"Espargaro, Rins want factory team" said Herve in a very interesting interview to the well known portal crash.net

By Peter McLaren - Crash.net


With rumours swirling, Crash.net sat down with Tech 3 boss Herve Poncharal on Sunday evening at his home Le Mans round to get the latest on the available M1 seat, plus the newly-announced deal with Folger.

“I would love to retain Pol,” began Poncharal. “Because I like Pol, he is a very nice guy, always a team player and I think his level is better than his results. And he showed this weekend [fifth place] that he is fast".

“Will he stay? I don't know. I fully understand that he wants a factory [team] ride. It is his third year with Tech 3 and if he stays with us forever he will be a satellite rider. So he is now trying to get a factory Yamaha, Honda, Ducati or Suzuki".

“I told him:
'Go. Hopefully you'll have it. If you find something I'll be happy for you, but sad for me. That is life and I understand you want to make the last step'.
But I think the rider line-up for the four top factory teams will be clear quite soon. For me by Barcelona everything will be fixed. That is my feeling".

“But I also said:
'I'm not going to do anything until you tell me, 'Herve I've signed for factory X. Or I've talked to all the factories and there is no room for me, can we talk?'
So until he either says to me 'can we talk?' or 'I'm gone', I'm going to wait''