To ask him for wealth and be left without a motorcycle, on the podium

In motorsports, you need talent, but you also need money and take advantage of the opportunities you have to continue to shine. Andrea Migno he knows. The 27-year-old Italian, born in Catholic (Italy), is one of the main characters of the past MotoGP Argentine GP in the bronze category, in Moto3by managing to get on the podium with a creditable third position in a wet race, in complicated conditions, that he didn’t know he would be racing for a while.

mignoafter 8 full seasons in Moto3, he had to put his dream to continue on World Cup in 2023. After a few years in which he occasionally showed his talent, like in 206 when he achieved two podium finishes, or the following year, with his victory in Italy 2017, he continued to explode with a continuous -continuously good results. And finally, this year he faced the most difficult moment of his career: he had no motorcycle.. He couldn’t make the jump to Moto2, something that would have been his due to age, for the money they asked for. And his budget didn’t allow him to continue in Moto3 either. I had to watch the first race of the year in Qatar from the sofa.

“I am disgusted, unfortunately, I am burning to stay at home and watch others run, but this is my current situation and I cannot help it. What annoys me the most is to see the people who finished behind me last year, who were in the World Cup at the beginning of this season”, he said before the start of the championship.

“At the end of the season I had suspicions and in the end my worries were confirmed. It’s very difficult to assume, because from one day to the next you find yourself with nothing and almost losing everything. The problem with it all costs. To join a Moto3 they ask you for 200,000 euros, and also in FIM Junior. If, on the contrary, you want Moto2, you have to put €400,000. The one with the money runs, even if he chases me (behind him) in 2022 ”, he declared, completely broken, looking for new horizons to keep running.

“I train every day like there’s a race on Sunday. It’s not easy, but it’s the motivation that accompanies me in my daily life. At the same time, however, I’m also evaluating other alternatives, because with the illusion of running you don’t pay for electricity or gas,” he concluded in that February statement.

One call changed everything

What he didn’t know was that as the weeks passed, everything would change for him. Lorenzo Fellon’s injury meant that the CIP Green Power team had to find a replacement for him at the last minute. they chose mignoan experienced rider without a team, and the Italian took advantage of all his desire to show off the track with an excellent third place in Argentina in delicate conditions.

“I’ve been happy since the first day I came here, the team called me replace Lorenzo, to whom I extend my congratulations and wish him a speedy recovery, I hope he gets back to doing what he loves as soon as possible”he commented after the podium. “I am very happy with the result, last weekend I was interviewed in Portimao as one more guest, and a week later, here in Argentina, as a pilot. I have enjoyed everything from the first moment, since I landed in Argentina” , added.

“I’ve never got a podium in the wet, so it’s a good thing” the Italian driver, who almost lost the prize at the end because of a mistake: “I made a mistake at the beginning of the last lap. I thought the race was over, but there was one more lap, so when I passed the finish line in second position I thought ‘where is the flag?’, I can’t see it”.

“In the main straight the group overtook me, but I braked hard and made contact. I fought with Diogo (Moreira) until the last corner, but I’m happy to finish third,” he concluded.