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It’s an open secret that two-time Moto3 GP winner Tony Arbolino is looking towards the Moto2 class. Now we can hear from Italy: the 20-year-old Honda rider from Garbagnate Milanese struck a deal with German team Liqui Moly IntactGP for 2021 earlier in the week.
Arbolino, who competes for the Rivacold Snipers Team, is currently sixth in the Moto3 category after a mixed race.
The Memmingen racing team last had a non-German-speaking driver under contract to Xavi Vierge in 2018, but the crew includes some Italian-speaking South Tyrolese, such as mechanic Thomas Wegscheider and Patrick Mellauner, the crew chief of Marcel Schrötter, who maintain the team. will remain. “The signs are pointing in this direction,” Schrötter manager Michael Kories told SPEEDWEEK.com today.
There was oral confirmation between Tom Lüthi and Intact-GP during the Corona-related forced hiatus, but the third of the World Cup last year had a hard time. The 34-year-old Swiss achieved the only top-five of the season at the Styrian GP. The third of last year’s Moto2 World Championship ranks ninth in the World Championship table, one place ahead of his current teammate Schrötter.
Before the two Misano GPs, Tom Lüthi did not want to commit to staying in Intact for 2021, although he wants to compete in the Moto2 World Championship for a few more years. “This is my class,” he said before the San Marino GP.
«Tom achieved his best result in the Moto2 World Championship with us. Because he only lost the 2019 World Cup title fight by twelve points, ”explained Intact team principal Jürgen Lingg. “It has never been so close.”
The Liqui Moly-IntactGP team has not yet officially confirmed the transfer, but it has not been denied either.
Apparently Tom Lüthi and the team parted ways in search of a better set-up.
Moto2 World Championship stand after 8 out of 15 races
1. Marini 125 Points. 2. Bastianini 120. 3. Bezzecchi 105. 4. Lowes 83. 5. Martin 79. 6. Nagashima 68. 8. Vierge 59. 9. Lüthi 52. 10. Schrötter 48.
