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A unique experience for the one who has been dominating the white circus for eight years, but who also loves engines very much.
Wednesday 10 July 2019 3 minutes reading time
Marcel Hirscher crowned his dream of driving a MotoGP, the Red Bull KTM RC16 version 2019, the one that participates in the world championship.
In fact, the champion of Annaberg first warmed up with the Austrian Moto2, to then "face" the test with the most powerful displacement, on the curves of Spielberg's Red Bull Ring, the showrun theater of the house that hosted an entire day on the track with the eight-time World Cup winner.
"It was the fastest and most difficult thing I've ever experienced in terms of acceleration, and to say that I had already had to do with motorsport - the first words of Hirscher, who led a KTM with his number 89 in plain view - Nothing is similar to MotoGP, impressive. It was my dream to drive one, others may prefer an F1, having this opportunity was fantastic and I can only thank KTM and Red Bull for that. "
Also the head of KTM Racing, Pit Beirer, followed the tests of Hirscher as well as the team manager Mike Leitner, but it was the same French driver of the team, Johann Zarco (twice world champion in Moto2), to praise Hirscher at end of the day: "You immediately notice how much an athlete is at the highest level, he listened very carefully to what I advised him and he quickly understood and implemented everything". The goal of MH89 was to be able to drive by touching with the knee on the ground, a successful operation only in the late afternoon, as Marcel was so amused that he ran until sunset.
And at the usual question about the competitive future, the Olympic champion has not added anything new: "As you know, on August 6 there will be a media event to talk about it".
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