KTM have bluntly insisted that they have no free space, when asked about signing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez.

This weekend’s 2024 MotoGP season-openin🐼g race in Qatar will be Marquez’s Ducati debut with the Gresini team.

But, because he only signed a one-year deal, a key talking point is where his long-term future wi💛ll lie.

KTM - who share Red Bull with Marquez as a major sponsor - were linked with recru🃏iting him l🦩ast year when he first began assessing options away from Honda.

But, as the 2024 season gets set to begin, KTM have offered a surprisin🌞g verdict when asked abo൲ut bringing in Marquez for 2025.

"We believe in ouꦚr four riders,” m🌌otorsport director Pit Beirier told .

“As things stand today, we 💖don't have any vacancies.”

Factory rider Brad Binder is tied to KTM long-terꦺm but his teammate Jack Miller is only contracted until the eꦗnd of this year.

It is presumed that KTM have an option to keep Tech3 GASGAS rookie Pedro Acosta beyond this year, while Augusto Fernandez💎 is also within the final 12 months of his deal.

A frantic silly season across MotoGP is expected but KTM don’t 𝔍want to be heavily involved.

“I don’t see us in the positio🌠n where we have to do anything great,” said Beirer.

“Our greates🦹t motivation is to achieve our goal with the current riders.

"With Pedro and Augusto, we have two♔ extremely successful M🌳oto2 riders on board who are still very young.

“Jack is an experienced warrior and Brad is an absolu𝄹te winning rider.

“With this squad we can attack fully.

"In the first third of the seaꦐson we want to confirm 📖that we have the right riders.

“Then we wouldn't have to be so involved in the rider carousel. That's ourඣ top prior♐ity.”

Of course, KTM know that one of their existing four♛ riders might opt to leave.

"It's not said that all riders want to stay with us wit♌hout a contract for 2025,” Beirer admitted.

“It's a two-way street. So we can't sit back.

"We have to woo the riders to ensure th𓆉at they feel comfortable with us and stay.

“For us, it is always a compliment when a rider signs a contract, even though there are ot🅰her options.

“Brad has done this several times and we apprec🧜iate the complim🐈ent.

“The൲ riders want to show us that they are the right riders.

ꦑ“And we want to show them that they are in the right place.

“We try to keep the door closed as long as🦩 possible. But a lot can still happen this yဣear…”

Much will depend on the KTM’s competitiveness i🅰n the early months of the 2024 season.

If they can🍒 establish themselves as Ducati’s closest competition - or id✅eally even surpass them in certain moments - they would greatly enhance their value on the market to current and available riders for 2025.