![]() ![]() KTM (which owns GasGas and builds the KTM RC16 that races in GasGas colours for the Tech 3 team) has a team of three MotoGP test riders, with Mika Kallio having been involved with the RC16 project since pretty much the beginning Dani Pedrosa having come on as test rider after he retired from full-time racing at the end of 2018 and Jonas Folger, who joined KTM’s test team over the winter. It is not certain when the GasGas Tech 3 Factory Racing rider will return to MotoGP action, but since he is almost certain to miss the Grand Prix of the Americas, Tech 3 needs a replacement. Second, we come to Pol Espargaro, who was involved in a crash at turn 10 on Friday and will be out for a while with fractures in his dorsal vertebrae and jaw, as well as a pulmonary contusion. On Ducati’s side, even with Bastianini’s non-scoring weekend, they still lead all three World Championships - Riders’, Manufacturers’, and Teams’ - thanks to Francesco Bagnaia’s race wins in both the Sprint and Grand Prix.Įither way, Ducati will need a replacement should Bastianini be forced to miss the Grand Prix of the Americas which follows two weeks after Argentina, for which (Argentina) Ducati has confirmed that Bagnaia will be its factory team’s only representative. It has clearly not been the ideal start to Bastianini’s time as a factory rider, but maybe there is some comfort in knowing it was not your fault. ![]() It was not an overly-aggressive move by Marini, in comparison to the one with which Joan Mir knocked himself out of the race, but the Italian’s front fold cost Bastianini a broken scapula on Saturday afternoon, and the Italian is therefore almost certain to miss next weekend’s Argentinian Grand Prix. ![]() MotoGP Austin results, Grand Prix - Dramatic beginning breeds tense ending ![]()
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