VOL. 50 ISSUE 33 AUGUST 20, 2013
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Briefly...
he thinks Yamaha doesn't give
enough importance to his work.
For sure, if you go with Ducati, a lot
of people will work for him. Sure,
is a big challenge. For sure at the
beginning will be hard, because
the Ducati is more difficult to bring
to the limit compared with the M1.
Dovi [Andrea Dovizioso] has some
problems, and also me, to bring
Ducati to the top. But his riding
style is different… so why not?"
Spurned Monster Tech 3 team
owner Herve Poncharal put a
brave face on losing his top rider,
much consoled by the confirmation
that Yamaha has signed Spanish
22-year-old Moto2 charger Pol Espargaro to his team for next year.
"This is more or less our job with
Yamaha – we will have two young
riders to develop for the future," he
said, adding he expected Espargaro to become competitive sooner
rather than later. "I am not happy
to lose Cal, but he took a decision
important to his career. Who knows
– in two or three years' time maybe
he will be back with us." The team
had a family feeling, he said. "Cal
will still eat at our hospitality, will still
visit us. "But he took a good decision."
Lorenzo took a flier off the line,
Pedrosa pushed Marquez aside
into the first corner, and they
continued in that order for the
first eight laps, close as paint.
Marquez was content to stay in
third for a while.
"The race plan was clear. It
was just try to save the tires in
the beginning, and when the fuel
comes a little bit down, try to attack, try to open some gap. And
Even without Crutchlow, the
France-based Tech 3 squad will
remain predominantly English,
at least rider-wise. Pol Espargaro
joins Bradley Smith in MotoGP,
while Supersport Championship
leader Sam Lowes will be joining
Kyle Smith in the Moto2 squad.
Crutchlow might not be the Yamaha satellite team's only loss. The
rider is urging his crew chief Dancontinued on next page
