Hervé Poncharal is already in the 2022 MotoGP competition since he is in the middle of preparations for the Sepang tests which will mark the big return to the category in the new vintage. The boss of Tech3, who is a partner of KTM, and whose colors were seen at the Dakar with Danilo Petrucci, already has to manage a crisis situation since his rider Remy Gardner is recovering from an injury during motocross training. The Frenchman provides clarification on this unfortunate fact and provides his expertise on the availability of the Moto2 World Champion in Malaysia…
First of all, this is not the first time thatHervé Poncharal must manage a Remy gardner injured after motocross training. And the tricolor knows the subject all the better as the scene of the accident is not unknown to him... The same pitfall was in fact regretted in the same place in 2018. During a motocross accident at the end of April of this year - there, the Australian, who was then a Mistral 610 rider in Moto2, broke both legs. A fracture was even open. He also broke an ankle and suffered a dislocated shoulder. “ It happened at the time on the same track as this time », sighs Hervé Poncharal, which begins its fourth season with KTM.
However, the consequences this time are less serious: “ we hope Remy will do well in Sepang. I spoke to him on the phone " said Hervé Poncharal, owner of the KTM Tech3 team, on speedweek. He even specifies: “ Rémy didn't fall at all during this motocross training. He suffered this fracture during a very violent landing after a jump. The fracture is not in the wrist but in the radius. Freedom of movement is therefore not really restricted ».
Hervé Poncharal: “ these will be six important days of testing for us«
« In any case, Remy is flying to Malaysia with the team and will then see how he can drive there. Maybe he won't be able to do as many laps as if he wasn't injured. But we want it to be able to drive as much as possible. Because it will be his first time on the 2022 KTM, and there is a lot to try. These will be six important days of testing for us » notes Hervé.
The January 18, Remy Garder underwent surgery on the right radius of his right hand. On January 31, he will test the 2022-KTM for the first time at Sepang. The KTM Tech3-Factory team will fly to Kuala Lumpur Thursday January 27 since the tests reserved for rookies and test drivers will take place from January 31 to February 2. There will be the official MotoGP test riders who are Bradl, Crutchlow, Guintoli, Pirro, Pedrosa, and Savadori and the five recruits Remy Gardner, Raul Fernández (Tech3), Fabio DiGiannantonio (Gresini Ducati), Darryn binder (WithU-Yamaha) and Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Ducati). Hervé Poncharal will begin its fourth season with KTM and extended the MotoGP contracts with the Austrian manufacturer and Dorna until the end of 2026. “ Then I will be 70 years old“, points out the Frenchman, who celebrated his first MotoGP victory in 2020 with Miguel Oliveira in Spielberg.
