KTM has set its sights on signing David Alonso to its MotoGP programme sooner or later, having been impressed by his record-breaking sophomore marketing campaign in Moto3 this 12 months.
The Austrian marque’s motorsport boss Pit Beirer is eager to maintain maintain of a rider as gifted as Alonso, who has already clinched the light-weight class title with a report 13 wins from 19 races.
Though the 18-year-old is a product of Angel Nieto’s Aspar operation, KTM sees him as its personal rider, having come by means of the Purple Bull Rookies Cup and raced for its sister model CFMoto in Moto3.
The Colombian will transfer as much as Moto2 with the identical Aspar CFMoto squad in 2025 and KTM is assured that he’ll quickly be ripe for a commencement to the premier class.
“Now David is shifting on to Moto2, after all we additionally wish to see him within the MotoGP class in some unspecified time in the future,” Beirer informed Servus TV.
KTM has reshuffled its rider line-up in MotoGP for 2025, with Pedro Acosta shifting as much as the manufacturing facility squad alongside Brad Binder, and Maverick Vinales and Enea Bastianini becoming a member of Tech3 from Aprilia and Ducati respectively.
Pit Beirer, KTM Motorsports Director
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Binder, Vinales and Bastianini are all contracted till the tip of the 2026 season, by which era they’ll all be of their late 20s or early 30s.
In line with Beirer, KTM might then must inject some contemporary blood and search for riders from the junior ranks, with Alonso prone to be the subsequent rider to comply with within the footsteps of Acosta.
“You will want a younger rider once more in some unspecified time in the future,” he mentioned. “And naturally, it could even be a dream of ours to have a future rider within the workforce who began with us within the Rookies Cup after which grew into it through Moto3.
“David could possibly be a really particular rider like that, and we’ll take care of him simply in addition to Pedro in order that we do not lose him.”
KTM has had a blended 2024 season in MotoGP, a marketing campaign the place Ducati has upped its dominance with the all-conquering GP24 bike.
Vinales’ victory with Aprilia within the US Grand Prix stays the one event the place Ducati was crushed in a Sunday race this 12 months, with different producers having discovered it troublesome to even breach the rostrum spots at most races.
David Alonso, CFMOTO Aspar Staff
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After a troublesome run in the midst of the season, KTM’s type has seen an upturn in current occasions, with Acosta ending on the rostrum in Aragon, Indonesia and Thailand.
It has allowed the flagship marque of the Pierer Mobility Group to consolidate second within the producers’ championship, pulling away from third-placed Aprilia.
Whereas admitting that outcomes haven’t been fairly as much as the extent the administration had anticipated, Beirer was significantly sad with the performances of Binder and departing manufacturing facility rider Jack Miller this season.
Binder is sixth within the riders’ standings forward of subsequent weekend’s Barcelona finale, one spot and three factors behind Acosta, whereas Miller has endured a depressing 12 months sitting 14th within the championship.
“You simply need to say what sort of know-how is obtainable there and what the world championship is about,” mentioned Beirer concerning the competitors.
“It’s a must to construct a rocket to compete within the league. However sure, after all I might be mendacity if I mentioned that we’re completely glad.
Brad Binder, Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing, Jack Miller, Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing
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“We had set ourselves a bit extra objectives for this 12 months. To this point we now have had 12 podiums, six on Saturday and 6 on Sunday.
“However after all, we needed extra and anticipated a bit extra, particularly from our common drivers, Jack and Brad.”