The winter break continues but this hibernation is also a vigil before the official resumption of hostilities at the end of January near Sepang in Malaysia. Time which is also used to prepare the official presentations of the factory teams. Here are the dates announced for some of these revelations.
Showing off your new colors and your new organization is a prelude always popular with those who can afford it. This is the case for official teams. On January 19, in Madrid, Yamaha Movistar will open a ball with Red and therefore Casa Particular in Viñales which Ducati will follow in Bologna from January 20. In the company of Dovizioso and, above all, Lorenzo. For Yamaha, the party will start at 11:00 a.m. while Ducati will start at 10:00 a.m.
On Sunday January 29, Suzuki Ecstar will take advantage of the Sepang tests to combine business with pleasure with its new pair composed of Kidneys and Iannone. The HRC will wait until it is in Indonesia on February 3 to launch its colors with a duo which is the only one of the official teams not to have been changed. Márquez et Pedrosa So they'll do it again.
Finally, on February 20, the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team will make the first presentation of its kind in its history. It will be in Salzburg with Tech3 alumni Pol Espargaro et Bradley Smith.
January 19: Yamaha
January 20: Ducati
January 29: Suzuki
February 3: Honda
February 20: KTM
Drawing credit: Ranka Fujiwara
