About the appearance of the KTM RC16 which will equip the French Tech3 team led by Hervé Poncharal from next season, and for 3 years, we did not know much until now, except, obviously, that Monster would no longer appear there.
However, Günther Wiesinger, journalist of the site speedweek always particularly well informed, revealed this night that Red Bull would indeed be the main sponsor of the French team, however differentiating it from the factory team by the use of the Toro Rosso graphic charter used in Formula 1.
This is particularly good since the 3 colors of this one are blue, white and red!
During the Catalan Grand Prix, Stefan pierer (the big boss of KTM) and Hubert Trunkenpolz (the T of KTM) met for the first time Hervé Poncharal before confiding in our Germanic colleague…
Stefan pierer : “We have the same structure as Red Bull in Formula 1, so the junior team will race in a bright blue design like Toro Rosso. Otherwise, Tech3 will carry the same markings as the factory team, which of course remains in orange. Tech3 will also participate as a junior team in the Moto2 category in a light blue design, like Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula 1.
My goal is that our new MotoGP customer team receives as many technical specifications as the factory team. I really appreciate the Tech3 team. They will also be able to help the factory team. During the first year with the Tech3 team, our goal is to reach the top with Hervé Poncharal. He now has a lot of experience in the MotoGP category. He will have equipment almost identical to that of the factory team. Otherwise, we wouldn't do it. Equipping a customer team is of course a logistical challenge for us. We continue to increase the number of people involved. It’s no longer a small, minor operation.”
We now know the colors of the future leathers of Miguel Oliveira et Hafizh Syahrin...
