KTM, this season, is not just beginning his adventure in MotoGP. The Austrian manufacturer is also starting to write its history in Moto2. With an in-house chassis which uses a standard engine born from Honda and tomorrow from Triumph. But the glory, all the same, goes to the coat of arms of Mattighofen. Because this is the good surprise for the orange tunics: their entry into the category is sensational.
Two podiums in four Grands contested and a driver who has scored in all the races experienced since the start of the season. KTM is a happy company in Moto2. With its regularity in avoiding retirements and which is shared with only four other protagonists on the starting grid, Miguel Oliveira is a good third overall, only sixteen lengths behind a Morbidely leader who played his first joker in Jerez.
In fact, we say that KTM could soon experience the joys of victory. And why not this weekend at Le Mans? Last year, Olive tree had scored his first top 10 in Sarthe when he was just starting out in the discipline: “ after our second podium in Jerez, we are impatiently waiting for what Le Mans will have in store for us » announces the one who will have for the third time the replacement of Brad Binder and KTM test rider Ricky Cardus this week-end.
« The first challenge will be to discover the new surface of the track. Looks like it offers superior grip. We'll see what our bike will do there. Unlike Jerez where we had experience of the off-season tests, this time we will start with a clean sheet. So we will have a lot of work to do. I like this circuit, it looks like Jerez but hillier ". And Jerez had done well for the Portuguese…
