This Sunday was not a good day for the Tech3 troops, to say the least... And the disappointment is all the greater as everything came together for a good Sunday. But this competition likes to quickly take back what it has surreptitiously given... Hervé Poncharal and his family therefore return "Fanny" from Andalusia, but still with assets in their game...
Hervé Poncharal was not happy when taking stock of this Andalusian Grand Prix which marked the second escapade in two consecutive weekends to Jerez. " The second weekend in Jerez was clearly not a weekend for us » begins the tricolor boss. “ After the disappointment of MotoE and Moto3, we were really hoping that the MotoGP category would give us what I believe “we deserve” after such an intense weekend of working hard and achieving our best qualification with Miguel. The start was good, but unfortunately Brad Binder, who was pushed by another driver, eliminated us.
We always say you can never win in the first corner, but you can lose everything in the first corner and that's what happened. It's a real shame, because we all worked very well. I'm talking about the four KTM riders, Factory Team and Tech3. They worked together. We put pressure on the KTM company to show how important the progress is, we have made progress and today was a great day to show that KTM is now a potential podium contender ».
The podium was envisaged
« When I see the pace, I really believe that we could have been very close to a podium, a top 5 was a big possibility. But with “if” you do a lot of things. The fact is that Miguel was eliminated after less than 10 seconds and he couldn't do anything. I am very disappointed, for Miguel, who has done a great job, for his team, who has done a great job too and for KTM, who are working incredibly well and I am more than eager to show the progress we are making.
Today we can't show it, we did it yesterday, but not today. As for our second rider, right now I have no words, because he crashed on Friday, he crashed on Saturday ».
Warning to Iker Lecuona…
« I had a conversation with Iker last night, which I think was very clear, and he crashed again after a few laps. On the starting grid, we told him: “slowly, stay calm and try to see the checkered flag”. He's a beginner, he has to learn and you don't learn by falling and not finishing the race. I am also very disappointed for his side.
Either way, it's zero points for the team in the MotoGP World Championship. KTM had a great weekend in terms of performance, but no results. We know it's part of the race, but we just hope the future is a little easier. Sometimes we just need a little more luck " finished Hervé Poncharal. Meet at Brno starting the 7 August !
MotoGP Jerez 2 Race: classification
