After a timid, even worrying, off-season, KTM made a spectacular recovery as soon as the competition began, an affirmation at the forefront, with Brad Binder, who has been at this point in the long term that the brand finds itself today. today as a challenger to Ducati. Without South African Agent Orange, life in the Red Army would be much more peaceful. A funny situation, because the shape displayed by the RC16 owes a lot to men from Ducati. One of them, Francesco Guidotti, recalls how the men of Mattighofen were able to question themselves. As an indication of what should happen at Yamaha and at Honda. But still hasn't started...
He is team manager of the official team KTM and he is part of the wagon Ducati who stopped at Mattighofen station to move to KTM. Francesco Guidotti officiated at Pramac before wearing the orange shirt, which is also in the wardrobe today Fabiano Sterlacchini, Alberto Giribuola, Christian Pupulin et Jack Miller. Everyone brought their Ducati experience. And Guidotti don't hide it. Rather than seeing it as complete pillage, he saw great pragmatism on the part of the Austrians.
Public chat the Gazetta, we read thus: “ in Mattighofen, in 2021, they understood that they had to move up a gear, which is why they implemented a change program ". He adds : " this change comes from a decision taken at the top. As in any discipline, if you want to improve, you need to hire the best people in your field at the moment. ».
« At KTM, we understood that it was time to change pace by starting from scratch »
« There was a company that understood that it was time to change pace by starting from scratch, then, after reaching a certain level, structure everything better, focusing on the details » said the Italian again. “ It is clear that to grow, you have to look at who is the reference » he mentions again. “ Here at KTM, we had to speed up the process, it's logical that they went fishing in the paddock ».
A policy and audacity that are burning today with two Japanese firms who refuse this fundamental questioning, to the point of watching their ship, formerly admiral of the MotoGP fleet, sink normally.
