This is the second victim of David Pickworth whose attitude and credibility given to him also demonstrated that this environment was also an illusion. Claiming to have millions of unknown Russian investors is enough to fool people and present themselves as the buyer of a team that has suddenly lost its boss. The illusion went so far as to place an order with KTM and to play with the careers of two pilots: Dominique Aegerter and Sandra Cortese. If the first is still fighting to save the situation, the second is in dire straits and says he is open to anything. Including a return to Moto3.
Sandra Cortese is the most decorated active German in Grand Prix racing. A seven-time race winner, he has twenty-nine podiums after 221 Grand Prix contested. He is also the oldest of those crowned in Moto3 since he received his coronation at the age of 22 years and 289 days. A record that he could perhaps beat since, now 28 years old, he says he is ready to return to the Grand Prix entry category.
Car Sandra Cortese is there. On speedweek, he assures : " I have no idea what I will do in the future. I have to consider everything now. To be honest, I just want to ride motorcycles. For Moto3, I may need to lose 3 to 5 kg ". Certainly, but even this perspective is far from assured: “ the only question is: where? In which team? All teams are busy in the Moto3 World Championship. I would pay as much as possible with the sponsors. But I don't close any opportunities to myself ».
And Cortese missed opportunities: in contact with CGBM and Forward, he also missed the Supersport train: “ the NRT Yamaha team asked me and Gary Reinders and I was planning to go. But then I found a good opportunity in Moto2 ". At least he thought so... As for the withdrawal to the Petronas team, it would only have been possible with a budget of 1,1 million euros.
Cortese could attempt to be the first rider to win two Moto3 World Champion titles. He has been on the podium fifteen times in seventeen races with the Red Bull-Ajo-KTM, which represents a statistic of 88,24%. In history, Danny Kent is the rider who made his return to Moto3 after a stint in Moto2, a U-turn that he achieved with a world title in 2015.
