This Sunday, in Valencia, Loris Baz will finish with three years of MotoGP, two of which were spent under the umbrella of the Avintia Ducati team. A period in the career of the 24-year-old Frenchman which will end at the same time as the last Grand Prix of a season which will, at the same time, designate its champion. However, the tricolor will not say goodbye to arms since he is assured of a future at BMW Althea in a Superbike which had revealed him.
A departure which will also be shared with his current teammate Hector Barbera who will try to bounce back into Moto2 within the Pons team. The two men will leave their place to Tito Rabat and Xavier Simeon. The Spaniard has been playing in Raul Romero's team for five years while the compatriot of Johann zarco claims two campaigns there.
For this der, Loris Baz will try to achieve a final top 10 despite increasingly fierce competition: “ it will be a special weekend » admits the man who has 45 points in the championship, synonymous with eighteenth place overall. “ This will be my last Grand Prix before starting a new chapter in my career ».
« Valencia is also a special meeting for the team, because it is their home race. That's why I'm going to give my all and attack on Friday. The goal will be to finish in the top 10, which is less and less easy with the rise of the KTMs and the reestablishment of the Suzukis. But we will try. I would like to end my two-year collaboration with this team on a good note ».
« I also have a house near this circuit so it will be a bit like a home event. I really want to have fun for this last race ". Last year, in the GP14.2, he qualified sixteenth to finish eighteenth on the Ricardo Tormo track.
