Le HJC French Grand Prix has passed and that of Italy is on the horizon, but, between these two dates, the backstage of MotoGP is not empty and silent. There is even a lot of activity there, proof that the future plateau is in its final touches, for its main lines. At Ducati, the last act is being played out while the surprise guest of the negotiations is a Marc VDS Racing team which would have done well without this audience. Because, as the days tick by, and despite the reassuring official press releases, it is the very existence of the team that is now at stake...
So much so that the most alarmist comments fear a near failure of the Belgian brewer's troops in Mugello. Relations with Michael Bartholemy now seem definitively cut and in the order of exchanges between lawyers. Luca Montiron, announced as his successor, has not really been installed in his functions, and he is even the manager of Tom Luthi to wonder about the continuation of this story which dilutes the efforts of 36 people dedicated for years.
The partner Estrella Galicia seems to have understood that in the long term, we would no longer see the Marc VDS brand in MotoGP. But only in Moto2. This saves 10 million euros. At least! This will not encourage the Suzuki and Yamaha factories to consider the team as a possible satellite. Hamamatsu would have already given up. As for Iwata, we're holding our guns while waiting for things to settle down...
The fact remains that such a situation cannot bring joy to the organizer Dorna who puts her hand in her pocket to financially support the stables. And he thought he had ensured stability until 2021 with a grid of 24 drivers. Here are two already in danger. The weak link of the duo is the Swiss Lüthi who understood the situation since he took his pilgrim's stick to remember the good memories of the Moto2 teams.
The case Morbidely is different. It is a hope launched by Valentino Rossi whose VR46 label is expected at one time or another in MotoGP. 2019 is still a little early but necessity could rule the roost, unless we place the 2 Moto2017 World Champion as an Aprilia official or with Tech3 KTM. If Marc VDS disappeared from the landscape, leaving a void behind him, there would, moreover, no longer be any possibility for a certain Jorge Lorenzo to the sealed Ducati fate and to the future Suzuki with dots…
