Francesco Guidotti🥂 haဣs laid bare exactly where KTM went wrong this season.

Tipped to be Ducati’s main challengers at the start of the season, KTM were unable to win𒆙 a race all year.

Brad Binder (fifth) and Pedro Acosta (sixth) did finish as the top non-Ducati riders in the MotoGP standings, but💜 their manufacturer could not equip them with a race-winning bike.

Aprilia, by contrast, 📖enabled Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales to both win sprint races. Vi🔴nales also won the grand prix at COTA.

But despite Acosta’s early brilliance, the predictꩲion that he would win a race never came to fruꦜition.

“We started very well with sᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚome podiums from different riders. The expectation was high,” outgoing team boss Guidotti said.

“We started with a big target. We 🍒were pretty good until mid-season.

“From mid-season, we struggled💮 a bit. We had a direction which wasn’t t𓆏he best one for us.

“The main contenders made a little improvement whic🐼h made the ga🐽p even bigger.

“We had a moment in mid-season which was strange.

“It🎃 was where we lost the chance to stay near the top.

“The riders’ behaviour was the right one, they never gave up. The technicianಌs never gave up. But realistically we were not in the fight.🔴”

Acosta’s P2 in Tಞexas brought great promise but he then went eight pai💃nful rounds without a podium.

Jack Miller and Augusto Fernandez lagged b🌺ehind their teammates consis꧃tently.

“We had to rew🅷ind the movie and start again,” Guidotti said.

“In the very last partꦦ of the ♑season, obviously we saw KTM on top. There were some crashes, and some incidents.

“Overall, not bad. It’s not what we want. But it’s what we have,🐟 for the m𒅌oment.

“We missed too many chances at the start of the yea🎃r, then you lose the game.”

Guidotti will relinquish his posi💦tion💦, and Aki Ajo will be KTM’s new team boss in 2025.

“It has to be. There൩ are a lot of changes,” Guidottꦯi said.

“Normally, changes give extra motivation.

“Dur๊ing these changes,🐷 we also lose experience and a connection.

“But I am sure that Aki will lead the🐲 team how he know🐼s.”

The rider line-up also looks significan🎃tly stronger.

Acosta has been promoted into the factor꧒y team alongside Binder.

The new Tech3 KTM team will be Enea Bastia🌳nini and Vinales.

The worry for KTM may be their financial issues, away ꦗfrom MotoGP.

Th🔯e reported €3 billion debut means the manufacturer has gone into self-administ🌼ration.

The🔴y insist their 2025 MotoGP plans are unaffected, and tests are planned to kickstart their deve♒lopment to start next year with a bang.