INTERVIEW I MOTOAMERICA ROAD RACER XAVI FORES
P98
better or worse, but any options
to go to WorldSBK, I'm not ac-
cepting because unfortunately
now in World Superbike, if you
are not in a factory team, it's so
hard to stay in the top 10.
What I want to do is enjoy my
time racing, winning, going on
the podium, fighting for victories.
This is what MotoAmerica brings
to me. I was talking with Paolo
Ciabatti [Ducati Corse Sporting
Director] and I said, "Paolo, finally
I am enjoying racing." The last
two or three years were a night
-
mare for me. This is what I want.
As far as I keep enjoying and hav-
ing fun, I'm going to race.
It's nice that you want to stay.
I thought Danilo [Petrucci] was
going to stay.
[He didn't like] the tracks, the
series. He was all the time think-
ing that it was an amateur cham-
pionship, which is not true. I can
assure to you that in Europe there
are no better championships.
There it is quite equal. They are
top-class riders, and they want
to stay in the World Champion
-
ship, but you have to understand
when is your time to stay in the
championship and when is your
time to go away from the World
Championship. So, once you
start to understand that, it makes
everything easier.
How has the support been from
Ducati in Italy to come here?
They're backing this project a lot?
Yeah. You can see Paolo Cia-
batti is here. They are support-
ing a lot this team because the
American market is huge for the
brand. So, they have a big inter
-
Fores in full flight.
