This season, we will have noticed that the factory teams have worked a lot with their test team which has been expanded. And for good reason: the level is tightening, the requirements are increasing at the same time as the possibilities of officially trying with the regular pilots are shrinking due to drastic regulations. We must therefore overcome all of this…
It is also a train that is said to have been so missed by Yamaha that we are now seeing the result. Or rather through the lack of results on the ground. Honda and Ducati are now ahead and the Iwata firm is so self-critical that it has not only apologized but is finally forming its test team based in Europe.
That being said, it is KTM which has given itself the legitimacy of having made the test team an essential ingredient for success. The sports boss Pete Beirer explained thus in the columns of speedweek : " I think we are the ones who opened this new market. That is to say, having a very professional test team which is on the track every month and which allows you to progress to the top of the table in the short term. ».
« We now see other manufacturers making progress. This is why all riders who have the level to ride these motorcycles are called upon. And which we often call the same ones, because there are not that many of them. Because piloting such machines and fighting to the second with your opponents means that you are not a bad pilot at all. What these guys do is art ».
We will remind you that KTM wants to expand its staff a little more by recruiting Pedrosa. The brand also contacted Jonas Folger which is also cited for Yamaha's European project.
