Marco Bezzecchi, the current leader of the world championship, and the 3 riders who got on the podium at Le Mans in the Moto3 category, Albert Arenas, Andrea Migno and Marcos Ramirez, have this in common that they are all on the handlebars of a KTM Moto3.
In terms of the number of victories this year, KTM therefore takes the advantage over Honda by 3 to 2, a situation
which no longer has anything to do with that of last year when the Austrian firm only won a single victory with Andrea Migno in Italy.
To reinforce this positive dynamic, the men from Mattighofen brought 3 developments to Le Mans, 2 of which concerned the engine and aimed at better acceleration, the last being just a new transponder support.
A new air box, slightly larger and directly inspired by those of the Hondas (air intake splitting on each side of the tank before joining the air box), was thus provided to all the teams, accompanied by new exhausts Akrapovic longer and crossing under the engine. All to promote torque and acceleration at low revs.
The verdict of Florian Chiffoleau, chief mechanic of the world championship leader Marco Bezzecchi is without appeal: “ improvement in acceleration by allowing less power to be lost when changing gears.
The Europe-Japan war is relaunched… and that’s so much the better!
