Guest at the MotoGP test with KTM and Dani Pedrosa

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Guest at the MotoGP test with KTM and Dani Pedrosa
Arnau Puig

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Guest at the MotoGP test with KTM and Dani Pedrosa

MotoGP test with KTM and Dani Pedrosa
MOTORRAD was in the box

The public is taboo during such tests – with one exception. MOTORRAD was allowed to be in the pits at the MotoGP test in Aragón. You can read the whole story in MOTORRAD 24/2019, from 8. November 2019 in stores.


Peter Mayer

11/08/2019

40 million euros annual budget, 65 employees in the racing department, two factory drivers and two pilots in a satellite team – at KTM MotoGP engagement has the highest priority. For three years now, the Austrians have been fighting with the greats of the motorcycle industry in Formula 1 motorcycle racing. The trend is positive, with top ten places for top ten player Pol Espargaró in the 2019 season, but usually the RC16 lapses around one second per lap on the fastest.

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A job for the test team. Away from the limelight of the big stage, the test team develops parts and defines new strategies. The verdict on this comes from a profound source: the three-time world champion Dani Pedrosa brings the know-how of 18 years of racing at the highest level. It is logical that the public is taboo during such tests – with one exception. At the MotoGP test in Aragón, MOTORRAD was allowed to look over the shoulders of the men in orange in the pits and also talk to Dani Pedrosa about the MotoGP project. A background report that literally lives up to its name. To read in MOTORRAD 24/2019. At the kiosk from November 8th.

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