The world of motorcycle Grand Prix racing is a crazy one. The Red Bull KTM MotoGP Factory Racing Team is entering its sophomore season in the premier class and is continually making progress. KTM has had a lot of success in other disciplines of motorcycle racing, especially off-road, and the Austrian manufacturer hopes to extend that success onto the tarmac. Pre-season testing in Sepang puts KTM riders in 17th, 18th and 19th in timing, however the gap between 17th and first is only 1.432 seconds… That’s not too shabby for the new kid on the block. KTM will look to improve upon cutting down that margin in the tests to come before the season opener on March 18 at Losail in Qatar.
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January 30,2018 – Mike Leitner (Team Manager MotoGP): ?This was a good test and there are a lot of positives. It was a shame that Pol crashed because it was a small mistake that had a big impact on our week. Anyway we have been able to do some basic work and it looks as though it is easy to set a fast laptime and to be able to keep a constant rhythm. The potential of the bike leaves us positive because we have been able to set some fast times but we know that there is still work to be done to be competitive at the start of the season. Our target is to be ready for Round 1.”

Pol Espargaro: ?I feel lucky because I had a big crash on Day 2 and I hit the wall at more than 250 kmp/h. I’m happy not feeling too bad physically but I’m in pain from...