Is KTM on the Brink of Withdrawal from MotoGP?

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Could someone briefly explain how a very talented mx rider that has a devastating crash and injury like Pit Bierer goes on to have what seems to be a controlling interest in a company as big as KTM?
 
Hey I don’t really know but his name seems to be on everything I read about KTM these days whether it’s racing or financial. Would like to know out of curiosity his depth of involvement?
 
Well, Pit is the head of what most likely is the expensive part of the KTM racing department. So that's that part.

I haven't read anything about him being more involved.

What we rarely get a glimpse of, is the Indian part of the operation. And that is a very large chunk of the company.
 
Do you think this could be using Bierers name as an anagram for the company name? It’s from CF Moto European website.
 

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For being full time in MotoGP since 2017 and having 4 bikes on the grid; the results aint too impressive. Maybe they need someone like Pedro. Honda had Vale/Casey/Marc. Yamaha Vale/JL/Fabio and Ducati Casey/JM/Pecco. So lets wait and see until next year if Pedro can do some magic on it.
 
Sennas_Caress said:
KTM is the pride of Austria.

Can't imagine Austrians not helping their brethren in their time of need.
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I can see Red Bull saving the racing team including technical departments. I'm not sure if Red Bull would want to save the whole group. That's a big ask, if they are in as much trouble as the article suggests.

I can see CF Moto taking over KTM.
 
I could see Red Bull Racing stepping in and making a purchase of the whole outfit and running it in tandem with their Formula One project. After all, they are going to be building engines in Formula One for 2026 and onward. They have their Red Bull Powertrains outfit. They could just move all the KTM engine designers to that umbrella and have a dual F1-GP operation for that side of it. I mean who cares if they don't build road bikes, they don't build cars either. They could work off of the shell of KTM till the formula change in 2 years while they build their own RBR V4. Just speculating wildly.
 
The more I read about the trouble at KTM the more I'm thinking that something has to give unfortunately.

Here in the Toronto area I have noticed the last 3 years how KTM has struggled in our local market, the release of the RC390 a few years back is a classic example. Many were on order, the delivery date was missed by a mile, orders got cancelled, even today there are still new 2022 and 2023 RC390 bikes being advertised for sale cheap at dealers here in Ontario Canada, not too mention lots of 2024 bikes too.

I won't even start on getting parts, the warped head issues on earlier bikes that burned a lot of owners, or getting your bike repaired in general.

When you look at other street/sport bikes in the 400-500 cc category, KTM has lost it's MOJO in my opinion.
 

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