So, after exactly a week of questions and a false lead launched by his participation in the next 8 Hours of Suzuka, it is now official that Pol Espargaro will accompany his current teammate at KTM next year.
This has just been announced now so that the Granollers pilot can answer questions from journalists in pre-event press conference which will begin at 17 p.m..
According to our information, the determining element in the choice of the Tech3 driver was the fact that the Yamaha-Tech3 entity only placed a one-year contract on the table, while all the other pilots affected by the 2017 transfers obtained approvals covering two years. A risk-taking considered too important by the Tech3 pilot who would have happily continued to work with the French team.
After 11 years of Grands Prix, the 2 Moto2013 world champion will therefore head to Mattighofen for at least two years in order to develop and progress a motorcycle (RC17?) which has so far proven nothing. Until then, the #44 will try to match or improve on his best result in a MotoGP race, namely a 4th place, by climbing onto a podium that he has already had 44 times in 125cc and Moto2.
