And soon, one less! For Suzuki and Aprilia, and, to a lesser extent KTM, the opportunities are already dwindling to hope of securing a satellite team for the 2018 season. Avintia excluded itself from the market by formalizing its loyalty to Ducati for next season in Austin with two GP17s. Pramac only asks to continue eleven years of collaboration with Borgo Panigale and both at LCR and within Marc VDS, we want to continue with Honda. Now we are assured at Aspar that we are very close to a new agreement with Ducati…
To be honest, if these trends are confirmed, there will still be, in 2018, no RS-GP, GSX-RR or RC16 other than those fielded by their factories. On crash.net, the man of Jorge Martinez what Gino Borsoi did not want to leave the slightest hope in an atmosphere marked by major maneuvers around the satellite teams: “ we are close to an agreement with Ducati. Very close even and not just for a year. We are almost certain to have a GP17 and a GP16 next year ».
He pursues : " changing manufacturer would mean starting from scratch. We are happy with Ducati, we have good relations with Ducati and the other manufacturers are not ready. May be later. So, for the moment, it makes no sense to change. But of course, it also depends on budgets and results ».
The Aspar team is currently rolling with a GP16 well led by a Baptist fourth in Argentina and a GP15 thatAbraham put on the first line at Termas de Rio Hondo. Why change indeed, even if the GP17 is worrying at the moment. But Gino Borsoi reassures: “ I'm sure they will find a solution to their GP17. It would be nice to have two in 2018, but we'll see ". A couple that Avintia has already paid for.
