Italian style
In this strange rider market, where negotiations are confirmed ‘behind the scenes’ but cannot be made official because the agreement between the manufacturers and Liberty Media for the 2027 season has not yet been ratified, a new slot seems to have been definitively filled: Enea Bastianini will be a new rider for the American team Trackhouse. The Rimini native will leave Tech3 and KTM to join the Aprilia customer team. For Noale, this means a third Italian rider after the Bezzecchi-Bagnaia pair who will race with the black suits of the official team.
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Pernat approves
Also to ‘bless’ this agreement was the former manager of the Beast, Carlo Pernat, who speaking exclusively to the microphones of FormulaPassion.it showed himself very happy for this new adventure that Bastianini will face. “It now seems certain that he will officially join Trackhouse – observed the Genoese manager – this means having an important Aprilia contract and having an important bike available in 2027“. Trackhouse won the competition from Gresini, who had moved for him before turning to Joan Mir.
According to Pernat, the change of team could allow the 2020 Moto2 world champion to return to the spotlight as he was during his Ducati adventure and especially in the 2022 season, when with the Gresini bike #23 won four GPs and finished the World Championship in third place: “He will return to being the Bastianini we know – assured Pernat – because he has a natural talent. With the right bike, he will return to the front positions“.
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