If we had said at the start of this season that the team with which he would debut in MotoGP after having been titled under his awning in Moto2 was going to be threatened with implosion after five Grands Prix, he probably would not have believed it. And yet, we are here within a team Marc VDS Racing whose members suffer the conflagration of the explosion of relations between the manager Michael Bartholemy and boss Marc van der Straten. Tom Luthi has already spoken on the subject. Here is his teammate's turn.
Franco Morbidelli is also a hopeful in the category, the spearhead of the academy Red and the potential satellite structure of Yamaha or Suzuki at the highest level of motorcycle racing. But for the moment, the boat is rocking and going through a storm: “ this is not a normal situatione” explains the Italian-Brazilian on Speedweek. “ But both me and my team try to resist this pressure. We try not to be destabilized by this problem. We focus on what is important, namely the tuning of the bike ».
He pursues : " I spoke to the new team manager Luca Montiron once or twice. And I suppose the season will continue as it was originally planned ". A final sentence which nevertheless betrays deep uncertainties. It will be remembered that the Marc VDS troops will not be testing in Barcelona where they were expected.
The Marc VDS label represents two World Champion titles in Moto2 with Rabat et Morbidely, three vice-champion positions in the same category, with Rabat, Rock et Redding, 29 victories, 81 podiums, and 2 points scored. It is also a victory in MotoGP with Jack Miller.
