Between Tech3 et KTM, the story will begin concretely in 2019 with the status, for the French team, of a satellite structure of the Austrian brand in MotoGP, while being one of the representatives of the Mattighofen firm in Moto2. In the meantime, the preliminaries are underway before taking action with, in particular, summit meetings. Of which the one between Hervé Poncharal and KTM boss Stefan Pierer.
A meeting that took place according to speedweek in Catalonia. Also in the meeting was CEO Hubert Trunkenpolz. And we must believe that the interview was a success: “ For the first time in my life I met KTM boss Stefan Pierer and CEO Hubert Trunkenpolz. I had a good meeting with them. I was very impressed. I can't tell you how much I look forward to working with the Austrians ».
We are therefore starting on a good basis in a MotoGP project where Miguel Oliveira will make its debut in the category, alongsideHafiz Syahrin, the two men preparing to discover the RC16. For Moto2, it's about finding the riders and an approach was made in Barcelona with a view to bringing back Marcel schrotter in a box he knew in 2014 and 2015.
Only the current Intact Dynavolt pilot on Kalex declined the offer. “ Marcel is a very loyal pilot. I appreciate and respect that. Besides that, he has become a very strong pilot » commented the French boss. We will recall that the German's teammate is a certain Xavier Virgo, who is also one of his former pilots. Contact with Schrotter suggests that neither Gardner not more than Bendsneyder are guaranteed to be returned to Tech3 next year…
