“We have a problem”He told a senior leader: KTMAustria’s powerful motorcycle brand, one member of the company’s ‘staff’ Dorna Sportspromoter motorcycle world championshipSaturday Austrian Grand PrixPerformed in a very beautiful order Spielberg. “We have five riders and only four motorcycles.”insisted that they increase the number of motorcycles to six. “They may have bigger problems”A representative of Dorna Sports told him: “I wish they only had three riders and four bikes”.

KTM spent months knowing it wouldn’t have a fifth or sixth bike. So it was the Austrian firm that investigated the problem and added it to the official pilot list. (Brad Binder, Jack Miller, Pol Espargaró and Augusto Fernández)The most fashionable name of the World Cup is the name of the young Murcian Pedro Acosta, already famous and popularMazarron SharkMoto3 world champion and current undisputed leader of the Moto2 World Championship.

Beirer’s defeat

KTM already knows it will have to sacrifice one of its four drivers to make room for Acosta; Given his tremendous quality and precocity, the Acosta will likely be the only one out of four to be one of the drivers, and the young man to provide him with the necessary performance. wins his first MotoGP world title. His signature as a confident man on the circuits Pit Beirer (“If we need an extra room for the Acosta, we will create it,” he said recently).

Binder has signed a new contract at KTM until 2026, which undoubtedly means that the ‘Mazarrón Shark’ square will be occupied by Miller It’s unlikely he’ll be on the official team right now, or in any of the two drivers of the Tech3 ‘satellite’ team that KTM competes under the Catalan GasGas name. Young Augusto Fernández and ‘Polyccio’, last year’s Moto2 world champions, know they are in danger in the upcoming races.

test pilot

Of course, it is very likely that the discarded GasGas pilot will not be fired or his contract terminated as he may stay. Dani PedrosaAs a KTM test rider, we have several opportunities to race in 2024, either as a result of the large number of injuries currently occurring in MotoGP (‘Polyccio’ has not raced for several months this year) or thanks to various races. Invitations (also known as ‘wild cards’) offered by the World Championship organization as compensation for refusal to increase the number of KTM-GasGas in the top category.

Neither Acosta nor his entourage spoke up during the months of contention between KTM and the championship organization; no doubt, he knew that the Austrian firm had warned him that his contract would let him if he didn’t train him. To MotoGP.

No one doubts that the ‘Mazarrón Shark’ is currently on the ‘paddock’ of the World Cup. The pilot with the largest projection of the next generationBecause at the age of 19, he will be promoted to MotoGP with the Moto3 and Moto2 world titles, something few champions have accomplished.