Hervé Poncharal leaves Jerez with the satisfaction of a duty accomplished. And indeed: he has had confirmation that with his Tech3 troops he will continue the MotoGP adventure with KTM while his two riders Petrucci and Lecuona leave Jerez with points in their bag. A good starting point to consider the next: finding the top 10.
Hervé Poncharal commented on Spanish Grand Prix of its Tech3 KTM troops: “ it was a difficult, but interesting weekend for Tech3 KTM Factory Racing. This is clearly the best weekend of the 2021 season. Both, Danilo and Iker were much closer to the front and even though I know we're not going to be in the lead from one race to the next, we have to catch up and that's what we did this weekend ».
« I think both drivers and their teams worked very hard, and very well. The grid positions were of course far from ideal, but we could see that we were very close to Miguel Oliveira in the first 70% of the race, which is the benchmark at the moment, and we could stay with him . Not only Danilo, but also Iker, never slowed down. They kept their heads in the bubble, the lap times were very, very consistent, which is good. We still have a lot of work to do, that's what we will start tomorrow, because we have a very important test ».
Hervé Poncharal: “we had the Rossi family behind us”
« For some people this will be difficult to understand, but we are reasonably happy with the 14th and 15th positions. We feel like we've done the job. It's almost the best result we could have achieved this weekend. Once again, both are in the points. We had the Rossi family behind us and we kept them at bay without cracking under the pressure.”
“I want to thank both, Danilo and Iker. It's their best weekend since the start of this season and I just hope we can keep this positive mindset, work hard tomorrow and I think at Le Mans we can take another step forward. Now the goal is to try to finish in the top 10, which is not easy. We know there is a lot to do before we can be higher, but this is our mission ».
« I am very happy to have announced the next five years with KTM in MotoGP and I think that shows how committed both parties, Tech3 and KTM, are. We believe in each other and there will be better days, that's for sure » the Frenchman finishes.
MotoGP Spain J3: classification
