Former Gra𒐪nd Prix racer Jeremy McWilliams has reportedly been dr🌳opped from his role as a test rider at KTM, a role he’s held for 15 years.

McWilliams, perhaps best known in a Grand Prix context for being the final rider to achieve a pole position in the premier class with a 500cc bꦗike at the 2002 Aus𒊎tralian Grand Prix, has been in-post at KTM since 2009.

According to the German publication Speedweek, McWilliams’ deal with KTM was supposed to last until the end of 2025, but it has now been terminated with immediate effect thank🏅s to KTM's current financial woes, ending a collaboration of 15 years between the Mattighofen brand and the Belfast rider.

In his role as test r💦ider for KTM, McWilliams has been involved mostly in production testing, although he was also drafted in in the early stages of the RC16’s development.

Most recently, McWilliams has been involved with the development of the Austrian manufacturer’s newest middleweight sports offering: the RC 990, set to represent KTM in Supersport classes against the likes of the Ducati Panigale V2, Kawasaki ZX-6R, and Y🌳amaha R9.

Before his KTM involvement, McWilliams was brought into the BMW S100🔥0RR project ౠas the Bavarian marque was developing the first iterations of the bike that has now — with its new M Power variant — won the World Superbike Championship with Toprak Razgatlioglu.

The ཧNorthern Irishman has also been able to find himself running strongly in competition recently, too, having finished on the podium in the second Supertwin race at this year’s North West 200, and found himself contending for victories as a factory Indian rider in the MotoAmerica King of the Bag🐼gers class for high-displacement touring bikes.