Folger to fill in for injured Pol Espargaro at Tech3 MotoGP squad
Listen to this article Folger’s only MotoGP campaign was back in 2017, com Pet ing for Tech3 on Yamaha machinery, and highlighted by a second-place finish at his home round at the Sachsenring. But the German’s rookie premier class campaign was cut short by illness which was later diagnosed as Gilbert’s syndrome. Since then, Folger has made sporadic outings in Moto2 and the World Superbike championship at international level, and most recently competed for Bonovo MGM BMW in the production series in 2021. Folger will stand in for the injured Espargaro from the Americas GP, after he suffered a fractured jaw and back as well as trauma to his lungs in a heavy crash during practice for the MotoGP season-opener in Portugal. “It’s clear Pol needs time to make a full recovery and our thoughts are still with him and we are in contact all the time,” Nicolas Goyon, Tech3 team manager, sa...