KTM Parent company Pierer Mobility AG continues to deal with the financial crisis Marco Melandri fears will see his MotoGP team lose 2025 star rider Pedro Acosta.
The Spanish sensation has stepped up to partner Brad Binder from satellite KTM team Tech3 from the 2025 season. Acosta Last year, he had an amazing rookie season in the premier class to enter the factory KTM Team to replace Jack Miller.
Acosta has signed a two-year contract with KTM to match new terms that run through 2024. They stay in the plane until the end. MotoGP’s Current regulations. KTM have signed new Tech3 pilots Innea Bastianini and Maverick Vinales to two-year factory deals.
KTM’s financial problems hurt their MotoGP bike development.
But Acosta has moved to the factory KTM team as their parent company Pier Mobility AG is struggling with debts estimated at £2.4bn. Christmas KTM have insisted they will be on the MotoGP grid in 2025And will continue to participate in Moto2 plus Moto3 fields.
Although KTM will race in 2025, Melandri says Pierre Mobility AG’s financial problems will hurt the brand’s factory MotoGP team and threaten to prevent Acosta from meeting even the minimum expectations for bike development. KTM’s R&D work is sure to slow down.
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“This KTM has been a cold shower for everyone,” Melandri said Moto Sprint. “Until recently, KTM seemed to be conquering the world. Suddenly, they find themselves in a difficult situation to recover from.
“From the outside, the best solution seems to be to break everything up and sell it. Racing will go on regardless, but development will inevitably slow down significantly. I think everyone will be affected.”
“Acosta expects a certain type of development that probably won’t happen, the same for Bastiani and Vinales. Sometimes a lot of competition costs can be passed on to serial production, like the hours in the wind tunnel, but now that’s all gone.
Amidst KTM’s troubles, Pedro Acosta is eyeing the MotoGP rider market.
Struggling to develop the RC16 may not be KTM’s only problem, as their parent company’s financial woes show. Acosta has made moves in the MotoGP rider market. However, they hope the 20-year-old KTM will have enough budget to do some R&D work if they make the grid.
| 2024 MOTOGP constructors stops | ||
| Place | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Ducati | 722 |
| 2 | KTM | 327 |
| 3 | Aprilia | 302 |
| 4 | Yamaha | 124 |
| 5 | Honda | 75 |
Last year it was often a struggle for the Austrian outfit and to fight Binder KTM has admitted that their 2024 MotoGP bike has ‘critical issues’ Trying to get more performance. But their radical tactics still left the team in braking and cornering to improve the RC16’s grip.
Acosta still managed to impress in Tech 3 on the RC16 as the Spaniard moved into MotoGP as Moto2 champion. He scored five Grand Prix podiums in his rookie campaign. Acosta is now on the pace and wants to win the KTM race.
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