In 2020, KTM will experience its fourth season in MotoGP. An important deadline because we will have to pass a milestone which will allow the Mattighofen factory to move away from the status of a beginner and establish itself in the role of a protagonist to be taken seriously. For the sports director who saw the birth of the RC16 project, the time has indeed come to enter another dimension...
Red Bull KTM is ready for the fourth chapter of his MotoGP adventure. A step which is not trivial for the Mattighofen firm and it is Pete Beirer, director of KTM Motorsport, who sets the scene: “ the team is absolutely in place and structured. » So there are no more excuses!
To appreciate this created order, we must go back to the origins of the project: “ we formed a MotoGP team from the initial Moto3 team. The 2016 Test team then became the GP team. When this team was racing we needed a new testing team in the background. The racing team was able to really stand on its own two feet after two years. We then brought in a satellite team to work closely with them. We have four pilots who provide valuable data, push each other and complement each other. » « I feel like we've reached the right size. Now we can go, the bike has been put on a very good basis. For the first time we are able to equip four pilots with the same equipment »Insists Beirer. “ Dani Pedrosa and Mika Kallio will continue to test, they have their exclusive test team, they can develop on a track with the bike at least once a month. We are in such a rhythm that we can really work with the test team. »
« We took our bike out in Valencia in 2019 after the last race. She had six, seven months of development time. So a lot has changed. We are now on a stable basis to approach the next two years in this championship. »The structure having been acquired, it is now necessary to concretize… « After three years of MotoGP, it would be presumptuous to dream of really challenging the big guys. It's of course a lot of fun for us if we can annoy them a little from time to time and also make the public aware of our presence »Comments Beirer.
He ends on speedweek : " this weekend in Doha, testing in completely different conditions could be more difficult than in Sepang. Of course, these are steps that must be passed so that we can be consistent and achieve top 10 results, without counting on the luck factor. Because if you're lucky, you'll never win a championship, it's hard work. But I think we have a very good plan and we are in the right direction. »
