Guenther Steiner is about to start his first season as MotoGP team boss. The Steiner Tech3 team joined suppliers KTM in revealing their 2026 bike on Tuesday.
SteinerHe takes over from Tech3 founder and longtime boss Hervé Poncharal, who ran the Haas Formula 1 team. He has appointed business partner Richard Coleman as Group Principal.
Steiner’s arrival is a sign of the interest MotoGP is showing to investors following the media takeover of Independence. The 60-year-old hasn’t made any major changes yet.
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The team is using the same name, the same livery and the same riders for 2026, with Enea Bastianini and Maverick Vinales honoring the contracts offered to them by Poncharal.
Guenther Steiner wants to take over KTM’s entire MotoGP operation
According to the report GPONSteiner’s ambitions are already growing. There is a ‘scramble’ to buy the KTM team from several shareholders from Bajaj Automobile.
Bajaj was only in November 2025 after a year of uncertainty over KTM’s future, but there were still doubts about its long-term commitment to MotoGP.
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So, Steiner knows he bought it KTM Tech3 will ‘guarantee’ a future satellite team. He could then turn the two teams into ‘franchises’, perhaps similar to Red Bull and Racing Bulls in Formula 1.
If the deal goes through, it will make him the boss of four drivers, including Steiner Brad Binder And as long as Pedro Acosta stays.
Tech3 and KTM will split by the end of 2026, he said.
Motorsport SpainOn the other hand, they are reporting that this will be the last year of the combination of KTM and Tech3. In the year For 2026, Steiner says it has ‘closed a deal’ with another unnamed manufacturer.
Instead of renting any bikes, KTM plans to downsize by operating only as a factory team. But that’s why Steiner sees an opportunity – he recognizes that demand for Bajaj is waning.
There was already a rumor. Tech3 may collaborate with Ducati.. Steiner is said to have a close relationship with the Italian brand’s CEO, Claudio Domenicali.
Ducati may lose VR46. By the end of the year, it could open the door for Steiner if he chooses to go in that direction.
