An Englishman with Russian investors therefore bought a German team which will run with Austrian motorcycles (see here). And a Swiss pilot, Dominique Aegerter. It is the combination put together by David Pickworth which, however, still leaves Sandro Cortese momentarily on the side of the road. The German is waiting to be put on the ship whose mysterious flag will be revealed next January. A presentation awaited by many.
Sandra Cortese sleeps better, but only with one eye. He was the first to be weakened by the rumors that the sale of the Kiefer team to a David Pickworth representative of Russian investors turns sour. Since then, the same Pickworth has bought the team and placed an order with KTM. agitated is reassured, but his future teammate Cortese still temporarily waiting.
Indeed, if the acquisition of Kiefer included the contract signed with the Swiss, Cortese, he was not in the bride and groom’s basket: “ Dominique Aegerter's contract has been valid since this buyout, as far as I'm concerned, we need to take stock. We will try to complete this next week. We had to first finalize with Jochen Kiefer and then with KTM. Now it's my turn ».
On the sponsors bringing 2,5 million euros, he comments on speedweek : " I don't know who they are, but I think David Pickworth is seriously handling this project. Otherwise he wouldn't have been able to seal a deal with KTM. I met him, he is serious. He made a good impression on me. I now hope that the contracts that remain to be signed will be signed very quickly ". To be continued…
