In the world of Grands Prix, we are not the type to burst into tears when we are the victim of a fire. Even if it leaves a taste of ashes since it still destroyed the embryo which was going to give birth to the beautiful MotoE baby. An aborted event, but not canceled. The organizer Dorna informed us: we must stay connected to the subject which is currently causing some tension. But how did we get there? In a video made for the site motogp.com, the man who has control over this category, who will ask for an extension for the date of his debut, explains.
Apparently more is needed Nicolas Goubert to make him lose his smile and serenity. However, at the time of writing his lines, he no longer has anything to represent. Her MotoE went up in smoke. On this disappointment, he says: “ First of all, we were all very satisfied with this first day of testing in Jerez. All eighteen bikes were running well and lap times were fast. The weather was good and the pilots were happy ».
He pursues : " At the end of the day, the teams brought the motorcycles back to the paddock for maintenance. We then left a small team of four people whose mission was to load all the motorcycles so that they would be operational for the next day. But just at the end of this operation, they noticed that smoke was coming out of one of the boxes. When they went there, they noticed that a prototype charging station was on fire ».
« They tried to put out the fire. But alas, without success. The fire quickly spread throughout the structure set up to house all the motorcycles and equipment. We lost a lot of things. But hey, we work with prototypes, with new technology, and this kind of disappointment can therefore happen. The important thing is that no one was hurt. We will do this championship in 2019. We will have our five races ».
He finishes : " we will learn from this event, draw lessons from it, understand our mistakes if mistakes were made. The engineers responsible for the motorcycles have already contacted their staff for new machines. At this stage, we don't know when it will be possible but we will come back stronger ».
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