The 2018 season will be played out both on the track and behind the scenes. Indeed, at the end of this year, the contracts of the twelve leading drivers will have to be renewed. However, since the last deadline, the appearance of the transfer market has changed. The demand for talent has therefore increased. From three major forces, we have gone to six manufacturers looking for their leader. Which is sure to increase the value of the offer. A nightmare-like scenario for a Lynn Jarvis close to the Yamaha subs and who directly calls on his colleagues to come up with an agreement to keep the budgets under control...
Un Lorenzo at 12,5 million euros and without the slightest victory for his first year at Ducati dominates the stock market in MotoGP and he is the teammate of a Dovizioso who finished the 2017 season as vice-world champion with ten times less. A big gap in the middle of which we find all the other top drivers who have started their negotiations for 2019, and beyond.
A table to which we must add Suzuki, Aprilia and KTM who will want to unseat the three current leaders Honda, Yamaha and Ducati, from the top of the hierarchy. And for that, the temptation is great to make an offer that you cannot refuse. A Marc Márquez who has, for example, not yet signed anything, deserves our attention!
A worrying scenario Lynn Jarvis, boss of Red and Casa Particular in Viñales : “ this is a subject for the six manufacturers involved. There were three of us in the past looking for a driver capable of getting the most performance out of your project. There are now six of us and that makes things different. It is, I think, the time to reflect together and it will not be easy because we are all competitive ».
« We must keep control of this transfer market, so that it makes sense. Because I think he's going to get carried away in the futureir”. We won't know more, Lin Jarvis remaining on Motorsport in the general principle without delivering the financial limit which would, for him, be like crossing a yellow line.
The same man from Yamaha doesn't cite anyone, but with a powerful sponsor like Red Bull and interesting means, it's a bit KTM that scares people on the subject. However, the Austrian manufacturer swears that it has embarked on another path: that of breeding its own champion, which it would therefore keep under control: “ we don't want a superstar " commented Pete Beirer. " We are working on our own driver development program. And we hope that one of them will turn out to be ready for us in the future ».
In this sense, KTM has reviewed its Moto3 policy. Which doesn't stop the Austrians from making eyes at a certain John Zarco…Meanwhile, negotiations between Dovizioso and Ducati promise to be tense while at Suzuki, the legitimacy of Iannone is not acquired.
