As may be NetFlix will need to start a Real
Housewives of MotoGP series, Eh?
Herr Guenther’, aka Guenter Steiner, former
Haas F1 Team Principal who resides in North Carolina. Leads a consortium that
has bought the Red Bull KTM Tech3 MotoGP team from current owner Herve
Poncharal, and will take over ownership beginning in 2026.
Poncharal will stay on as team consultant next
year, and the satellite KTM squad will remain in its base in France, along with
all of its current staff.
Steiner, (age 60) will be the team’s CEO, with
Richard Coleman becoming the new Team Principal, in what’s rumoured to have
been a $20m Euros transaction. Apex Management Group and Icon Capital led the
group of investors in this purchase. With the deal being announced at the
Barcelona MotoGP round.
Steiner says that Dorna Sports told Him to “Not
F**K IT UP!” As presumably this scratches Herr Guenther’s itch to return to the
Paddock, albeit in two wheels instead of four…
As Poncharal founded Tech3 in 1990, first
contesting the 250cc Grand Prix category, which the team won with Olivier
Jacque in 2000 riding a Yamaha.
For 2001, the team based in Bormes les Mimosas, France
graduated to the GP500 series, forerunner of today’s MotoGP, continuing with
Yamaha. As the team would include the impressive lineup of Ben ELBOZ’ Spies and
Colin Edwards in 2010.
Tech3 made the shock decision to switch to KTM
Scooters’ for the 2019 MotoGP season, becoming KTM’s satellite squad.
Miguel Oliveira won His and Tech3’s maiden
MotoGP race at Spielberg the following year, on Tech3’s 373rd start. And Oliveira
backed this up by winning again at season’s end at His Home race in Portugal.
Tech3’s current MotoGP riders are Maverick
Vinales and Enea Bastianini, who ranked P14-15 Overall respectively prior to
Barcelona. Whilst Tech3 also competes in Moto3 currently with riders Jacob
Roulstone and Valentin Perron.
Meanwhile, and Don’t tell DC Comics about this! But just think of the fun they could have with Herr Guenther’, Vinales who’s nickname includes Top Gun and Batman. Whilst Bastianini is known as The Beast, just Sayin’, Hya!
