Back to the news about Pescarolo Sport, an
interview with Henri Pescarolo gives some new insight on the current affairs of Henri's ex-company. Henri says he's "
shocked" and "
desperate" about the possibilty of the team ceasing its sporting activities.
Some highlights of the interview:
- Jean Py would have said last week in a meeting with the ACO that he purchased Pescarolo Sport to build the Pescarolo school cars and that had
no intention of racing;
- After the purchase of Pescarolo from Jacques Nicolet by Jean Py (at the end of the 2008 season), Henri was requested to abandon the management of the company, retaining a Sporting Director role, by means of a contract with MHP, the society Henri controls with his wife. After November 2009, MHP's invoices to Pescarolo Sport began being rejected. Henri continued his work as Sporting Director, since MHP's contract with Pescarolo Sport runs for 3 years. This contract is currently being disputed in the justice, Py trying to terminate it (and Henri's role in the team he created).
- According to Henri, the team, despite keeping his personnel (that develops the Pescarolo 01 LMP2 for OAK Racing, e.g.), has
lost the intelectual property of the Pescarolo 2009-2010, as well as all the manufacturing tools and commercial rights to OAK Racing; has
lost vehicle #17 to SORA Composites, after the return of the vehicle from the Asian LMS race - which it won; there's left only an incomplete vehicle (#16) and "some toolboxes".
It seems this year there will be no such picture:
More revealing, Jean Py's interview I mentioned before seems to be nothing but a smokescreen to his real intentions. Left to understand is how serious the discussions with Genii were and the real reasons the deal fell through...
Gotta go find some yellow duct tape!