Scott Redding<\/a>, who scored two podiums across five seasons in MotoGP, weighed in on the lack of British talent in grand prix racing now.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n
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\u201cSpain and Italy are the heart of this sport; that\u2019s where the money is,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to speak badly about the championship – it\u2019s the best in the world – but\u00a0if we look at the riders on factory bikes, especially over the last three years, they\u2019re all Spanish and Italian.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore Marc Marquez arrived in MotoGP, there was a rule that rookie riders had to race for one or two years on a satellite bike before moving up to a factory bike.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen it was abolished the year Marquez arrived, and he went straight to Repsol HRC.”<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re at that level, you\u2019re not only at a disadvantage because you\u2019re riding a satellite bike most of the time, but also because of the funding issue,\u201d\u00a0he continued.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIn addition to accepting sums that are nothing compared to what a Spaniard or an Italian would get, you also have to pay to train: you have to go to Spain and Italy to ride three times a week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re at home. They have the money; that\u2019s where the championship grew, but now\u00a0it seems to me that the situation is in their favour.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThere are excellent riders; I don\u2019t want to take anything away from them, but there are some like\u00a0Alex Rins\u00a0who\u2019s been riding an official Yamaha for a couple of years, and I ask myself, \u2018Why?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a good rider, but he\u2019s had a lot of injuries and isn\u2019t consistent.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my opinion, he shouldn\u2019t be there, but\u00a0he\u2019s Spanish. Maybe\u00a0there\u2019s some small connection somewhere that could help him.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou have to play the hand you\u2019re dealt, and being British doesn\u2019t make things any easier. It\u2019s crazy that there aren\u2019t any British riders in MotoGP or Moto2.\u201d<\/p>\n
Redding moved to British Superbikes in 2019 and won the title with Ducati, before moving to World Superbikes in 2020.<\/p>\n
He returned to BSB last year.<\/p>\n
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