The rumor was already unfavorable to him, he himself takes it upon himself to confirm it. On speedweek, Stefan Bradl announces that 2016 will be his last season in MotoGP. 2017 will open up to other horizons and undoubtedly a Superbike which will be combined with Honda. Nicky Hayden, who made this journey last year, is already waiting for it.
The Grands Prix are almost over for Stefan Bradl. Moto2 World Champion in 2012, he then arrived among the elite within the LCR team. In Honda's papers, however, he was somewhat disappointing despite a podium and a pole position. Then he left for a Yamaha Open at Forward before the team was swallowed up by his boss's legal problems. Caught up by Aprilia who gave him the seal of official pilot, he is currently participating in the development of the RS-GP. But the Noale firm, by hiring Sam Lowes et Aleix Espargaró informed him of his dismissal. A procedure which also applies to Alvaro Bautista.
Thrown into a transfer market with a low rating, the German did not have many arguments to convince. And all the less since a compatriot by the name of Jonas Folger who is expected at Tech3 took away his political alibi. He tried to approach Avintia, but in vain. Incidentally, this failure bodes well for our Loris Baz…
In short, the situation finally imposed itself on Bradl : " Next year, I will not be in the Grand Prix. I really appreciated Avintia's efforts in constantly evolving their offering. But certain details at Avintia did not add up so that there was no agreement ».
For his part, his current teammate Baptist seems to have more success in taking over the Aspar team's Ducati.
