After their brief press release issued this afternoon regarding Sylvain Guintolileaving their team, Liberty Racing has decided to put an entirely different spin to the story and from a “misunderstanding between the mechanics and the administrative management of the team” (the mechanics haven’t been paid for several months) have gone ballistic and now are criticizing the French rider because of his lack of results that caused a “subsequent reduction of investments by the sponsor.
”Guintoli is the Liberty rider that gave the team their first victory in World Superbikes by winning Race 1 at Assen this year and he took a second place at race 2, always at Assen and a third place at Phillip Island, and a Superpole at Monza and he is/was currently 8th in the standings with 110 points, and compare it to Czech team mate Jakub Smrz who is in 11th place and no podiums and Maxime Berger in 15th – Brett McCormick has been out of action since Assen.
Check out this newest and may we say controversial press release from Liberty Racing:The Liberty Racing Team, considering what happened in the last hours, wishes to clarify its position and the factors that influenced the events that led to the end the collaboration with the rider Sylvain Guintoli:- First of all, the poor results achieved by the rider, for sure inappropriate in relation to the massive investments, technical equipment and human efforts offered to him, and the relative lack of media return to the main sponsor, created a subsequent reduction of investments by the same sponsor as already shown in the past;- For Liberty CZ Group is very important to rationalize the costs in order to defend the continuity of the team’s life, considering also the temporary period of global crisis, which has raised the alert level of the company in the recent past;-The technical staff decided to take a tough stance in this moment of nervous strain created by misunderstandings with the administrative direction of the group;- Detection of superficiality and lightness in the management of the internal team problems, with unnecessary use of media gossip, this is a not professional behavior, that damaged the trust relationship built into several months of collaboration;- The team will still give space and continuity to the young riders, a company policy much more in line with the development of the Effenbert brand.
The Liberty Racing Team, like clear expressed before, shows his regret for what happened, according to the choice made by the rider and the technical staff, confirms its will to continue in the future with the constructive purpose that has always distinguished the Liberty Racing Team.
The team would like to make its best wishes to Sylvain Guintoli and all technical staff for their respective careers.