Finding a ride now a day’s isn’t easy, especially if you don’t have that much to offer in terms of past wins or big sponsorship money. Last year Mattia Pasini went through torrid times with his former Team Toth and when the Moto2 teams started their rider campaign, Pasini was picked up by Gianluca Montiron’s JIR Moto2 team.

Pasini struggled during off season testing on the TSR chassis bike, while his team mate Simone Corsi has had slightly better results and after two rounds is 6th place in the standings, while Pasini who today pulled out after 11 laps in the Jerez race, finds himself in 11th.

Italian network Italia 1 interviewed Pasini during the MotoGP race to find out why he DNF’d and what came out was a rider who was profoundly unhappy with his team, with the Italian declaring that he isn’t going to “risk his life for a 30th place” adding that “or I’ve become a dickhead and have forgotten how to ride or this bike isn’t for me.”

Pasini didn’t stop, letting everything out: “I’ve been having problems all this winter with the bike, I’ve asked for changes but no one did anything. You see that my riding style doesn’t agree with bike, unlike Simone (Corsi) who is going well. Despite Noccioli (Pasini’s crew chief) who is busting his ass … I can’t ride, so someone will have to wake up, were doing a world championship here and we need a hand. “

What was Gianluca Montiron’s response to Pasini’s rant? “You win championships with teams, riders and the equipment that you have. I see Simone Corsi who isn’t going so bad and if Pasini doesn’t like it, he can go race somewhere else.”

If Pasini want’s to find himself without a ride in the upcoming race at Le Mans, he just has to continue complaining.

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