The next season of Moto2 promises to be a total redistribution of cards in the category. Technically, the four-cylinder Honda 600 which has been in operation since 2010 will give way to a three-cylinder 765cc Triumph, which will change a lot of things. On the team side, there will also be an increase in power KTM whose troops will be notably reinforced by the arrival of Tech3. And the French will have a major role to play in the Austrian brand's system.
Mean by this that the men ofHervé Poncharal will be involved in Mattighofen's politics. This will involve boosting a sector intended to reveal the champions of tomorrow. The partners in MotoGP will also be accomplices in Moto2. In fact, tricolor handlebars are very popular there.
Public chat speedweek, Hervé Poncharal announces that it has a list of five drivers with one name at the top of the list: “ we are interested in Marco Bezzecchi » declares the boss, who, however, immediately puts the forms: “ I know, however, that he has a two-year contract with Florian Prüstel. And you know that we have an ethics: we will not do anything until we have official confirmation that Bezzecchi is available for 2019 ».
« If he is interested in moving up to Moto2, he must first speak with the VR46 Academy who manages him and then with Mr. Prüstel, whom I have never met before. I have a lot of respect for him and have only heard good things about him. Maybe I'll meet him in Brno. I congratulate him on everything he has done and accomplished in Moto3 over the past two years. Causing him a problem is the last thing I will do to him ».
That is clear : Bezzecchi maybe, but not at any cost. But then, who? “ There is Bastianini, Fenati and Remy Gardner » adds the Frenchman. Bendsneyder is not mentioned and if we add up the names, we only find four candidates instead of five. Schrötter is to be forgotten, Cortese is not in the pipeline. But we will remember that a certain Jonas Folger took back the necklace...
