Reaching the destination of Termas de Rio Hondo in Argentina from the starting point of Mandalika in Indonesia seems like quite an adventure. At least for freight. We know that the official Ducatis and those of VR46 teams like Gresini fell behind schedule due to a technical breakdown of a cargo plane in Kenya. However, other teams also have difficulty receiving their equipment which will arrive late. The mechanics will have to cope, because Dorna had warned: the Friday program times would remain unchanged... But that was before a new decision which suggests that the problem is much more serious than expected...
« There was a problem with a cargo plane, so it won't arrive until Thursday morning. According to our information, everything is fine, we can start Friday on time ". The one who spoke like this 24 hours ago is none other than Carmelo Ezpeleta, boss of Dorna who first confirmed some setbacks in the routing of freight between Indonesia and Argentina. On speedweek, we also read an intervention by the CEO of IRTA, Mike Trimby : " we are expecting the rest of the cargo by Thursday noon. But we don't expect Friday's schedule to be affected because of this ". Yes, but…
Michelin, Ajo, Yamaha, KTM and Pramac await their equipment in Argentina
Concretely what is it? We know the situation of Ducati. For the moment, the leader of the world championship Enea Bastianini is without a motorbike… “ The motorcycles have not arrived yet, they should arrive Thursday at 5:00 a.m. This will be a problem for the mechanics » commented the Gresini driver. But other players in the paddock are turning gray. Thus, part of the freight is also missing from equipment manufacturers like Michelin . The Finn Aki Ajo, owner of the Red Bull KTM team in Moto3 and Moto2, is also one of the victims. “ All our cargo is on the plane, which will not arrive until Thursday noon or in the afternoon », Reported the boss of Masia and Holgado and the Moto2 duo of Acosta and Augusto Fernandez.
« Seven of our crates are delayed, including one with a racing motorcycle ", said Francesco Guidotti, Red Bull team manager KTM. “ But other teams are also affected ". This was confirmed by Lin Jarvis, general manager of Yamaha Motor Racing: “ we have an ETA for ten cases of freight, an electronic freight notice, for Thursday afternoon. We have the same difficulties as many other teams ". On this list, we must also add the two KTM RC16s from Raul Fernandez... All this announced to us a very long night from Thursday to Friday in the stands... Probably too much since the Friday is sacrificed according to our information. We are waiting for reactions from the paddock and television…
The new program for the Argentine Grand Prix
Friday :
All sessions are canceled
On Saturday:
FP1 13:45 p.m. – 14:25 p.m.: Moto3 –
FP1 14:40 p.m. – 15:20 p.m.: Moto2 –
FP1 15:35 p.m. – 16:20 p.m.: MotoGP -
FP2 16:35 p.m. – 17:15 p.m.: Moto3 –
FP2 17:30 p.m. – 18:10 p.m.: Moto2 –
FP2 18:25 p.m. – 19:10 p.m.: MotoGP -
Qualifying – 19:35 p.m. – 20:15 p.m.: Moto3
Qualifying – 20:30 p.m. – 21:10 p.m.: Moto2
FP3 21:25 p.m. – 21:55 p.m.: MotoGP
Qualifications – 22:05 p.m. – 22:45 p.m.: MotoGP
Sunday:
14:30 p.m. – 14:50 p.m.: Moto3 – Warm Up
15:00 p.m. – 15:20 p.m.: Moto2 – Warm Up
15:30 p.m. - 16:00 p.m .: MotoGP – Warm Up
17:00 p.m.: Moto3 – The Race (21 laps)
18:20 p.m.: Moto2 – The Race (23 laps)
20h00: MotoGP – The Race (25 laps)
