        Lombok Island, the stage for the Indonesian MotoGP, is one beautiful place. All the riders love it, not least Remy Gardner, an Australian who is &ldquo;used&rdquo; to tracks overlooking the sea. The KTM Tech3 rider draws a comparison to help describe the atmosphere: "A beautiful track, it really is. It reminds me of Phillip Island in some ways. But here it&rsquo;s about 25&deg; hotter". The current Moto2 champion explains the difference in climate: "In Australia we race when it&rsquo;s cold, but here at Mandalika it&rsquo;s insanely hot. That aside, both tracks are technical and demanding. We&rsquo;ll see how it goes, but I feel ready for the challenge&rdquo;. Remy&rsquo;s injured hand is improving  Among other things, not least the move from the middle to the top class, Gardner has also faced a challenging winter as he adapts to the new bike. The injury he sustained over the winter seems to be water under the bridge, or almost: "My wrist is improving, in fact I rode well in Qatar. The Lusail race was my first in MotoGP and my sensations were positive, though I&rsquo;m not yet 100%". Remy&rsquo;s aim is to grow consistently: &ldquo;Yes, we need time and miles. We&rsquo;ll get there step by step. The RC16 has great potential, I&rsquo;m working hard to understand its reactions. And I&rsquo;m also learning more about the tyres. Things are going well, as I&rsquo;ve said, the aim is consistent growth". The toughest part of the weekend regards the securing of grid positions: "Qualifying is insane, the bike expresses incredible lateral forces, in acceleration and braking, and the rider is pretty stressed. The speeds are incredible, especially when you put fresh tyres in. It&rsquo;s crazy&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson GP Indonesia, Quartararo: &ldquo;The real Yamaha is what you saw in Qatar&rdquo;       

Remy is Australian and compares his home track to the circuit on the Island of Lombok: "It&rsquo;s a lot hotter&rdquo; before revealing the toughest part of the weekend: "Qualifying is crazy"

GP Indonesia, Gardner: “Mandalika is Phillip Island... but 25° hotter"

        The 2022 MotoGP season draws ever closer and manufacturers are starting to unveil their new bikes. Today was the turn of KTM, a manufacturer that has had big ambitions since arriving in the reigning class, ambitions that have become increasingly realistic thanks to a bike that has improved to such an extent over the last four years as to become a race winner. The goal now though is to fight for the world title with factory riders Miguel Oliveira and Brad Binder and help talented rookies Remy Gardner and Ra&uacute;l Fern&aacute;ndez to develop. It&rsquo;s too soon to talk titles: "We&rsquo;ll see step by step"  Miguel Oliveira has been a sure thing on the MotoGP grid for several years already. Fast and reliable, he&rsquo;s never concealed his ambitions. The 2018 Moto2 runner-up is the only Portuguese rider to have ever won a MotoGP race, a statistic that has inevitably seen him become the unofficial leader of the entire motorcycle movement in his country. A point of reference just as fellow countryman Cristiano Ronaldo is in football. The pair recently starred in an advert together: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m still a long way from achieving results like Cristiano, but I have the same desire&rdquo;. According to Oliveira, the season will depend on the bike set-up work: "There&rsquo;ll be some new elements of course, but I think we&rsquo;ll need to work on the set-up. We can improve a lot there to find greater speed, though I don&rsquo;t know if the testing time we have will be sufficient. All the bikes have improved, particularly the Ducati. Last year, we didn&rsquo;t obtain the results we wanted so we need to keep working&rdquo;. The wrist injury Miguel sustained last year definitely didn&rsquo;t help him: "It was tough because I wanted to do certain things but I couldn&rsquo;t, and I didn&rsquo;t see that happening. As soon as you make mistakes in MotoGP, you find yourself lagging behind and it&rsquo;s difficult&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s not realistic to think about the title right now, but neither is it impossible: "As for the title, we need to see step by step, many things would need to happen, and we&rsquo;ll only know what might be possible once the championship is underway. For&nbsp;now, my goal is to be consistent&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP, Brad Binder: &ldquo;Darryn? He has what it takes to fight with the others&rdquo;       

KTM has presented its teams ahead of the 2022 season, one that will be crucial for a manufacturer that has demonstrated consistent growth in recent years but failed to reap the expected benefits in 2021

MotoGP, Miguel Oliveira: “Raúl Fernández will be fast right away”

        KTM has now unveiled its bikes ahead of the imminent 2022 MotoGP season. But the factory team&rsquo;s line-up remains unchanged, the squad once again fielding Miguel Oliveira and Brad Binder. The South African heads into his third season with the same team and is ready to fight at the sharp end after a 2021 season of highs and lows. &ldquo;Over the last two MotoGP seasons, I&rsquo;ve really learned a lot, because there&rsquo;s always something new to focus on&rdquo;, comments Brad, aware of his growth. &ldquo;In the first year, I&rsquo;d often go too far and make mistakes, while in 2021 the main difficulty was having to settle for bringing home the best possible result we could with what we had available. It wasn&rsquo;t easy, but it allowed me to enjoy the races more&rdquo;. Binder: &ldquo;I need to improve in qualifying. Guidotti will be important for the team&rdquo;  During this third season, the South African will be aiming high and trying to improve on his weak points: &ldquo;I need to really push to be more competitive in qualifying and start further forward in the races, also improving in terms of tyre management. I will also try to change my riding style a little, so that I cover slightly less distance, because I always lose time with trajectories that are slightly different to the best ones&rdquo;. KTM itself will also be striving to up its competitiveness, and can also count on the arrival of Guidotti: &ldquo;The RC16 is already a good bike, but I think we need more traction out of the corners and greater stability in braking, so we&rsquo;re going to concentrate on these areas. I&rsquo;m sure that Guidotti&rsquo;s arrival can help spur the entire team on and help us to go far&rdquo;. &ldquo;My brother? It&rsquo;ll take time, but it will be a great season for him&rdquo;  Brad also touches on his brother Darryn and Petrucci&rsquo;s amazing performance in the Dakar: &ldquo;Darryn has trained a lot with a Superbike so that he&rsquo;s ready, but it will still be an incredible challenge for him to move up from Moto3 to MotoGP. He&rsquo;ll need time to adapt, but he has what he needs to be able to fight with the others. Petrucci in the Dakar? He was incredible, I don&rsquo;t think even he expected that. It was a great move, on both his part and that of KTM&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP: Gardner and Fernandez, the factory KTM is calling for 2023       

"I&rsquo;ve learned a lot in recent years. I need to be fast now&rdquo; comments the South African ahead of his third season in the reigning class, which will also include his younger brother for the first time. Here&rsquo;s what the KTM rider has to say

MotoGP, Brad Binder: “Darryn? He has what it takes to fight with the others”

        KTM is ready for a relaunch in 2022. With the championship just around the corner and team presentations already underway, the Austrian manufacturer has high hopes for the season. Not only with regard to its factory team, but also its Tech3 line-up. Herv&eacute; Poncharal&rsquo;s team will field the two most promising rookies on the grid, Moto2 world champion Remy Gardner and runner-up Raul Fernandez. Gardner - Fernandez: no shortage of talent  But will the two young KTM talents prove to be a winning bet? Both have the goods on paper of course. Australian Gardner has recently secured the Moto2 title and&nbsp;let's not forget that Fernandez, second in the 2021 standings, was able to achieve this result in what was his rookie Moto2 season, fighting for the title from start to finish. This could bode well for him in MotoGP. The Spaniard has shown he is quick to adapt to change and he was immediately quick in initial testing at Jerez despite it being his first outing with the MotoGP bike. Raul is clearly not short on talent. And the same goes for Gardner who, unlike Fernandez, is a more mature rider and can also boast a certain level of experience, having competed in Moto2 for six seasons. This will clearly be useful when it comes to his work in the garage and his approach to the new team. With so many young riders in its ranks, KTM is spoiled for choice  We&rsquo;ve come to understand the KTM strategy over the years, the manufacturer clearly focusing on young riders and all that is new. And so it's equally clear that both Raul and Gardner could also represent the future for the factory team (already in 2023), stepping in to replace Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira. The two factory riders didn&rsquo;t put together the kind of season that KTM expected in 2021, and so this coming season will be the year of truth. If the pair fail to power the RC16 to the front and round out the year close to the top of the standings, they will have no chance of retaining their rides with the Austrian manufacturer. With a view to 2023, Beirer himself has said that no one is safe and that KTM will need to either renew or change up its contracts for both the factory squad and the Tech3 team. And the two most likely substitutes for the factory team are of course Gardner and Fernandez. Although Pedro Acosta may also be on the horizon, ready to mix things up and perhaps enter the running for a factory KTM ride already in 2023. The young Spaniard won the Moto3 title in 2021 and will compete in Moto2 in 2022, remaining with KTM (team Ajo). So it wouldn&rsquo;t be too much of a stretch to see him in MotoGP in 2023. And the Austrian manufacturer won&rsquo;t want to lose this kind of rider, though many other teams are already showing a strong interest in him. The KTM strategy is nevertheless clear, and the manufacturer has many young and talented riders in its ranks right now. Binder and Oliveira should take heed, as the pressure is most definitely on. Translated by Heather Watson Andrea Dovizioso: a second life in MotoGP begins       

The two rookies represent the future for the official team and, if Binder and Oliveira don&rsquo;t deliver, they&rsquo;ll be replaced by the Austrian manufacturer without too much trouble. But is Acosta also in the running?

MotoGP: Gardner and Fernandez, the factory KTM is calling for 2023

        News of Daniel Pedrosa&rsquo;s return had been in the air for weeks, but it&rsquo;s now official, and the Spaniard, who has been a test rider for KTM for three years already, will compete in the Styrian GP with an RC16 over the weekend of 6-8 August. Already a world championship legend, the 35-year old will take to the Red Bull Ring with an evolved version of the Austrian bike, so that he can continue to develop various components in race conditions and line up against some of his old rivals once more. Pedrosa: "I need to get back into the race mentality"  Dani is aware of the challenge that awaits him at Spielberg: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been super-interesting to be part of this project from the beginning with KTM in MotoGP and being able to share my experience with them. It&rsquo;s interesting again to go into a race because it gives you a different perspective compared to a normal test. It has been a long time since my last race and, of course, the mentality for a GP is very different to a test&rdquo;. "We&rsquo;ll make this wildcard in order to understand more about MotoGP now. It&rsquo;s difficult to talk about my expectations after being so long away from competition. It might all click into a racing mentality, or it might not but we&rsquo;ll try to enjoy the weekend as much as we can&rdquo;, concludes number 26 ahead of the upcoming race. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP: Marc Marquez, a new maturity one year after the injury       

The Spaniard will be riding an RC16 at the Red Bull Ring, returning to the reigning class for the first time since he retired at Valencia in 2018

MotoGP, official: Daniel Pedrosa to wildcard in Styria with KTM

One thing we can be sure of ahead of the 2021 MotoGP championship is that Danilo Petrucci has got his spark back. The uncommunicative Danilo that we saw towards the end of last season, short on motivation and even dejected, has been replaced by the Danilo we know and love. Having moved from Ducati red to KTM orange, the Italian&#39;s face reveals a sense of liberation, and this is also clear in his replies as we catch up for a long chat...  With the Sepang tests cancelled and replaced by a second session at Losail, there&rsquo;s a risk that this year&rsquo;s calendar will undergo further changes.&nbsp;  &quot;The news took us by surprise as the Malaysia tests looked certain. We knew it was unlikely we&rsquo;d go to America for the two GPs, but then the seemingly calm situation in Malaysia worsened. A championship like we had last year is tough, with many races in a few months. I hope there is a more &ldquo;human&rdquo; solution for 2021&rdquo;.  Was the season more physically or mentally challenging?  &quot;Mentally, for sure. We&rsquo;re used to 18 races plus tests, and staying away from home for long periods, but having one race after another like last year is tough. I struggled with the fact we couldn&rsquo;t disconnect between one race and the next. And I think team members experienced something similar&quot;.  You now begin a new chapter. Tell us about the motivation you bring to KTM, a manufacturer that hadn&rsquo;t yet won a race when you signed but that now has two wins to its name, thanks to Miguel Oliveira who you replace on Team Tech3.&nbsp;  &quot;I remember my first visit to the KTM factory, a wonderful day. They took me to eat and then we visited the race department where they were able to work on the engines because they still had concessions back then. They told me they&rsquo;d hired me so as to lose the concessions, but then not even two months later they won their first race, without me&rdquo;.  How did you feel?  &quot;I admit I&rsquo;d have liked to be the first KTM winner, but instead it was Brad Binder. So then I hoped I&rsquo;d be the first Tech 3 rider to win in MotoGP, but that man was Oliveira... But I still want to win, that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;m here for&rdquo;.  When we asked Cal Crutchlow the difference between being a satellite rider and a factory rider, he replied with a question: &ldquo;Do you think Rabat is a worse rider than Aleix Espargar&oacute;?&rdquo;. You&rsquo;ve raced with both Pramac and Team Ducati, and now you return to a satellite team.&nbsp;  &quot;When you&rsquo;re on a factory team, it&rsquo;s presumed that you should be in front of the other bikes, and winning is almost mandatory. In Pramac, it was a great result to finish ahead of the factory Ducatis, and when we finished a short distance behind, we&rsquo;d done a good job. This difference in approach changes things: if a &ldquo;satellite&rdquo; rider has the same bike as you, you still have to finish in front, because you&rsquo;re a factory rider. In Ducati and KTM too, the four bikes are identical, the technical support is the same. As for Rabat, I think he was lacking the right support&rdquo;.  You recently thanked Gigi dall&rsquo;Igna for telling you early on that you wouldn&rsquo;t be reconfirmed, as this meant you could look around.&nbsp;  &quot;I&rsquo;ve always had a good relationship with Gigi, although he did suggest I move to Superbike rather than carry on in MotoGP a few times. I always took this as motivation to improve and earn my place in MotoGP with my results. When Gigi called me to tell me I wouldn&rsquo;t be reconfirmed, I hoped to find a factory ride, as that&rsquo;s what I deserved. And in their opinion, Jack (Miller) was a young guy who deserved an opportunity. It was early May, two and half months from the start of the championship, and so I was able to talk to Aprilia and KTM. We did the deal with the Austrians in one day, which came as a surprise to both me and them. They didn&rsquo;t want to miss out on an available rider who&rsquo;d won a race and I was happy too, with a KTM that is the same as the factory bikes&rdquo;.  Of the six 2021 Ducati riders, who do you consider the strongest?  &quot;Miller I think. The three rookies, Jorge Martin, Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini, are very talented but they lack experience. Jack is the quickest, he&rsquo;s got talent and he won&rsquo;t struggle mentally in certain situations. I think Jack is the ideal rider for Ducati&quot;.&nbsp;  MotoGP: happy birthday Jack Miller, Ducati&rsquo;s latest (Australian) hope  How do you feel about your years with Ducati? Any regrets?  &quot;I have no regrets. But hindsight means that you start thinking maybe I could have won with Pramac and maybe I could have done more as a factory rider. But I know I gave it my all. What did I learn during my time as a factory rider? That finishing first is not enough in Ducati, that&rsquo;s the message you continuously receive. It&rsquo;s a tough attitude, which can be useful in some cases but won&rsquo;t work with every rider. I got on well in Pramac and spent two years with a bike similar to the factory machines, so I wasn&rsquo;t a factory rider but I had the updates and a high-level bike, and I reached the podium on several occasions, even fighting for the win&rdquo;.  Then you won at Mugello.&nbsp;  &quot;Yes, but I was never the horse you&rsquo;d bet on, not there and not even one month later, at the Sachsenring, where I had the same points as Dovizioso, something that wasn&rsquo;t seen in terms of my merits, but rather Andrea&rsquo;s demerits, as he wasn&rsquo;t doing well. That made me feel bad. In Ducati they give you the impression you should be proud to ride their bikes. But I think it would be useful to be closer to the riders on a human level. But that&rsquo;s not Ducati&rsquo;s style. The relationships with the riders are seen in engineering terms. If something isn&rsquo;t working, change it. They think their bike is always the best, and if the results don&rsquo;t back this up, the problem lies with the rider. That&rsquo;s something they need to improve on I think, but it no longer affects me&quot;.&nbsp;  The Yamaha is not fast along the straight, the Ducati has problems cornering, the Suzuki struggles with the flying lap. And the KTM?  &quot;Considering most of the development has been done by Dani Pedrosa, I was a little worried, because he doesn&rsquo;t brake hard, although he controls the bike well out of the corners. But they reassured me in KTM, explaining that Pol Espargar&oacute; brakes hard like I do. From what I&rsquo;ve seen on track, the strength of the KTM lies in the engine, but I like the fact that it seems like a complete package. If we consider the final races of last season, the strongest rider was Franco Morbidelli, with the slowest bike. In the end, having the most balanced bike is what counts, as the engine can help you win a race but it&rsquo;s not everything. In fact, with a powerful engine you might even have problems managing it&rdquo;.    Do you think you&rsquo;ll need to change your riding style? Because asking the engineers for the perfect bike is a mistake, and Jorge Lorenzo for example had to completely change his technique aboard the Ducati.&nbsp;  &quot;Yes, things were tough for Jorge. With the Yamaha he would brake early, immediately release the brakes and had impressive corner speed. But he couldn&rsquo;t do that with the Ducati, and so he gradually changed. He would crash a lot but in 2018 he ran some impressive races and won with the Ducati too. He continued to brake little, but he&rsquo;d do it later than he did on the Yamaha. Dovi and I saw his telemetry and we couldn&rsquo;t understand how he was doing certain things. We were braking later than him, but to stop the bike, we&rsquo;d brake harder, applying greater pressure on the brake. He was able to make a difference in his braking by using the rear end. I haven&rsquo;t tested the KTM yet though, I&rsquo;ve sat on it three times but the bike&rsquo;s been stationary, and one of those times was in the wind tunnel, with the wheels turning, but the bike wasn&rsquo;t moving&rdquo;.  You&rsquo;re the biggest of the KTM riders, will you have a special fairing?  &quot;I think we&rsquo;ll find a compromise to suit us all. The regulation states that you can homologate only two aerodynamics packages, to in KTM we&rsquo;ll have a &lsquo;standard&rsquo; one and one for strong wind. They&rsquo;re working hard in this area&rdquo;.&nbsp;  Mike Leitner, MotoGP technical director at KTM, said that to build an efficient bike for a rider of your body size is a challenge.&nbsp;  &quot;I liked it, because right from our first meeting, when I signed the contract, they let me sit on the bike. After so many years, getting on such a different MotoGP bike gave me goosebumps. A few days ago we were at a centre where they study ergonomics, analysing my riding position, and they were noting down everything I said. I feel that there&rsquo;s a real desire to do things in the right way. I was supposed to be in the wind tunnel for three hours, but in the end I was there for seven! We tested many things, also in terms of my suit, helmet, fairings, posture. For them, my point of view is important, because the other three riders are young while I have almost ten years of MotoGP experience. I liked this consideration on their part. And now it&rsquo;s my turn to repay them&quot;.&nbsp;  You felt valued.&nbsp;  &quot;Yes, that&rsquo;s the right word&rdquo;.&nbsp;  Re Joan Mir&rsquo;s title, are you one of those who consider last season to be something unique?  &quot;Mir&rsquo;s title is exactly like any other. Joan has an incredible talent, and he proved stronger mentally speaking. I never saw him overly happy or angry, just fully focused on what he needed to do. And when he needed to win, he won. His Achilles heel was qualifying, and if he&rsquo;d started further forward more often, he&rsquo;d have secured the title earlier and with a bigger advantage. He deserved the title&rdquo;.  At Jerez you said that Marc Marquez was practising another sport altogether - do you think he could win with any bike?  &quot;I don&rsquo;t know, but he&rsquo;s not scared to crash. The others, when they&rsquo;re on the limit, you see that self-preservation kick in, and you think about the fact you might hurt yourself or condition the race or your whole season. Marc doesn&rsquo;t think like that, he goes for it, always. And he&rsquo;s the most talented rider in MotoGP&quot;.  Translated by Heather Watson  MotoGP, Marc Marquez runs towards the pre-season 

&quot;The KTM colour suits me, we concluded the deal in a day and I liked the fact they consider and listen to my indications. At Ducati it&rsquo;s not enough to finish first...&quot;

6 risultati per 'EN ktm MotoGP'

GP Indonesia, Gardner: “Mandalika is Phillip Island... but 25° hotter"

MotoGP, Miguel Oliveira: “Raúl Fernández will be fast right away”

MotoGP, Brad Binder: “Darryn? He has what it takes to fight with the others”

MotoGP: Gardner and Fernandez, the factory KTM is calling for 2023

MotoGP, official: Daniel Pedrosa to wildcard in Styria with KTM

MotoGP, exclusive, Petrucci: “I had goosebumps when I got on the KTM”