Times are tough for a Swiss Innovative Investors team with a reassuring name but disappointing facts. Fred Corminboeuf who is at the helm eats mad cow according to the site speedweek which depicts a financial situation that is complicated to say the least. The end of the season promises to be difficult and the next one is not yet on the horizon...
If we summarize the situation described by the German site, there is reason to worry. Tom Luthi would still be waiting for his 2017 emoluments while Sam Lowes would not have received a penny yet this year. Worse, at KTM, the money comes in such trickles that new parts for the bike have been blocked.
Roger Burnett, the manager of Sam Lowes comments: “ this team is a minefield. We knew it was a risky deal for Sam, but we had no other offers. Fred Corminboeuf announced to us that he would have new money on August 14. We are curious to see this ».
At KTM, the representative Jens Hainbach adds: " they owe us money, but they pay us little by little ».
There is already a strong rumor that Sam Lowes be welcomed at Gresini in 2019. And a possible second motorcycle would also be promised to Fabio DiGiannantonio who would then ride Moto3.
However, it is important to emphasize that faced with these allegations from the German press, the Franco-Swiss team told us that all its deadlines were following their normal course and that the IRTA had validated its two places for 2019, a guarantee of a normal situation.
