The special friendship of Ana Carrasco, world motorcycle champion, with Luis Salom, pilot who died in 2016

Ana Carrasco

had a bad drink when she arrived at the

.

She was the only woman in the championship and, if the jump was already great, she also found an

.

His best support on the grid was

, who helped guide him in his first steps and find his place.

They struck up such a special friendship that, when the Murcian won the

, the first female world champion, her dedication was for the Mallorcan, who died in an accident in 2016.

Salom died in Moto2 practice

at the 2016 Catalan Grand Prix. The Spaniard shot out of his

at about

at the then turn 12 of the Montmeló circuit and, before reaching the protection wall, he crashed into his motorcycle.

, has spoken of the risk that pilots live with.

"I never think about what is at stake when I get on the motorcycle. I have assumed and I am able to understand that it is a sport where

, but I never think that it may be the last time I am going to do it. What Can it happen? Yes. But we never stop to think about it. Thinking that there is risk does not help us to be able to go fast or win, "says the Murcian.

Her words are part of '

', a documentary in which she reviews her career from when she got on a motorcycle for the first time when she was

until she won the Supersport 300 World Championship, the first woman to win a World Championship. International Motorcycling Federation.

"Everything I am getting helps to

and pave the way for the next woman in my place to have it a little easier," she explains.

The work will premiere this Thursday, September 17 for free throughout Europe on

.

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