Gabri Rodrigo explains why he retired at 25

barcelona pilot Gabriel RodrigoThe Argentinian-licensed, world-championist announced Wednesday that he will end his professional driving career at the age of 25. The Hispanic-Argentinian has announced in a video statement through his social networks that he has many projects and ambitions for the future, detailing the various reasons.

“I wanted to share with you the news that I have decided to end my sports career. The truth is that I had this thought running through my head and why I made this decision. I want to tell you about.I will start by explaining.

“It all started in a stronger way last year when, shortly after signing the contract to move up to moto2, I had a very serious accident in training and saw my life in danger. Colleagues, made me reconsider the situation whether it was worth taking so many risks every time I ride my bike. I love my life, I love my family and the people I have around me. This is the most important reason why

“I am happy to accept it now. I told Elia (Lavasa, his girlfriend and since this summer his wife), who is my most important pillar of trust, that I don’t want to continue racing any longer and I’m ready for a new adventure in moto2. I wanted to keep going and I wanted to give 100% of myself but it didn’t last long, we saw that in a short period of time and just after running most of it due to this shoulder injury. I saw that the race wasn’t going well this year, so I quit this year.”

“Being able to quit allowed me to listen to my body and my mind. There was no point in continuing to run because if I did, I would feel sad about my identity. But what I really want is to stop and dedicate my time to other things, for the sake of the people who love me, this passion and my work. I am very proud of the work I do for a living.I have many special memories and the wonderful people I have met. Now I can say goodbye to this sport because I practiced it for a living.

“Certainly if it had been postponed all the love that remembers this sport might have been drunk and I don’t want to. I want to remember this stage with great fondness. Thank you to all of them. They It’s been an incredible year. It’s time to say goodbye”.

“I was trained for very serious accidents, in which I saw my life in danger, and with all the misfortunes I’ve recently experienced as a colleague, I was forced to reconsider the situation. If it was worth it for me to continue, I was taking a lot of risks every time I rode the bike.”

He is the son of the president of the publishing group RBA. Richard RodrigoGabri started biking late because it was hard to convince his family, they tried to get the idea out of his head until 2010, when he started competing in Catalan competitions for years. Leap.

He competed in the FIM CEV Repsol in 2014, making his World Championship debut as a guest, as well as participating in several races of the Italian Speed ​​Championship (CIV). In 2015 he debuted as a rider in his Moto3 World Championship and joined KTM’s RBA Racing his team permanently. He was with the team for two years after that and in 2017 he started to stand out with the addition of two poles and his fourth pole. as the best result. His consecration would be his first podium in 2018, 3rd at the Catalunya GP and 7th overall.

From 2019 to 2021 he took part in Kömmerling Gresini Moto3, but his campaign was hampered by injuries and crashes. For 2020, he changed the ’19’ to ‘2’, paying tribute to his recently deceased brother Juan, adding another blow to the young driver’s losses in recent years. In 2021, he scored his second podium of his own record, his third at Mugello. This is the day after the tragic accident of young Swiss driver Jason Dupasquier.

For 2022, he proposed to jump to Moto2 with the Pertamina Mandalika SAG team, but between telling him to stop his head and a recent shoulder injury, he eventually In fact, he stepped down from the Carex after Le Mans claimed he had to undergo shoulder surgery and the next news on the network was his withdrawal It was the news of