Tech3 is set to have an even closer collaboration with KTM in MotoGP for 2025, and the ambition to win is evident in their choice of riders: Enea Bastianini and Maverick Viñales. This duo is generating a lot of expectations and excitement, including for team owner Hervé Poncharal.
When questioned by MotoSprint about whether this is the strongest rider lineup in Tech3’s history, Poncharal didn’t hesitate to reply:
– Yes. In the past, we sometimes had unbalanced rider pairings, but next year will be very different. I’m pleased to have two top riders like Bastianini and Viñales; it couldn’t be any other way.
Poncharal then reminisced about another strong rider lineup that Tech3 once had: ‘To be honest, a duo from my past that I remember fondly is the one formed by Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow. Even though with them we were fighting for positions around third place, next year we might be fighting for something more. Dovi and Cal were really different, but together they made a truly fun duo. Those were also different times, with less pressure, whereas now the level of everything is much higher’.