Tito Rabat was Moto2 World Champion, but he is one of those riders whose title could not be confirmed by a supporting outfit in MotoGP. Certainly, he is not in the best team to shine while he has also come a long way after a terrible accident at Silverstone in 2018. But the Spaniard is indeed among the elite and he will have a brilliant teammate who to compete against this year in the person of Johann Zarco. A Frenchman whom he considers both a target and a partner…
Tito Rabat is often forgotten by MotoGP and the subscriber of the grid backgrounds. However, he is a Moto2 World Champion. However, experience has shown that if the title could be a key to reaching the premier category, it was not necessarily synonymous with success afterwards. Precisely, on this subject, the Spaniard will be able to compare himself with another driver also from the intermediate discipline, in the person of Johann zarco who has dominated this Moto2 twice consecutively.
A confrontation that Rabat impatiently waiting. That being said, he would also like to make the former driver official KTM now under contract Ducati a pair with whom he could rely to help the team progress. He states thus: “ Johann Zarco is a driver who fought to be where he is, who fights on the track and like no other. I think we can agree to move quickly. You must take advantage of Ducati's support because opportunities like this are very rare ».
The luck of the new tire
Rabat is also looking forward to this season, because he thinks he can be one of the big beneficiaries of the new tire made available by Michelin : " what I like the most this year is that they changed the construction of the tire again » he explains to DAZN. “ We see that I can launch myself more courageously into the curves. From there, the work becomes much simplere ". He ends by not hiding his optimism: “ there will always be the four favorites, but what I saw during the tests in Qatar is the gaps are tight. If the team and I work well, we can be among the protagonists ».
Tito Rabat is 31 years old and has a contract which a priori guarantees him a future until the end of 2021. The team Avintia will field two GP19s.
