If Tom Lüthis Töff does not drive properly, at least the ruble rolls

A disappointed Thomas Lüthi at the finish (Photo: Vincent Guignet / Freshfocus (Sachsenring, July 15, 2018))

To put it bluntly: Tom Lüthi is quick only when it goes on vacation. He ran 170 kilometers to Prague airport on Sunday immediately after the Sachsenring race. From there, he flew to the Red Sea at 8 pm with his manager and friend Daniel Epp. For kitesurfing. The GP Circus will be on hold until August 5 (GP Brno).

Lüthi has reached its lowest point. "This race reflects my season," says the Bernese auto-critic. He was in the top 15 for a long time, which earned him the first points of the World Championship. But there was only seventeen years left behind Stefan Bradl (16th). "At the end the tires were in ruins, we can not control the electronics and we can not adjust the machine." Epp does not deny that his protege is in the deepest crisis: " He is completely out of character. And announces the action. "We have to question a lot of things and restructure the whole training in the future."

Review of the Swiss Pilot

While Lüthi's sequel is not in danger, Dominique Aegerter (27 years old) still does not know 2019 continues. 2014 he was the winner of the Sachsenring, Sunday he came only on the 14th place. Fred Corminboeuf had it until 2016 in his team. Today, the Freiburg is the British Sam Lowes and the Spanish Iker Lecuona with moderate success at the Moto2 World Championships. He says that in the meantime, a light has risen on him when it was foreign drivers. "No wonder, I found myself in the red with the Swiss pilots.They earn far too much.It is downright outrageous, with requirements, for example, that Daniel Epp confronts the bosses of the team." The excitement of Corminboeuf still owes Lüthi last season a six-figure amount and has negotiated a new Saturday mode for payments. The case bored a lot Tom Lüthi. Daniel Epp says, "He must learn to disappear, that too is one of the things we need to improve."

The two Swiss have never won less than half a million per season in Moto2 World Championship (since 2010.) Corminboeuf unkt: "I think now they are landing on the hard ground of reality." He could imagine working again with Dominique Aegerter. "But at financial conditions very different from those to which he is used to it. "In fact, the Rohrbacher will only be able to continue his career under financially modest conditions, and in his best years (2013 to 2015) he earns around 700,000 francs a year. it's all about a six-figure sum.

It looks better for Tom Lüthi. The best teams lure him for the 2019 Moto2 World Cup. He always has class and experience to claim for the title of the second World Cup In the meantime, MV Agusta has come up with an offer of 300,000 euros that Daniel Epp has already rejected. In vain. Epp says: "No interest, we have better offers." If the driver does not drive properly, at least the ruble rolls.

Hohenstein-Ernstthal. Grand Prix of Germany. MotoGP (30 laps of 3.671 km / 110.13 km): 1. Marc Marquez (ESP), Honda, 41: 05.019 (160.8 km / h). 2. Rossi (ITA), Yamaha, 2,196 back. 3. Viñales (ESP), Yamaha, 2,776. – Also: 6th Lorenzo (ESP), Ducati, 5,780. 16. Bradl (GER), Honda, 38,207. 17th Lüthi (SUI), Honda, 49,369 – 23 drivers started, 19 classified. – Not at the start: Morbidelli (ITA), Honda (hand injury). – Ranking of the World Cup (9/19): 1. Score 165. 2. Rossi 119. 3. Viñales 109. – Further: 17. Morbidelli 19. 24. Lüthi 0.

Moto2 (28 laps / 102,788 km): 1st binder (RSA), KTM, 39:46, 306 (155.0 km / h). 2. Me (ESP), Kalex, .779. 3. Marini (ITA), Kalex, 0.933. 4. Oliveira (POR), KTM, 2 143. – Also: 12. Bagnaia (ITA), Kalex, 17.304. 14. Aegerter (SUI), KTM, 18, 138. – 31 runners started, 25 ranked. – World Cup standings (9/19): 1. Bagnaia 148. 2. Oliveira 141. 3. Alex Marquez (ESP), Kalex, 113. – Farther: 16th Aegerter 24.

Moto3 (27 laps / 99.117 km): 1. Martin (ESP), Honda, 39: 36.427 (150.1 km / h). 2. Bezzecchi (ITA), KTM, 2.515. 3. McPhee (GBR), KTM, 2,571. – 30 pilots started, 21 classified. – World Cup Stand (9/19): 1. Martin 130. 2. Bezzecchi 123. 3. Canet 92.