Moto3 World Champion in 2014 in Leopard colors which he also wore on a Kalex in 2015 for his return to Moto2, the Briton Danny Kent seemed to live a rewarding sporting existence within the Kiefer structure. This season, it is the Suter chassis which has been validated with a Dominique Aegerter as teammate and a budget. Everything seemed to be going well. But in Austin, the English driver decided to slam the door.
An unusual approach since it was revealed in the middle of a Grand Prix. In Austin, Danny Kent decided to no longer ride his motorbike on Sunday, after having done his duty on Friday and Saturday. Officially, we first tried to keep up appearances by talking about back pain. But Danny Kent took it upon himself to reveal the truth by announcing on his social network points of view that were too divergent between him and his team. Furthermore, he specifies that he is not in a favorable position to express his potential.
A situation that the boss Stefan Kiefer do not understand. On crash.net, he gives his vision of things: “ during testing, three Suter MMX2s were ranked among the top eleven. In the race, Dominique Aegerter and Marcel Schrotter showed how competitive this bike was. Dominique only gave ten seconds to the winner and only one second to the man who led the start of the race, Alex Márquez. Marcel Schrotter wasn't far away either ».
« Taking these considerations into account, Danny's unilateral decision is quite difficult to understand. But we respect his decision. By the middle of next week we hope to be able to announce the name of his replacement for the next Grand Prix in Jerez ". As for Kent, he's on the market.
