MotoGP – The French GP in two months already! – Interview with Magic Mike

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The French GP in two months already !

MotoGP - The French GP in two months already! - Interview with Magic Mike

Slowly, spring is looming and with it, the 2009 MotoGP season. In just two months, the French event at Le Mans will be contested: the organizer Claude Michy and our champion Mike Di Meglio were in Paris this morning to remind us. !

Interview with Magic Mike

At the end of the conference, Site was able to talk to Mike Di Meglio: first of all asked about the changes in his life following his world title, the sympathetic driver from Toulouse gave us a tac-au-tac : "the respect !".

Mistreated by the press and the public the two previous years, the 2008 season allowed him "to show that I could be trusted", assures the pilot of just 21 years old.

However, on the sponsors side, it does not panic and Mike’s salaries have nothing to do with those of other "world champions". The Toulouse resident knows how to put things into perspective: "I do not yet earn "well" my life but I am not to be pitied compared to some".

And then Shark, Clover (leather), TCX (boots) and the FFM remain more than ever at his side: "the decoration of my helmet will also change", reveals Mike Di Meglio who, like Randy De Puniet and Sylvain Guintoli, will be entitled to" his "Replica !

"OCD will offer me the first versions and the helmet should be ready for the start of the season"Mike informs us. The Replica could be marketed later this year..

So next year, our 125 world champion will land in 250 cc! But this category is doomed to disappear – normally in 2011 – in favor of the "Moto2" and its prototypes with a 4-stroke 600 cc engine….

"You have to see how it will all evolve", comments on this subject our champion who has never tried 4-stroke."On the one hand, it’s a good initiative, because it should attract builders", considers Mike,"but on the other hand, this new category will not be cheaper, on the contrary !"

We also asked Mike, a 125 specialist if there was one, who he thought was the driver to watch in 2009 in his old category: "Julian Simon !", he told us without hesitation. And in his" new "quarter-liter category?"Simoncelli and Bautista", on which the French will calibrate even if he will also watch out of the corner of his eye the results of his colleagues who like him will arrive from the 125:"Talmacsi, Cluzel and De Rosa in particular".

During his very last test in Valencia, Mike made an excellent impression: "we had good weather in November for my first tests and there in February, it took me a few laps to beat my record, when it was 5 ° C and there were a few drops", he tells us.

Third fastest time in Spain behind Talmacsi and Bautista – his new teammate in the Aspar team – Mike is impatient to get back on his Aprilia … But he doesn’t have much to wait: "the next tests take place Sunday and Monday in Estoril", warns us the n ° 63 … Case to be continued, therefore !

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