[kropotkin thinks...] - Gino Borsoi: "Maybe We Will Sit Down With Yamaha At Qatar"

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The Tech3 team's decision to switch from Yamaha to KTM sent shock waves through the MotoGP paddock. Few had been expecting Tech3 to abandon a relationship of 20 years and give up a bike which a proven track record of success. Simultaneously, the shock waves Tech3's announcement triggered a reaction among the other teams in the paddock: with two Yamaha M1s up for grabs, other satellite teams not already locked in are weighing their options. After Tech3, who's next?

The names being bandied about to replace Tech3 as a satellite Yamaha team are self evident. Marc VDS have been strongly linked to the rides, with the Angel Nieto Team a close second, though Avintia are also in the fray. With suggestions that Suzuki and Aprilia are also examining the possibility of supplying bikes to a satellite team, it seems there is much to play for.

At the Jerez Moto2/Moto3 test, I spoke to Gino Borsoi, team director of the Angel Nieto Team, who was there to oversee the test for the team's Moto3 riders, Andrea Migno and Albert Arenas. The subject was of course whether the team had any interest in taking over the Yamahas which had been freed up by Tech3, and their plans for 2019 and beyond.