KTM motorsport boss Pit Beirer admits not being able to come to an agreement to sign Andrea Dovizioso for the 2021 MotoGP season “hurt”. Dovizioso faces an uncertain future after announcing his Ducati exit at the end of the year during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend. The three-time MotoGP championship […]
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Several MotoGP manufacturers are not happy that KTM will be permitted to develop its engines ahead of the 2021 season, with fears it is working on a “super engine”. KTM and Aprilia are permitted by the regulations to be exempt from the engine development freeze imposed on non-concession manufacturers Honda, […]
Pol Espargaro stormed to his and KTM’s first MotoGP pole in a frantic Styrian Grand Prix qualifying, while Valentino Rossi was only 15th after a crash. In a season in which KTM achieved its first win courtesy of Brad Binder, Espargaro gave the Austrian marque its maiden pole in a […]
Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso says it’s “difficult” to understand the strong and weak points of the KTM as its riders are all extracting performance differently. The RC16 has been one of the strongest bikes on the 2020 grid, with rookie Brad Binder guiding the KTM to its – and […]
KTM can develop engines if it loses MotoGP concessions KTM will be able to unseal and develop its MotoGP engines in the event it loses its results-based concessions at the end of the 2020 season. The concession system grants new manufacturers and those with little recent success in the premier […]
KTM’s Pol Espargaro says his motivation is “in the clouds” for this weekend’s MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix after the team’s first premier-class victory in the Czech GP. Rookie Brad Binder guided the RC16 to his and KTM’s first MotoGP victory at Brno last weekend just four years after the Austrian […]
Valentino Rossi believes KTM “can fight for the championship for sure” in 2020 a week after Brad Binder took the marque’s maiden MotoGP victory in the Czech Grand Prix. Rookie Binder guided his RC16 to a dominant 5.2-second win at Brno last Sunday to score his and KTM’s first victory […]
Espargaro Aleix Espargaro was “very disappointed” to be 15 seconds away from KTM winner Brad Binder in the Czech Grand Prix, as Aprilia has been in MotoGP two years longer. Rookie Binder took a sensational maiden victory for himself and KTM last weekend at Brno, while Espargaro was 15s back […]
Aleix Espargaro was “very disappointed” to be 15 seconds away from KTM winner Brad Binder in the Czech Grand Prix, as Aprilia has been in MotoGP two years longer. Rookie Binder took a sensational maiden victory for himself and KTM last weekend at Brno, while Espargaro was 15s back in […]
Aleix Espargaro says the traction of Brad Binder’s race-winning KTM relative to his Aprilia made him feel like “I was in the Moto2 class” during MotoGP’s Czech Grand Prix. Espargaro started from fourth on the factory 2020 Aprilia RS-GP and ran second on the opening lap after overtaking championship leader […]
Aleix Espargaro says the traction of Brad Binder’s race-winning KTM relative to his Aprilia made him feel like “I was in the Moto2 class” during MotoGP’s Czech Grand Prix. Espargaro started from fourth on the factory 2020 Aprilia RS-GP and ran second on the opening lap after overtaking championship leader […]
KTM boss Pit Beirer says the Austrian marque’s debut MotoGP win courtesy of Brad Binder at the Czech Grand Prix “didn’t come by accident”. Binder dominated the Brno race on Sunday by 5.2 seconds to take a sensational debut victory for himself and KTM in MotoGP. The Austrian manufacturer came […]
Pol Espargaro says he feels “strong enough to fight for something great” on the KTM in this weekend’s MotoGP Andalusian Grand Prix after finishing Friday practice fifth overall. Espargaro ended last weekend’s first race at Jerez just a second from KTM’s first ever dry podium, and made a rapid start […]
Johann Zarco says Brad Binder is “doing the job that I was not able to do” at KTM, after he took his maiden MotoGP win at the Czech Grand Prix. Rookie Binder dominated the race at Brno on Sunday to score his and KTM’s first ever MotoGP victory in just […]
Brad Binder dominated the Czech Grand Prix to claim a shock maiden win for him and KTM in MotoGP, while points leaders Fabio Quartararo, Maverick Vinales and Andrea Dovizioso struggled. In just his third race in the premier class, 2016 Moto3 champion Binder was promoted to the factory KTM team […]
The Marco Polo Motorsports duo of Mads Siljehaug and Nicolai Elghanayan was in control through all 60 minutes of the Saturday afternoon Pirelli GT4 America SprintX Round 7 at Sonoma Raceway, notching the first GT4 SprintX overall and Silver division win for the innovative KTM X-Bow. “We finally got the […]