Far from being ridiculous for this first confrontation on the Red Bull Ring with its future competitors, the Ktm RC16 was immortalized once again by Philip Platzer.
The Ktm in the generic sense, of course, since there are currently two of them running in Austria, in the hands of Tom Luthi et Mika Kallio.
On the other hand, it is the latter who will line up, alone, for a wild card in Valencia with the Austrian machine, on November 13, before leaving it to Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith to defend the colors of the men in orange in 2017.
Until then, private tests will still take place in Misano, Aragon, Brno and Valencia.
Mika Kallio: “I think everyone can be really satisfied being here, with the others. In the end, our times are pretty good. We tried to follow the others, see how the bike behaved and where we were losing time compared to them. Being two seconds behind the best is a good point for the moment. We still have work to do before our Valencia race. »
