How MotoGP’s “beast” tamers bounced back at Catalunya
The expectation on KTM to replicate its winning form from 2020 this season made its difficult start to the new MotoGP campaign even more disappointing. But a key update has seen KTM's fortunes reversed over the last week and returned it to the top step of the podium in Barcelona
Few people predicted KTM to win three races in the 2020 MotoGP season. That expectation was reversed coming into 2021, however, with the Austrian manufacturer proving between its factory and Tech3 satellite squad that it was capable of great things.
And with KTM the only manufacturer alongside Aprilia allowed to develop a new engine for 2021, much of the grid feared it would come to the new season armed with a ‘super engine’. Married to what proved to be a solid chassis and a factory squad helmed by what Tech3 boss Herve Poncharal told Motorsport.com last season was the “dream team” in Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira, the grid was right to be worried.
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