KTM are unlikely to solve two major issꦓue꧃s with their bike at the Qatar MotoGP, it has been claimed.

The manufacturer has endured a troubling year as it battles against crippling financial worries aꦐway fromℱ the race track.

But they have also surrendered their status as Ducati’s closest challenger after a series of drab results in the first three rounds of the 2025 MotoGP season.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder is the highest-placed KTM rider in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings in 11th, behind two Aprilia and two Hondas.

KTM issues pointed out before Qatar MotoGP

“Qatar was probably KTM’s best weekend o🍎f [last] year. The circuit should suit their bike a bit more,” Lewis Duncan told the Crash MꦓotoGP podcast.

“We know the KTM is strong at pu🐟nching out of the corners, having that drive is good for the KTM.

“But the vibration is the key issue. It stopped Pedro Acosta at COTA, where in his rookie season he was on the podium. He🐼 couldn’t get anywhere near that last weekend.

“KTM are one of the unfortunate ones with the grid situation at COTA. Brad Binder and Enea Bastianini🙈 got it right, if the race had started they were in the hot seat to get it right.

𓃲“At least they would have come into [Qatar] with confidence, that they could get things operationally correct.

“But in terms of pure pace? There is the tyre wear and the vibration. “Vibration will be a big problem at Qatar with big, heavy braking zones. At the end of the back straighꦍt is ꩵwhere vibration issues affect the riders.

“They don’t have an answer for it.

“Last year,🅷 it wasn’t something that threw Acosta ꦰoff his stride. It is now, which is the worrying thing.

“KTM still has no aಌn♛swers for it. There is no suggestion that will end in Qatar.

𒅌“They might mitigate it. But that’s the extent - they put a plaster on it, rathe🌟r than finding a fix.”

Pedro Acosta worry for KTM

The futur𓄧e of Pedro Acosta rumbles on as a major tꦏalking point inside the paddock.

Acosta has insisted he remains committed to 💮KTM, who promoted him into their factory team this ♚year after a brilliant rookie campaign.

But the lure of a☂ Ducati or a Honda appears to loom in the background.

“That will weigh on the manufacturer as well as the rider, because they know that they’re running out of time,” 🌊Lewis Duncan continued.

“If an offer comes along…

“We will get to a point where KTM probably struggle to hold onto Acosta if t♌he right manufacturer comes along wit🎃h the right offer.

“They are running out of time, he is running ou𝓰t of patience, that’s where mistakes usually happen.

“I would consider tꦛhe situation that KTM are in as a crisis.”