Officially, Jonas Folger suffers from a great lack of energy which forced him to return to Germany to undergo complete medical examinations.
Although it is not confirmed that this is the case again, the German pilot himself declared having already suffered in the past from the Epstein-Barr virus which occurs during mononucleosis.
But we even find traces of his medical weaknesses since 2011, when he was in the Red Bull Ajo 125cc team, and where he had to withdraw from the weekend in Brno without any medical cause having ever been disclosed. . At the end of 2012 and then 2013, while Jonas Folger was riding Moto3 with Jorge “Aspar” Martinez, mysterious fluctuations in form were noted, and an immune weakness was suspected.
Little by little, tongues loosen to depict a completely flat Jonas Folger on a recurring basis, including in Austria and at Silverstone, and even in Aragon where he was on the verge of fainting.
Questioned Friday evening on the subject by the Eurosport microphone, his teammate, Johann Zarco, who obviously knows much more than any journalist, is far from being really reassuring...
Johann zarco : " It's annoying ! It hurts my heart to see him so weak, and I told him a few things. We will call back after the race or during the coming weeks to see if we cannot find solutions because I may have some solutions to offer him to try to recover as quickly as possible from this lack of form. He has a Japanese replacement. I hope he recovers well, we had a good chat. Given the rest time, maybe he can do the last race in Valencia, or at least the tests so as not to stop in the winter without having a run. In any case, it's better to recover, otherwise he will still be too tired for 2018 and he will never recover. »
The story is reminiscent of that of Casey Stoner, which allows us to maintain good hope of a definitive recovery in the long term.
We therefore wish the best possible recovery to the friendly German driver who, unfortunately, may well have already finished his season.
