐠derstands why some brands may have that attitude.
The Flexbox HP40 rider broke theꦑ bowtie which had become his trademark, then revealed to Spanish outlet that it was a message to those who judged him for his tattoos.
"The bow tie is a message to some people inside the paddoc🥀k and outside it who have labeled me this or that thing without knowing me and for having tattoos, in a discriminatory way,” he said.
“You are not a better or worse person for having ♒tattoos. Some saw me as a murderer for having my body tattooed, when in fact I am the same kid as whe🌼n I was 16 years old and I did not wear them.
"We have the same gas with or without ta🐼ttoos and I am the same person and the same elite athlete, the one who gets up in the morning to train at hom🅷e, in Andorra, and having tattoos does not have to make you a better or worse person, the same as wearing a bow tie.”
Canet reve𓄧aled how some teams opted against signing him due to his image.
“It turns out that we were in negotiations with several teams of various categories and some rejected me because I wore tattoos and more nonsense,” he claღimed.
“And outside the paddock I have also bee🌸n crossed out꧒ as things without knowing me, because of my image.
“I can undཧerstand that I l🌳ike reggaeton and another likes hard rock, but that's why I don't treat him worse or I'm going to discriminate against him.
"What 💜I want to make clear is that by having tattoos you are not a worse person or a bad person, far from it. You are the same person.”
Quartararo, who also ha꧅s large tattoos, was asked about Canet’s claims ahead of the Thailand MotoGP and said: “For sure, he has a lot of tattoos!
“But I can understand, also, the teams.
“I 🍬know how, for some brands, it is important to have no tattoos. Soಌme do not care.
“It is sad because he is a really strong rider.
“Hopefully, if he is ready to move to MotoGP, I hope he finds so🍒meone.”
Bagnaia added: “I think it is stran⛦ge we have problems like this.
“It doesn’t meꦬan anything if we have a lot of tat𝐆toos.
“For a team to reject you because you have tattoos? It is something I do not understandღ.”
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