“The credit for what I achieved was mine”: Enea Bastianini talks about turning down offer from Rossi’s academy 

“The credit for what I achieved was mine”: Enea Bastianini talks about turning down offer from Rossi’s academy 

Enea Bastianini

The current MotoGP Championship has been a whirlwind with the lead of the riders’ standings shifting from the hands of Enea Bastianini to reigning Champion Fabio Quartararo. Enea Bastianini is one of the riders from Gresini Racing MotoGP and he has already got two race wins to his name in this season of the MotoGP Championship. Running third in the rankings, Bastianini is one of the highest rated riders in the sport.

Ever since Enea Bastianini debuted in MotoGP, the Italian has been a sensation amongst the team owners because he received two podiums finishes that year. Now, Bastianini has improved even further and is currently a favorite for winning the MotoGP Championship title this year.

In a recent interview, Bastianini or ‘Bestia’, as he is known among his peers, talked about how he never had to go through Valentino Rossi’s academy to get to where he is today.

“Enjoyed training on my own”: Enea Bastianini talks about his early days in MotoGP

Enea Bastianini
Enea Bastianini

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When Bastianini started in Moto3 as a teenager in 2014, he was a rising talent. Initially, he signed with Gresini Racing, then went to Estrella Galicia, and finally Leopard Racing. Then, the Italian got invited to the elite class of motorcycle racing with Avintia.

Now, MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi’s academy is known for promoting young talent in the sport, and most of the riders on the grid right now were pupils at his school. But Bastianini has never been a part of the academy, and has still gained plenty of success in his MotoGP career. Now, Enea is revealing in a recent interview that he did receive an offer letter from Rossi’s academy all those years ago, but the Italian had turned it down.

Motorsport.com reports that Enea Bastianini has said, “When I arrived at the world championship, the academy was starting and I didn’t feel the need to be there, as I was already competing in the championship, while many of the academy riders, who weren’t yet in Moto3.”

He further said, “I met Fausto [Gresini] and everyone on his team. I always got along well with them and enjoyed training on my own. In a way it was a bit of a strange way of thinking because I got an offer from Valentino Rossi to race for him. I preferred to go my own way, knowing myself as I do. Anyway, it wasn’t a problem for me, the credit for what I achieved was mine and the people who believed in me from the beginning, as Fausto did.”

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