Randy de Puniet is definitely a very busy man. Spearhead of the Endurance Championship, he is one of Eurosport's consultants for the Grands Prix and KTM test rider since the Mattighofen firm practically no longer has a valid driver. He is still considered to be Pol Espargaró's freelancer on the RC16 in Thailand. But in 2019, he will have even more to do…
And on this occasion, he should find his LCR team. speedweek, who announces it in Thailand alongside Bradley Smith, plugs him into electric motorcycles as a starter in the next MotoE World Cup. A discipline which will be contested on a motorcycle shared by all the teams entered, including that of Lucio Cecchinello. It will be recalled that the Frenchman worked on the LCR team's Honda from 2008 to 2010.
At 37 years old, the tricolor would therefore return to the middle, riding an Italian Energica that he discovered while doing demonstration laps during the French Grand Prix. We are awaiting official confirmation, but we will note that the field of this new category is taking shape with a Bradley Smith who says he is connected to try the adventure while Jesko Raffin has already signed his contract with a Dynavolt team which could not miss this opportunity given its name…
