The German's career Jonas Folger in Grand Prix has never been a smooth river. Made of ups and downs, exploits and health concerns, the one who will celebrate his 25th birthday next month is like an unstable precipitate as endearing as it is mysterious. In the grip of a particularly vicious and incapacitating syndrome, he resurfaced in the paddock on the eve of a German Grand Prix during which he had been sparkling last year. For real ?
That's the whole question. In the meantime, he rides with the Kalex Triumph in order to develop it for next season and, from the observers who saw him at work, he has lost none of his splendor. Having prematurely ended his first MotoGP season with Tech3, he knows a Yamaha, a copy of which is free for 2019 in new Petronas colors. So why not a return as resounding as it is currently improbable?
On motogp.com, the man who has three victories in Moto2, two successes in 125cc and a podium in MotoGP declares: “ I just got back on the track twice, I need more riding. At the moment I can't say if I'm going to race or not, but one thing is for sure, I will be on a bike, whether it's racing or testing. As soon as I get back to my previous form and feel able to run for a whole season, I will come back. »
« I've been traveling quite a bit lately across Europe. I did tests in Aragón then another in Brno last week. I was able to try the Triumph with the guys from Kalex, just to see what changes they could make to the chassis and they had other little things to test. The electronics people were also present. It's a fairly recent project but they are already making great progress? In Brno, I was able to share the track with Álex Márquez. He was on the Honda, I was on the Triumph and the trajectories are totally different. With the Triumph, the riding style is closer to that of a MotoGP™, whether entering or exiting a corner. You have more torque and you can play with the electronics more. Obviously, it will reduce this gap between Moto2™ and MotoGP™."
