KTM To Stay In MotoGP Until At Least 2026
KTM is committing to the premier roadracing class for the next five years. A move that’s sure to be popular to many considering the success Team Orange achieved in 2020.
Begin press release:
KTM Motorsports will be gunning for new milestones and more MotoGP ?highs? for the next six years after signing a contract extension with commercial rights-holders and promoters Dorna Sports S.L., ensuring that the KTM RC16 will be present on the grid until 2026.
KTM joined the premier class of FIM Grand Prix Motorcycling at the beginning of 2017. Races had been won in the 125cc and 250cc categories and the inaugural Moto3 championship was claimed in 2012. KTM also racked 14 Moto2 GP victories in a three-year period thanks to current Red Bull KTM racers Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira. Currently KTM is the only brand with presence stretching from talent development competitions like the Northern Talent Cup and the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup through the three divisions in Grand Prix. For two full years four RC16s have been pressing for top results in MotoGP thanks to the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and KTM Tech3 Racing teams. The company enjoyed their first MotoGP podium finish at the end of the 2018 campaign and their maiden victories in 2020 with two different riders as the KTM RC16 swiftly hit a peak level of performance. In all Grand Prix classes KTM now count 110 winners? trophies.
By finishing 4th in the 2020 MotoGP Constructors standings the standard has been set for furth...
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