Toni Elias was supposed to have signed with Sito Pons Moto2 team when the Spanish rider couldn’t find a MotoGP who wanted him, has had second thoughts about Pons’s capability of paying his future salary.
Hector Barbera, who rides for the Pons’s PepeWorld Team in 250cc, during the Sepang free practice sat out the first twelve minutes in protest against the Spanish team manager who had not paid his salary and this may be the reason Elias has changed his mind.
Pons who announced at Sepang that he would be using the German Kalex motorcycle prototype has now fallen back on rider Alex Debon to spearhead his new team, while Elias seems to be staying with Fausto Gresini, albeit in the Moto2 team, despite Gresini stating that he has problems finding funds in order to run the two bikes designed by Moriwaki.
Budget problems are also the reason that Lucio Cecchinello has abandoned plans to run a team in Moto2.
Today will be the last day for all new Moto2 teams to confirm their partecipation in series by paying a 17.
000 euro security deposit and at Valencia GP, we’ll probably have more news about who will be actually be in the series.
