After an ascendant career in 125 cc, the German became the first World Champion in history in 3 in the new Moto2012 category. He then launched into Moto3, where he achieved three third places in races, and as a best result, ninth place in the final in 2.
This year, he has only managed to enter the top 20 once in four races, with eighth position in Argentina. He is seventeenth with 8 points, when on an equal bike (Suter) Dominique Aegerter is eighth with 27 points, and his teammate Marcel Schrotter eleventh with 23.
Now 27 years old, Cortese knows that it will be difficult for him to find a good bike next year in the face of the wave of excellent young riders who will flood out of Moto3, and he has therefore decided to start looking after himself .
He has just made his debut as a consultant for Servus TV, a German-speaking channel which broadcasts the Superbike World Championship in free HD, without interruption, with small “split screens” only for advertising.
Spedweek.com asked Sandro how his first commentary at Assen for WSBK went. “ I wanted to try it once, when Servus TV asked me. I wanted to see what work you have to do, with the preliminary preparations, because there are really a lot of them. We only see the time when we speak. At the end of the day, however, you are physically ruined because you are constantly collecting statements. It is physically a completely different job
“If you're on the air and you don't have anything to say, that's bad. Therefore, you need to prepare, collect information, read media reports, why the bike broke, why 15th place although he expected better, etc.
“I started at Assen from scratch. My luck is that I am very open and I can speak simply. Maybe my spoken German is not so good, but this can be optimized in the future.
“I had never been to a Superbike race before Assen and I watched the races before on video at home. My opinion is simply a racing driver's point of view. Whether MotoGP, Moto3, Moto2, Supersport or Superbike machines, they are always identical. The emotions just before the race, what a driver thinks when he starts an overtaking maneuver, these are things I can comment on.
“You can also get to know people very quickly. But I can't call myself a Superbike expert, who has known everyone in the paddock for years. But how will this work? First and foremost, I'm a racing driver. If I were a Superbike expert, I would do nothing but educate myself. That would be a completely different scope.
Below, Sandro Cortese interviewed by MSM TV in February 2016:
