The off-season is off to a bad start for the reigning Moto3 World Champion George Martin. The Spaniard, now a KTM official in Moto2 at Ajo, was indeed injured quite seriously. A debut in the category which continues a painful series started in Moto3… Unfortunate for KTM when we know that the current tests are of real importance due to a new Triumph engine equipped with electronics also to be perfected. But Ajo found a plan B…
George Martin is recovering and may be there for a while. Now the KTM chassis must turn. And he filed down the track and not only with Brad Binder. The motorcycle of Martin was also part of the party. How ? The adage that one person's misfortune is another's happiness has once again been verified. In the paddock of Jerez, there was in fact a stable missing: that of Fred Corminboeuf. A Swiss Innovative Investors which has recently become American Team. But still without a motorcycle.
It is speedweek who explains to us the situation of a team that came under the control of the American Eitan Butbul. This is the manager of Joe Roberts. He promised to resolve the liquidity problems, which could amount to more than 600 euros. But for now, the money does not seem to arrive in time to order and pay for the motorcycles (KTM) for the coming season.
We therefore hope that this will be the case soon because it is far from being the first time that a team has had to deal with unfulfilled promises from advertisers.
All that leaves us with the talented 18-year-old pilot Iker Lecuona on the tile. On foot, he was therefore asked by Ajo to climb on the orphaned motorcycle of Martin. The KTM rider finished second in the last Grand Prix in Valencia in the 2018 season. He finished twelfth in the championship with 80 points. Which is much better than his teammate Sam Lowes which ranks sixteenth with 49 units…
