With two drivers in eleventh and fourteenth places after a previous meeting where he blasted the Prosecco with the winner, Hervé Poncharal could be a little disappointed with his Sunday at Misano. But his analysis is different, and even if his glass did not contain a sparkling beverage, he sees it as half full. With the desire to experience a new tour in the same place next weekend…
Hervé Poncharal did not get off the podium this time, but he still collected good points which he carefully put away in his bag. A satisfaction all the more legitimate as its drivers were in the rhythm of those wearing the official colors KTM. After the checkered flag saluting the fifth different winner during this sixth meeting of the MotoGP calendar, the French boss comments:
« Overall, it was a pretty solid team result for Red Bull KTM Tech3 here in Misano. Of course, we didn't expect to repeat Spielberg's incredible and unforgettable victory here, but it was an interesting circuit for us. We finished 12 seconds behind the winner, but we lost six seconds in the first two laps, meaning over the remaining 25 laps we lost six seconds, which shows how tight the starting grid is.
We could see that KTM has a very solid line-up, as all four drivers were doing the same lap times and Miguel was sandwiched between Pol Espargaró and Brad Binder at the finish line. We got some good points. We need to understand what we can improve on this circuit, but I want to see the glass half full and I think we are not too far away and we can improve next weekend.
“The championship is very open”
The championship is very open, which is also very interesting, we are 28 points behind the leader at the moment, so we have to keep our heads down and continue to believe and push. It's for Miguel.
For Iker, the race was a little more eventful. He stalled the bike on the starting grid, which doesn't happen very often and he didn't know exactly what to do. He returned to the starting grid, when he should have started from the pitlane. Then he received a long lap penalty, which he did very well. He didn't waste any time, put his head down and managed to finish 14th, which is really impressive. For most of the race, he was the fastest KTM rider, setting the fastest laps.
I think we can be proud of our four riders as KTM, we can be proud of Miguel and Iker as Tech3 and we must continue to work hard and follow the same method, in addition to always improving and improving. bring leaders together. I believe we can do it and it's a story I can tell you in a few days, because we're staying here ».
MotoGP Misano1 J3: classification
