Max Biaggi is one of the sport’s leading figures, with, for example, four titles in the old 125cc class and two in the World Superbike Championship. Now aged 41, he continues to follow MotoGP with particular attention.
‘Technology has played an incredible role in the sport and it’s important that European manufacturers capitalise on this. The Japanese have fallen behind and are now paying for it, and I think it will take them some time to regain the title. In that sense, their culture doesn’t help’ he said in an interview with a french media organisation, quoted by Motosan.
Biaggi reveals that Aprilia could have a say in the title fight in the very near future: ‘I’ve been an ambassador for Aprilia for a few years now, but I don’t have any sporting role. I’ve known people for a long time, I talk to them about problems, obviously, but in an informal way. We’ve always been among the top, so I’m not surprised that we’re now capable of winning the MotoGP world championship’.
In the italian’s words, the riders lack a bit more desire: ‘I don’t think guys like Stoner, Rossi or even Lorenzo would have reacted like that’, he recalled, referring to the episode between Aleix and Viñales at Montmeló.
‘We’re talking about champions, riders who have won for years. People were enthralled by the way they rode, the way they fought and the way they behaved’, he concluded.