MotoGP – Mercato Moto GP: Kent close to Ducati Pramac, Zarco forced to wait … –

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Mercato Moto GP: Kent close to Ducati Pramac, Zarco forced to wait…

MotoGP - Mercato Moto GP: Kent close to Ducati Pramac, Zarco forced to wait ... -

The British rider Danny Kent, solid leader of the Moto3 category with 45 points in advance, is in advanced contact with Ducati Pramac to "skip a class" and go directly to MotoGP, just like Jack Miller . Conversely, the French Johann Zarco prefers to stay in Moto2 for an additional season, for lack of a good handlebar available….

The British rider Danny Kent, solid leader of the with 45 points in advance, is in advanced contact with Ducati Pramac to "skip a class" and go directly to MotoGP, just like. Conversely, the French Johann Zarco prefers to stay in Moto2 for an additional season, due to a lack of good handlebars available….

When the leader of Moto3 makes the inter ‘to the boss of Moto2 !

The happiness of some is the misfortune of others: while Danny Kent has an opportunity to start in MotoGP on Yonny Hernandez’s Ducati Pramac – which would bounce back at Avintia -, Johann Zarco is forced to postpone his logical move to the premier category fault interesting proposition.

"I don’t have a lot of opportunities to go to MotoGP," admits the French rider who nevertheless leads the Moto2 championship head and shoulders (79 points ahead) following his! A shame when we know that Valentino Rossi himself said he was impressed by Johann’s season and ensures that he would certainly make a "very strong" MotoGP rider. !

"Of course, when you get to be good in Moto2 and fight for the championship, you think it’s time to take the leap," admits Johann, whose first wish would have been to join the French team. ” Herve Poncharal, Tech3, to drive the excellent Yamaha M1.

Unfortunately, this beautiful "100% French" project will not see the light of day because the current pilots are renewed in their functions: Pol Espargaro has just and the extension of Bradley Smith will be announced on his land, at the end of August, during the GP de Grande- Brittany at Silverstone.

As, Johann and his manager turned to Ducati Pramac, who keeps Danilo Petrucci in 2016 but frees Yonny Hernadez … But it seems that the Ducati satellite team would prefer the Frenchman Johann Zarco to the British Danny Kent, currently leading Moto3. !

For Kent, this choice to "skip" the intermediate category – – is not inconsistent insofar as he has already spent a season in Moto2 in 2013 at Tech3. Even if this experience ended in failure (22nd in the championship) and a return to Moto3, Kent does not want to risk losing an additional season at the dawn of his 22 years..

"The dream of every driver is to go to the premier class"

"I didn‘t make my choice, there are still things to work on, but every driver’s dream is to go to the premier class," says Kent. "Next year is a good time to do it: everyone will have new tires and the electronics of the satellite teams will be closer to those of the Factory teams. Maybe next year, given the new rules, a satellite team will have the opportunity to win ".

Lucid, Johann Zarco now knows that all the good places are allocated or will be soon. At best, he could covet Nicky Hayden’s Honda Open at Aspar (opposite) or an M1 from the Forward team…

But the RCV Open does not attract many people because it lacks power and development: the first Honda Open, that of Miller, is 18th in the provisional. The Yamaha Open is clearly superior to it, but urges them to be cautious and does not allow to establish an "Open" strategy for Yamaha for 2016…

"This year I learned that the team was very important for me to feel really confident on the bike. When it does, I can be very strong", prefers to put the Cannes rider into perspective..

"In MotoGP the bikes are much faster, so if you hesitate or if you are not confident it can be a problem and it can be dangerous", explains Johann who could suffer the affront to see his main rival, Esteve Rabat, integrate MotoGP in 2016 in the VDS team: either to replace Scott Redding (in delicacy with the Honda Factory), or on a Honda Open if the Belgian team manages to raise the budget to field a second MotoGP.

Another irony of the story: the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, currently aligned by the excellent team Monlau, will almost certainly take the place of Danny Kent in Stefan Kiefer’s Leopard team! All these saddle movements will probably be confirmed – or not – by the next Grand Prix at Silverstone. To follow naturally on MNC: stay connected !

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