Sometimes they come back.
I’m writing again after a few weeks of silence. It’s not always easy to talk, especially when things are not going our way. It’s easier to talk when things go well, everything feels a bit lighter…After several weekends to forget, we finally got a taste of normality again.
The kind of normality we had lost, of who we were before…before Lunetta’s bad crash.
Then, a small but big achievement arrived here, in Mandalika. We are on Lombok Island: green hills, dense vegetation, coastlines diving straight into the ocean…
A circuit nestled in a corner of the world that should be a “tropical paradise” but…that’s another story.
A second place that made us breathe a sigh of relief. But the atmosphere we carried inside, was definitely colder that the one that welcomed us.
Over the past few months, we’ve tested some young talents, and today we’re happy to announce that Casey O’Gorman (who raced with us in Austria and Hungary), will be with us in 2026. We’ve never had an Irish rider on the team, and let me tell you, I’ve been impressed by his determination and eagerness to learn. Just in his second race, he managed to finish in the top 15, taking home his first World Championship points. I like this guy, head down and eager to win.
A little ray of sunshine came for Nepa as well: 9th at the finish line, a solid performance.
Lunetta was strong. He raced well and pushed when he had to. Precise, clean, always in rhythm. He knew how to accelerate at the right moments and managed everything smartly when needed. Good luck kept him away from the chaos, while the pack continued to fragment crash after crash. A solid performance, no frills, but a lot of substance.
Now we’re “relaxing” during this break week, on these beaches that, I must confess, I expected to be different. If we want to be kind… let’s say “peculiar”. Luckily Australia is waiting for us: with Rosa’s dishes, ready to spoil us as always – culinarily speaking – and a wave of good memories and strong emotions to lull us, even mentally.
-PaoloSic58-