Espargaro Pol he was supposed to get a seat on Honda’s factory team in the 2021 season and thus become a new teammate Marc Marquez. This scenario is very likely, but still far from being indisputable, as the contract has not yet been signed.
"I can only confirm that the talks are ongoing," KTM's first man, Mike Leitner, told MotoGP.com: "Of course we want to keep Polo ourselves, but we are aware that it has another concrete option. We are currently waiting to see how the situation with Paul unfolds. At the same time, we need to think about our future. There are some different scenarios on the table, so we take things step by step. ”
It was originally KTM's intention to continue with all drivers next season. Espargaro Pol in Brad Binder in the factory team and Miguel Oliveira v Tech 3. For Ikera Lecuona the 2020 season will be the first in the royal class. How good it is cannot yet be judged.
KTM will most likely have to find an alternative to Asparagus, even though he is the CEO of KTM Stefan pierer za Speedweek. com said: “As far as we are concerned, the question of whether Pol stays at KTM is still open. The decision will be taken no later than 15 September. " Before this deadline Asparagus obviously not allowed to sign a contract with another factory team. Until then, v Jerez, Brno, Spielberg in Misan held six MotoGP class races.
If it's new KTM is competitive and if it might improve the financial offer, it could Asparagus theoretically persuaded to stay. On the other hand, the Spaniard and his manager have already at least verbally agreed with Hondo. Honda has been up in recent weeks did not committo offer Espargaro a seat in the 2021 season, but a team leader Alberto puig he highly praised the world champion class Moto2 of 2013 and at least did not reject speculation about possible cooperation with him.
