Esteban Garcia had great roles at KTM before Maverick Viñales asked him to be chief mechanic alongside him at Yamaha, replacing Ramon Forcada with whom he was at the time breaking up. We know the rest of this relationship which had nevertheless been crowned with success in Moto3. Today, neither of them takes care of the M1 anymore. Garcia has returned to his first love and will be a transmission belt between Mattighofen and Tech3 which will open a new chapter in its history in 2022 with two promising rookies from Moto2. But the Spaniard does not forget his former rider now at Aprilia…
A Misano, we saw reappear in the bosom of KTM the head of a Stephen Garcia who does not hide his satisfaction at having returned to his first love: “ KTM has always been my home, I'm very happy to be back here, although with a new role » he said in comments relayed by Moto.it. " I was hired directly by the factory, but I will be working at Tech3 to help Gardner and Fernandez. Here the distinction between the official team and the satellite team, in fact, does not exist. There is full synergy and full collaboration ».
Esteban Garcia: “ at Aprilia they will take care of Viñales«
However, it is also through Maverick Vinales thatEsteban Garcia exist. On his compatriot, he lifts the veil on a part of their common history that was not known at home. Yamaha : " at Mugello, it hurt me to see Maverick suffer like that, he is a very dear friend of mine, and I decided to step aside so someone could help him. »He reveals.
He finishes : " ultimately it seems it didn't work out to continue to be successful. The right decision was made: at Aprilia, he will be happy, he has people with a much closer relationship, they will take care of him and treat him like a star. He has brutal talent ". And a character of the same ilk.
