2019 will be like a new start for the French competing in Grand Prix under the Tech3 awning. In MotoGP as in Moto2, these are the colors KTM who will be there. On the elite starting grid, it is the first time in almost 20 years that the men ofHervé Poncharal will pamper something other than a Yamaha. But the Austrian machines will be official. Which was never the case with the M1. A singularity to which the tricolor boss returns…
It's a fact: despite good and loyal service, Tech3 has never had a factory Yamaha. Which will be the case with KTM. A choice on the part of Iwata and a conviction of the Japanese which seemed unshakeable. But in 2019, the new, unique satellite structure placed under the Petronas label will have this official version in its box. A revolution that did not happen alone, if we are to believe Hervé Poncharal.
On the waves of Tutomotoriweb, he comments on the new Yamaha approach: “ I'm not disappointed, I knew the system. It doesn't matter that Honda gives Crutchlow an official bike and Ducati does the same with Petrucci. There was no reason to talk about a similar concept with Yamaha. This was not part of their plan. Now they changed the system, because Morbidelli will have in the satellite team a factory bike from 2019. Maybe they changed the system because I left, I don't know honestly ».
But the man who is also president of IRTA, the teams’ association, is keen on household peace: “ of my time at Yamaha, I would like to remember only the best days. I decided to leave, it was a personal decision. I didn't leave Yamaha because I wasn't happy, I left because I got a better offer ».
