This is the surprise of the end of the day. While the rumor this afternoon promised a Danny Kent behind the scenes of KTM after having slammed the door of the Kiefer team in Moto2 in the middle of the Grand Prix of the Americas, here the rumor becomes an official press release. Except that it concerns Moto3!
Danny Kent therefore seems to have decided to seize a return to his first love within an official KTM Moto3 team which had not chosen him, to his great chagrin, at the end of the 2014 season. The Briton, now 23 years old then took revenge within the brand new Lepoard team with a Honda to snatch the world title in the specialty… To the detriment of the Mattighofen factory driver at the time Olive tree.
Today the same Olive tree met with the Austrians to share their Moto2 project while the KTMs are suffering at the start of the Moto3 campaign. Antonelli et Bendsneyder are in a bad situation while the Hondas are doing very well.
Necessity is law at Ajo and Kent was looking for an opportunity to bounce back. Two situations that fit together very well. “ After learning of Kent's situation, Red Bull and KTM had the idea of asking him to be a development rider for our Moto3 " has explained Aki Ajo. “ Danny has been part of our team before. He knows how we work. He knows us and we think this experience will be interesting from a technical point of view for our machine ».
Concretely, Danny Kent will test with the Moto3 at Jerez after the Spanish Grand Prix and will be a featured guest competitor for the French Grand Prix. “ I am sure that this agreement will be beneficial for both parties »concluded the pragmatic Ajo.
