"I don't know what Folger is doing. The only thing I know is, he is uncontactable," Poncharal said. "Nobody can reach him.
"There were people at Milwaukee when Eugene Laverty was injured who tried to call him and when Schrotter had a problem they tried to reach him… Everybody who tried to get contact him, impossible. So he has no interest at the moment to reply.
"I like Jonas Folger a lot and I have a lot of respect for his talent. A lot. Because I took him against 90% of the paddock saying, 'you are stupid, you shouldn't'. I did. It was quite successful, but in the end it didn’t work…
"So I don't know about Folger. I'm not going to sign him because, firstly he has never been in contact with me, and also I don’t think he ever showed any desire [to return] - through any media or any friends.
"He could have come and said hello. Even our sponsor Motul Germany wanted to invite him to the Sachsenring as an ambassador and do things with him. He never managed to get back to them. He doesn't reply. This is the situation.
"If he ever wants to come back here I'd be happy to talk to him. But I'm not going to sign him.