Moto2 | Pasini close to the Petronas-Sprinta team?

Currently, the team Petronas Sprinta Racing, is entered in the Moto2 world championship with only one rider, the Malaysian Khairul Idham Pawi. However, as reported by Speedweek. com, the team principal Johan Stigefelt, would like to field a second driver in 2019 but his proposal was rejected by both Dorna that from IRTA.

To complicate matters further, there is the economic question:

“When our request was rejected, we had already allocated the budget for Pawi. For a second driver, we need another 800/900 thousand euros from our partners".

Stigefelt added that the second driver had to be Mattia Pasini:

“He is still very fast and with his experience he could have helped Pawi who we know is not at a high level but can very well fight for the top 15”.