Forgotten by many – the unsporting thing about Viñales in autumn 2012 When it was the third to last round, Sandro Cortese led the world championship with 255 points. With 199 points behind, Maverick Viñales and Luis Salom on the Kalex KTM had 194 on their account. There were still 75 points to be awarded, […]
GP Austria Friday
FP1 without the suspended Viñales – Zarco sets a new record As mentioned in a separate report yesterday, Maverick Viñales is missing due to his suspension from the Monster Energy Yamaha factory team. It currently looks like the Catalan has fallen back into the old pattern from 2012 when he snubbed in Moto3 despite the […]
New Yamaha scandal
Yamaha suspends Viñales for the Austrian GP We still remember a situation in 2012, through which today’s Yamaha star in Moto3 caused a shake of the head. Before the Malaysian Grand Prix, the 17-year-old had one chance, albeit a small one, of the title in the junior class. With five wins and seven podium places, […]
WSSP Tops and Flops
The two race winners and leaders – Aegerter and Odendaal The “Domi Fighter”: Before the start of the season, the current World Cup leader gave us an interview, which can be found on this page “Interviews + TV”. It became clear that he was the only one in the paddock to deal with a double […]
The price explosions
The incredible price explosion using the example of Navarra WorldSBK Some WorldSBK heroes could hardly believe their eyes on their first ride on this route. Quite a few of them find the course in the Rioja area questionable as a World Championship course. There were even voices that, like Most, describe the track as unworthy […]
An empty promise
The former high-flyer and his hard landing in reality The words still ring in the ears of many MotoGP fans today, which Marc Marquez uttered after his attempt at comeback far too early over a year ago in Jerez de la Frontera. The Repsol Honda Star said into the microphone at the time that he […]
SBK Navarra preview
Three-way battle for the championship lead on a go-kart track According to Alex Lowes, on his first test in Navarre, he drove his Kawasaki an estimated five times per lap in first gear. In contrast to the man from Lincoln, however, Michael van der Mark doesn’t like the narrow and, according to him, very bumpy […]
Scandalous MotoGP
Tech 3 scandal – Petrux found out about his resignation through the media It is a bitter irony when you consider how often Pit Beirer and Hervé Poncharal play the lovable people in front of the microphone and often paint the picture of a harmonious KTM family, and now have to witness the circumstances of […]
Moto3 GP of Styria
Pedro Acosta gives KTM the only home win It was only 17 degrees Celsius when the Moto3 race started at eleven o’clock on Sunday morning as a rain race on still damp asphalt. For Pedro Acosta and the other rookies in the field, it was only the second wet Grand Prix of their career. Since […]
Moto2 GP of Styria
1st win of the season for Bezzecchi – Red Bull Ajo drivers badly beaten Saturday had been a black day in MotoGP for the KTM MotoGP team, so hopes rested mainly on the smaller classes. The Red Bull Ajo Team, which has KTM in its name but competes with Kalex chassis, should do it in […]